“If you don’t feel great in your gut...”
Bob Barnett // BS '78/MBA '81
- What keeps you up at night? Michigan basketball.
- What’s a book you read recently? Eric Clapton’s biography.
- What’s on your iPod? The Thornes, a “dad’s band” I play keyboard in.
- What’s the most thrilling/adventurous thing you’ve ever done? I took off my skis on top of a mountain at Whistler and walked across the lip of a glacier with my son.
- Guilty pleasure? Cinnamon.
- Who is your personal hero (and why)? Ronald Reagan. He was a big, principled leader and thinker.
- First job? Landscaper.
- Best business decision? To “go entrepreneurial.”
- Favorite sport to watch? Michigan football and basketball, and the Chicago Cubs.
- What is the one thing you learned in business school that you’ll never forget? If you don’t feel great in your gut while driving to work, change jobs or careers (Bill Hall).
- Most important room in your home? My man cave.
- Favorite comfort food? Chicken pasta ... lots of it.
- If you had a theme song, what would it be? “Thunder Road,” by Bruce Springsteen.
- Best trophy/award you ever won? First place in the battle of the bands at Buddy Guy’s with the Thornes.
- If you could read anyone’s mind, whose would it be? Warren Buffett’s.
- Pet peeve? Adding an “h” to words like “straight” ... “shtraight.”
- Unfulfilled wish? To play the piano for a living. It will never happen.
- What are you afraid of? Boredom.
- Nightmare job? Working at the DMV.
- Must-have app on your phone? Sportacular
Spring 2013 // Chicago, Ill.