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My ‘Apprentice’
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My ‘Apprentice’
I believe you reap, what you sow in life! Personally, I could not have given anything more to The Apprentice process.
I gave it my very best! With this in-mind, I believe came across as someone who has great business acumen, is committed, enthusiastic, gregarious, comfortable in the spotlight, fun-loving and honest. My sales, negotiation and presentation skills have stood-out in a positive way.
I just wanted to be myself…and I really wanted to stay completely focused upon becoming Lord Sugar’s business partner. I wanted to win! I believe I was ‘myself’ throughout…as best as one can be when faced with the random, hyper-competitive and intense environment of The Apprentice. I believe that absolutely anything is possible. It’s all to do with how much you want it, and what you are prepared to put-in to achieve it!
I loved the process and I had many great highlights throughout. If I had to pick one, The Biscuit Task (Task 9)…making the ‘Special Star’ biscuits, giving the pitch to the biggest retailer (ASDA) and landing the single largest sales order in the history of The Apprentice…£1.6 Million!!!
It’s a nice way to leave, knowing you’ve reached the Final and acquitted yourself to the very best of your ability. It was fantastic that Lord Sugar acknowledged my contribution with regards to Sales i.e. with the ‘Greatest Salesman in the World’ certificate…WOW! This means so much coming from Lord Sugar!
Thank you to all the facebook-ers, the tweeters & the thousands of people who have supported me throughout! The reaction has been so positive and I am very grateful.
What are your Apprentice highlights?
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Comments
Congratulations on getting as far as you did, great effort! If you and tom were fired before the finals the show would be quite frankly boring!
Would you like something else to carry sir? It was a walk in the park......with people shootin' at you and throwing hand grenades! Class. Well done though, you acquitted yourself well and did our wee country proud! Was hoping for an Open Championship and Apprentice double but alas!
Well done on getting to the final Jim, I thought you were the best in sales out of every series of The Apprentice I've seen. I think you were a controversial character because you were honest and didn't let anything get in your way, but I liked you for this and you were my favourite throughout.
One of my Apprentice highlights was definitely the 'Rubbish Task' with you and Tom when you were shouting over the speaker phone "House number 73! With the skip outside! Hello?"
Will definitely miss The Apprentice now this series has ended, was a great series. Over the moon for Tom too, seems like such a nice guy.
My personal highlight of The Apprentice was when you had the argument with the man while you were collecting rubbish from his front garden. It definitely looked like you wanted to hit him (I probably would have in that situation as well) and it had me in tears.
Good job Jim and all the best in the future.
Rob Fermoy
I adored your 'local vocal' throughout the series, the moment where you walked through the door and uttered the immortal words "Did anybody order a final four?" made me happier than I've ever been.
Jim, well done you were definatly the highlight of the series and an inspiration to many with your confident, assertive manner.
The one thing you were unable to sell was the e-learning tool, but youve got enough drive and passion to be successful regardless.
Gotta say Jim your sense of humour is fantastic, loved the moment when you were in the market stall and said 'Sir, do you want something else to carry?' one of my all time favourite Apprentice lines. Best of luck in whatever you do in the future
hey Jim...even though you wanted to win and of course the opportunity of being Lord Sugar's business partner is great, do you think that by not winning you've opened yourself up to even more opportunities that could ultimately be better because you won't have the undeniable pressure of having a very public business partner which could distract from the real business...?
Its fair to say you blitzed the competition Jim, backed you from the beginning but there we are. I also thought the E-learning was a good idea and I think you should keep on that. What are the plans for the future mate? Still thinking of your own company? and Congrats on making the final, that's no mean feat..
Its fair to say you blitzed the competition Jim, backed you from the beginning but there we are. I also thought the E-learning was a good idea and I think you should keep on that. What are the plans for the future mate? Still thinking of your own company? and Congrats on making the final, that's no mean feat..
I loved your sale of umbrellas and generally your charisma. You were just fantastic to watch and personally you made the apprentice worth watching this year. Oh and you are a looker as well 
. Good luck with the future
Hi Jim!
BIG congratulations for making it all the way to the final. It's really amazing that you care about learning in school because I feel, as a young person, this is what is important right now. After all, we are the future! I wish you the best of luck in the future and I hope to see you're name on something famous. Fingers crossed!
Hi Jim.
I really think you did fantastic in the Apprentice! I admired your charm right from the beginning! After the Jedi Jim incident in the boardroom, I knew you were going to get far, and supported you all the way to the final. I though your e-learning business was a really good idea and I would love something like that in my school! You really are the 'greatest salesman in the world',
Megan XD