Sean Feeney

And I think about success and it's only possible if you're doing this thing that you truly love every day.

And those goals that used to be set, whether they're financial or promotions, those are just byproducts.

Those are great byproducts when you're doing something that you can just love to do every day.

I remember thinking about in finance when I was in my 20s, if I'm good at this,

Maybe I can get married to Maria really fast and we could have kids really fast and I'll put away enough money to save so I could retire early and just be with the family.

And I think about my father who retired 65 and he had his own business.

He was an oral surgeon and always telling me like, do what you love, do what you love.

And all I want to do is be him.

I knew early on in my finance career, that crazy reality of retiring early just wasn't going to happen for me.

And even if it did, what would I possibly be happy doing at 45 years old when I don't have a job?

I got into that mindset.

But luckily when Lilia opened and I walked through it and Missy and Feeney and Red Hook Tavern and Missy Posteds, I'll never want to retire.

I'll never want to stop doing this thing.

That doesn't mean opening restaurants all the time.

It's how do you impact someone's day in a positive way?

And there's so many ways to do that.

And I want to do that forever.

And I think that's probably what I'm most inspired by with Brunello.

He's doing that.

He's creating something great, but it's much more than just these amazing garments.