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The two sides of Greg Williams

October 03, 2016 / 02:29

This episode features Steve McWain discussing his experiences with Michelle Williams and the late Greg. Key topics include their personal and professional relationships, the impact of Greg's leadership style, and the changes in Michelle after Greg's passing.

Steve shares his admiration for Greg's intelligence and photographic memory, highlighting how Greg mentored him. He also describes the duality of Greg's personality, noting his generosity towards friends contrasted with his harshness when mistakes were made.

Steve recounts his first meeting with Michelle in the hospital after the birth of her daughter, Michaela. He reflects on their friendship, which was initially strong due to their shared experiences with Greg.

As time passed, Steve observed changes in Michelle's behavior, expressing concerns about her honesty and the transformation of her character following Greg's death.

TLDR

Steve McWain discusses his friendship with Michelle Williams and the impact of Greg's leadership on their lives.

Episode

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my name is Steve mcwain and I've known Michelle Williams since around 2008 when I went to work for Greg I've got to know
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her quite well working out of his house in a business relationship and on a personal relationship he taught me
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everything that I know he could read something and it would be in his head you he had like a photographic memory he
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was good at what he did and um he passed on a lot of that knowledge to me and so
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you know I'll always be grateful to him for that once you were in his circle of friends uh he would do anything for you
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if I was down in the maluck I needed money whatever it was he would he would take care of his friends but then he
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also had the other side where um you know for a minor little thing that I did wrong or forgot to do something he would
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cuss you like like nothing and uh you know he would berate you I mean just verbally abuse you he did that with
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everybody I mean he did that with his kids with his wife uh with his employees I'd worked for him for 3 years and um I
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put up with that you know over those three years within months before he' died I I was literally praying that you
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know something would change because I hated going to work uh I I literally was in fear of making a mistake every day
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Michelle um I first met her when she was in the hospital she had just had Michaela she seemed to be a good mother
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a model wife they loved each other and it seemed like a pretty good marriage we were pretty close uh because of Greg
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being the common factor to us we kind of uh vented with each other about Greg and
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you know the way he was so through that we got to know each other you know pretty good I considered her a pretty
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close friend when it first happened I helped her get the business to where we could get our customers taken care of
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and and off to other companies so we were still pretty close there that time because of going through the grief of
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losing Greg But as time went on then you know I kind of started seeing another side of her where it seemed like she was
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always telling lies to us and U never knew what the truth was from her it was a sight I've never seen before um
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because she was almost a model wife and a model mother and so things did change after uh Greg had been killed

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Episode Highlights

  • The Complexity of Friendship
    Steve reflects on his complicated relationship with Greg, a mentor who was both supportive and abusive.
    “He would do anything for you... but he would berate you.”
    @ 00m 34s
    October 03, 2016
  • A Shift in Relationships
    After Greg's death, Steve observes a troubling change in Michelle's behavior.
    “She was almost a model wife and a model mother.”
    @ 02m 20s
    October 03, 2016

Episode Quotes

  • He had like a photographic memory.
    The two sides of Greg Williams
  • I was literally praying that something would change.
    The two sides of Greg Williams

Key Moments

  • Mentorship and Abuse00:34
  • Friendship with Michelle01:18
  • Grief and Change02:00

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