Why I Selected Tionne Watkins for The Celebrity Apprentice

We admire her very gifted talents!

And she doing a fantastic job in her own boardroom and charities...What happened in the Apprentice boardroom? And on the project task's? She is so soft spoken...and to herself on the tasks.

She is a great person! We hope to see her excellent skills in the apprentice boardroom soon. Great charities and great websites!

Wishing the best for her and to her charity!

Once more, a winner before she even started this edeavor.

To tionne: don't hesitate to rescue someone who is about to be executed unjustly. You may say that it is none of your business, but God knows and judges your motives. He keeps watch on you; he knows. And he will reward you according to what you do.

Good afternoon Sir,

I am looking forward to each coming episode of this season.

KeyS


While watching your boardroom scenes, it reminded me of some of my work. In working with youth, when I have had to help them work through an error in action or thinking, I always try to help them understand the following:

Who owns the problem?
What did I have control over?
What choices did I make?
How can I deal better with a similar situation in the future?
What did I learn from this?
What skills do I need to further develop?

Do you conduct a private exit interview with your ex-apprentices?

Mister Trump, I'm just curious: Were you trying to get publicity by firing the wrong two people this week? It appears that you went against your own rule that the project manager goes down when the team loses. Is there something that we the viewers did not see that helped you to make two such apparently inane decisions? You couldn't bring yourself to fire Melissa Rivers because you want to see her and her mother work together more. Tionne was an excellent project manager last week, and you fired her because she agreed to stand beside Melissa as Melissa took the axe. Do you treat your actual employees that way? They must really hate you (hate, not fear, and not respect). And come on, how could you justify not firing Clint Black. Drop the 'n' from his first name and it would be a whole lot closer to reality. He has been terrible on the show and doesn't know how to get along with ANYone. But I know: you think that strife makes for good TV, and that's how you justify keeping him around. Here's a good idea: produce the show in a way that it is entertaining. And Khloe gave a good explanation of what she was doing in regard to the DUI. But you don't want personal life brought to the board room. Oh, wait, you do. Make up your mind. Everyone doesn't have a driver to wheel them around to prevent DUI's. It appears that you were FUI this week: Firing Under the Influence. If you would have watched any of your own show, you would have seen that Clint told the girls he would take the fall if the team lost. But then he turned around in the board room and let you fire her. What an unprincipled scumbag. I guess that's how you get to the top, eh?

Well I for one will not stand for this nonsense. I am therefore canceling my recording of all future episodes of your shows. I have already seen other people with similar blog comments. Feel free to contact me when you have grown a brain - Heaven knows you don't need one to run a business. Goodbye.

Good evening Mr. Trump,

Thank you for explaining your thought process behind letting Tionne Watkins go. Though it still leaves me with the desire to discuss it further. I don't see going to the boardroom as always having to be something negative. To me, going to your boardroom is an opportunity to learn, to grow, and to meet with a great business mentor. Each experience in that room is a lesson waiting to be devoured like watching a game of chess between masters.

I believe there is wisdom in your advice "Never volunteer for something negative" yet, I am grateful that many Americans have not followed it, because our Freedom was purchased by their willingness to volunteer for something negative, and it cost many of them their lives. I think we have to pick and choose our battles, and we have to weigh cost to benefit, and risk to reward.

I was surprised by your closing statement though. "I had no choice" Mr. Trump, you had control of the situation. You were in the power position. You had as many choices as your creative mind could develop. It was your choice, and you made it. You had developed a standard to guide you, and you used it.

For me, when developing my standards, I think I prefer to avoid using "Never and Always" and insert "Be very cautious before volunteering for something negative" of course, this is much easier to understand in retrospect after heedlessly throwing myself to the wolves.