I’ve been getting my hair cut by Tommy the barber for a long time. Tommy is old school and I’ve written about him before. In all candor, he doesn’t give the greatest haircut but he is among the greatest of guys so I’m with him until the day he quits which, since he’s around 75 now, should have been about 10 years ago. He won’t quit because, as he puts it, other people (his staff and customers) are depending on him. This customer depends on him for philosophy as much as I do tonsorial expertise. Continue reading
Tag Archives: life lessons
True, true
Fridays are for food in this space and I’ve just come back from what I consider the greatest food country on the planet, Italy. I’m not going to dwell on my usual themes of great ingredients simply prepared although we were lucky enough to have many meals done exactly that way. Rather, what struck me on this trip was how true the entire culinary culture of the nation has remained to itself. Continue reading
Filed under food, Thinking Aloud
Winemakers and Farmers
Farmers and winemakers have more in common than just planting things. They share a dependency on climate and as a businessperson I’m not sure I’d like to be so dependent on something so out of my control. But they also share another quality which I think we all should emulate in our daily lives, both business and personal. Continue reading
Filed under Reality checks, Thinking Aloud
Consult Keith 