It's Andy Fish!

1- Get up at a reasonable hour– take a shower, brush your teeth and shave. Be ready for the day when you leave the bathroom. Why? Because if you stumble downstairs inkempt and in tatters there’s a good chance someone is going to stop by or you’re going to get called somewhere and showing up looking like Columbo worked for Peter Falk but he could only see out of one eye so he can be excused.

2- Dress for the day. I don’t wear printed/graphic t-shirts– in fact I don’t wear t-shirts at all– unless they are under another shirt, and even then they are plain.

3- Pay attention to fabric. My huge collection of linen pants and 7oz jeans are great for those hot sticky days but winter? Useless.

4- Shorts are okay for tennis, the beach or sleeping. Anywhere else? Nope. If you are past the age of 12 you should be wearing pants. Too hot for pants? See #3 linen pants (quality linen) will solve that problem.

5- Eat a proper damn breakfast. I like Ron Swanson would choose for endless bacon and eggs, but I tend to limit it to one or two eggs and some manner of toast– I don’t eat bread that comes out of a processed package– so if there’s a mascot or a slogan on it I pass– bakery bread for me.

6- I don’t like windbreakers or jackets– I either wear a coat (in the winter it’s a long black cashmere coat–in the warmer weather it’s a long black cotton trench coat), if it’s a little bit cool I’ll wear a blazer like a coat. A windbreaker makes me feel like I should be coaching little league.

7- Always sunglasses. UV is as bad for your eyes as it is for your skin. I wear sunglasses even if the day is cloudy– because you never know when that big evil globe is going to come out and I need my eyes to keep working.

8- Make promises and then remember them. Don’t agree to everything– don’t put people off with your answer– just make a decision and then stick to it. Don’t be that guy who isn’t reliable.

9- Goes with the above– be on time even if it means being early. Sit in the car and check your email, or make a phone call but if you say you’ll be somewhere at 11am be there at 11am.

10- If you’re invited to dinner, never arrive empty handed. A bottle of wine, a bouquet of flowers, you need to have something to hand to the host or hostess for taking the time to invite (and more importantly) or even think of you.