{"id":59,"date":"2015-02-24T10:12:17","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T00:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.businessinbarefeet.com.servepreview.net\/?p=59"},"modified":"2015-02-24T10:12:17","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T00:12:17","slug":"celebrating-10-years-without-a-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.businessinbarefeet.com\/?p=59","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 10 Years Without a Tie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post_image\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinbarefeet.com\/private-mentoring\">client<\/a> asked me yesterday when was the last time I wore a tie.<\/div>\n<div class=\"post_text\">\n<p>I wasn\u2019t sure where the question was coming from but as we\u2019re getting ready to launch his latest startup perhaps he was warming me up for some role at the launch.<\/p>\n<p>While ties have been very selectively used in the US West Coast dominated IT world here in Australia they are still in mainstream business use.\u00a0 From the age of 17 when I started work as a junior accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell &amp; Co (as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151210115059\/http:\/\/www.kpmg.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KPMG\u00a0<\/a>was known then) I\u2019ve worn ties for many work days.\u00a0 My formative business years were all in ties.<\/p>\n<p>Jumping from KPMG to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151210115059\/http:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Computer<\/a>\u00a0was my first real relief.\u00a0\u00a0On \u2018Casual Fridays\u2019\u00a0we could leave our ties behind.\u00a0 Of course I seldom wore a tie when I then jumped into my first startup\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151210115059\/http:\/\/www.mudmaps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MudMaps\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 an outdoor 4WD travel company.\u00a0 I made it a branding point to visit business clients in \u2018bush gear\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway I\u00a0pondered my client\u2019s question a few more minutes, and worked it backwards in time.<\/p>\n<p>And then the answer came to me.\u00a0\u00a0It really was 2005 when I last wore a tie!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>10 years without a tie!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>How good is that.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151210115059im_\/http:\/\/www.markphillips.biz\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Awful things really.\u00a0 And they really should be put into the bin and forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>So, tonight I think I\u2019ll clean out the back of the wardrobe, throwing some old ties into the bin and then have a celebratory beer to congratulate myself for 10 years without a tie.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Picture of Me in a Tie Above:<\/h3>\n<p>The picture above was 10 years ago at the launch of our startup\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151210115059\/http:\/\/www.decipher.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Decipher Technologies<\/a>\u00a0in Parliament House, Canberra.\u00a0 From the left is my Chairman, Sir Frank Moore; the Federal Tourism Minister Fran Bailey, myself, and\u00a0lastly Michael Pascoe, Journalist and MC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.businessinbarefeet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/In-the-middle-of-difficulty-lies-opportunity.-99.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A client asked me yesterday when was the last time I wore a tie. 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