Last night was the finale of Top Chef. If you’re watching the show but didn’t catch last night’s program, quit reading because the rest of this post is about the business lessons we can learn from the winners and losers and you might not know who they are yet. But for those of you who do know (or don’t care), there are a few important takeaways from how the judging went down. The three finalists – Carla, Hosea, and Stefan – were dramatically different personalities and it was those personalities as much as their cooking skills that determined the outcome. Continue reading
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We’re All In This Together
You’re an artist and you play to make yourself happy. Having spent some of my life as a performing musician, I know the joys of practicing (and that’s not sarcasm) to get better and do things you couldn’t before. But I believe it would be hard to find any performer who didn’t think it was even better when you had an audience there to support you and show you some love for all that hard work. You’re in it together. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Reality checks, Thinking Aloud, What's Going On
How Do You Sleep?
- Cover of Imagine
John Lennon wrote a song on the Imagine album (back when we called them albums) called “How Do You Sleep?” and lately a number of events have me asking the same question. All of this may come across as naive but I can’t understand how some folks sleep at night given the way in which they conduct their lives. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Huh?
Consult Keith 