As a typically modest, middle-aged man who believes he has style, wit, fame and fortune, I really enjoy reading Esquire Magazine.
One of my favourite features in the magazine (apart from ‘Funny Joke From A Beautiful Woman’) is the ‘What I’ve Learned’ series of articles, where rich, famous and stylish men (and women) provide a list of witticisms and personal life-lessons I happen to find particularly engaging. Following on, then, from the premise that I too could make the cover of Esquire Magazine, I figured it would be really cool to have my own ‘What I’ve Learned’ list. That way I’ll be prepared when the call comes through from Esquire’s Editor In Chief, David Granger.
So here goes:
1. The single most important decision any person will ever make is their choice of life partner.
2. My cats would eat me if I were small enough.
3. You can have too many acquaintances but never enough friends.
4. My father was wiser than I gave him credit for.
5. As corny as it sounds, in life there’s no such thing as a free lunch.
6. ‘Value for Money’ does not mean ‘Cheap’ and I am not sure I could really connect with anyone who thinks it does.
7. Play a percentage game in life – work hard, play hard, try to stay healthy and make time to spend with your family.
8. Smoking can kill you but no one likes a reformed smoker – we’ll give up under our own steam or die trying.
9. Anyone who treats service staff poorly is not a good person.
10. When the time comes, I really hope that both my children will choose the right person to spend the rest of their lives with.
That’s my Top Ten list of ‘What I’ve Learned’ – Part I, not too bad for an amateur.
Keep one eye out for Part II and the other one on newsstands everywhere for the next issue of Esquire, you never know who may be on the cover.
