Sorry about that. Something must have happened in transmission, as my version is fine. 
I didn't delete the paragraph; rather, I moved "Harding also seemed to take people at their word, and I never heard him openly question their motives or integrity" to the opening of the previous paragraph (in other words, it was a cut and paste, not just a cut). 
 Thus, the penultimate paragraph is "Harding also seemed to take people at their word, and I never heard him openly question their motives or integrity. In fact, Harding  always appeared to stay on the surface when others seemed to live in the weeds of business.  He never “drilled downâ€ into the substance of plans or products.  Success seemed to follow him around like a puppy." (I did take out "that's just the way it was").

Hope this clarifies.