When its the last time you went on s proper date lunch? Not an impassioned and frantic nooner, but a slow and languid date lunch.

notthattheresanythingwrongwithnooners

Kinda excited about my date lunch today. Chick fil a, ice cream, hall pass, oddly sized chairs, loud school lunchroom, old matronly women in hairnets. Its sugarmouse date day, in which……

inwhich

Her daddy arrives before eleven and brings her favourite lunch items, listens intently to her takes and exploits, meets her many diverse and eclectic friends, buys the entire table ice cream, and generally acts the suck up of a first time date. There are parallels. Parallels to your day, too. In which you have lunch. With a client, prospect, or mentor. I had several bosses who didn’t do that. Didn’t have time for that kinda stuff, they were too busy running their business.

didtheirbusinessrunanybetter?

No. No it didn’t. In fact their business was hurt by their lack of slowing down and connecting with someone importance. Today, for me,its my sugarmouse. I hope you make time for you besties, too. Unless youre one of our many haters. Its ok for you lot to eat at your desk.

nosoupforyou

Haters gonna hate. Own that, cause ima lover not a fighter. And I love my sugarmouse. Oh, and I love our tribe. Try whistling that.