My favorite conference to attend every year is the YPO Restaurant Roundtable. Usually 50 or so people gather to discuss business in a highly confidential setting. The vast majority of the attendees own restaurant businesses which puts me in the minority.
 
The 2009 conference was held last week and the tone this year was different. [...]

Reflecting on the glory days can be a harmless, self-absorbed activity for most people but for me it would be a lie. I was blessed with a decent athletic ability and a competent mind, but I found apathy safer than effort. Doing my best would remove the one excuse I had for a lack of [...]