Setting High Standards

By 88 Keys Team

I was watching Kitchen Nightmares the other night and saw Chef Ramsay and how much they hate him. But you know what, I see him as a highly passionate individual that wants everything to be right from the moment the client walks into the restaurant. Chef Ramsay is all about fresh ingredients, a clean kitchen, and a continuous desire to upgrade his skills as a professional. What’s wrong with that?

I am an individual that needs everything to be right. Some people call it a “Type A” personality, but I call it passion. A client asked me the other day, “How do you run a business and have three kids? You’re a supermom!” I answered, “Oh, you’re so sweet! Actually, I don’t consider what I do work, it’s passion.” By the way, I am writing this entry at 10:00pm and watching CSI at the same time. I think it’s called, “multi-tasking”, which is something women are really good at, but that’s another topic.

So have fun whatever you’re doing, you can’t have the TGIF mentality, or you’ll be on autopilot all week. I had a teacher a few years ago that got so stressed because she had trouble with the classroom management of the Imagine That kids. I told her, “Kids are kids, so you can’t expect them to be any different. You just have to understand them and get down to their level.” So I observed her the week after and she said, “It didn’t work, they’re still not listening to me.” Then I told her, “You forgot to have fun.” And then she told me she forgot about that because she was too busy teaching. So, go take on the day, and don’t be afraid to always take your skills to the next level.

-Eileen