A Nose For Trouble, Michael Ainslie
A Nose For Trouble, Michael Ainslie
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A Nose For Trouble
Sotheby’s, Lehman Brothers, and My Life of Redefining Adversity

Author: Michael Ainslie

Narrator: Steven Roy Grimsley

Unabridged: 7 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/07/2020

Synopsis

This is the remarkable memoir of Michael Ainslie, a man who has always embraced the adventures and misadventures of business and life. In A Nose for Trouble, he describes his personal experience with several high profile events, including the 2008 bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers: He was one of ten people in the Lehman boardroom on the evening of September 14, 2008 who saw firsthand the events that led to the largest bankruptcy filing in US history. And he offers readers an insider’s view of the situations surrounding the price-fixing scandal between Sotheby’s and Christie’s, a scandal that rocked the art world and sent the ex-chair of Sotheby’s to prison.

Ainslie also shares about his early beginnings in life; his career as president, CEO, and board member across numerous companies and institutions; and his work to transform kids’ lives through The Posse Foundation. Whether he’s being carried out of his high school graduation on a stretcher, escaping a riot in Vietnam, facing death threats in NYC, battling a worldwide oil embargo, meeting with First Lady Nancy Reagan on the day her husband was shot, or revamping the USTA, Ainslie’s memoir shows that sometimes, the greatest lessons in life are a direct result of the adversities we face.

A Nose for Trouble is about accepting a challenge, redefining misfortune, and rising above. In this fascinating life story of leadership and change, Michael Ainslie teaches readers that the best parts of ourselves often come out of our hardest moments.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Todd on March 06, 2020

I received A Nose for Trouble through a goodreads giveaway. Overall I did enjoy this look into the life of Michael Ainslie, who has been involved in some interesting moments in history. I was fascinated by the program that sent college students around the world to learn about its people, leaders, and......more

Goodreads review by Erin on July 10, 2020

Thank you to Greenleaf Publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book via a Goodreads giveaway. I'd never heard of Michael Ainslie prior to reading this book. In first reading the title, I was interested in his roles at Sotheby's and Lehman Brothers. I imagine Michael Ainslie sitting at a......more

Goodreads review by Justin on April 30, 2023

TLDR; Reading the reviews from Goodreads halfway through the book was a bad idea. I am very happy to be finished with this book. I bough this book as it seems interesting as an autobiography of a business magnate. The adversity faced by Lehman brothers during their collapsed lured me into the book, b......more

Goodreads review by Esperanza on April 25, 2020

I received this in a GoodReads giveaway. Thank you Good Reads! Where to start. Having worked in big business, boards of directors and with venture capitalists, it was interesting to read the goings on behind the scenes. Even moreso to see an insider’s view of major organizations. I enjoyed that part,......more

Goodreads review by Alexandra on August 14, 2020

Diverting a Soviet soldier on border patrol from black market purchases with a Playboy magazine (during the Cold War)... sitting as one of ten people in Lehman Brother’s boardroom on the evening of the 2008 bankruptcy... making unprecedented decisions as CEO of Sotheby’s to effectively modernize the......more

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