Apprentice 3 has begun. 3 Episodes are already over. This season has been tagged as “Street smarts Vs Book smarts”. Somehow most of the people get a feeling that Street smarts are real smarts. Well, I’ll tell you, Street-smart being a book-smart is the deadliest combination.

Some of the candidates that I think will make it to to final 4 are [in order of preference]. Let’s see how my Judgement is. Ofcourse, If I see two more episodes, I can say even more authoritatively..but anyway..

John
Craig
Kendra
Audrey

Many candidates who were impressive on their biography have disappointed. Most notably, Brian. Man, he is such a abrasive person that he blew himself out.

As usual, “lessons learned” are archived in NBC website.

1. Training is Key: Broad-based and Job-specific
2. Communicating in Stressful Situations.
3. Dealing with Negative Team Members.
4. The Creative Brief: The first step in Marketing

BTW, from the fourth season Donald Trump will not be starring. The fourth season will have “Martha Stewart”, another person living the “American Dream” [Read rich lifestyle]. It’s interesting to note that Martha stewart was sentenced for 5 months in September 2004 for her fraud in stock trades!

UPDATE: Looks like there will be two versions of Apprentice from next year. “Apprentice 4″ starring Donald Trump and “Apprentice : Martha stewart” starring Martha stewart. Interesting!