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Mark Webber. I'm an acquired taste. I know it. I'm not
for everyone. Some people like me. Some people even adore me. I
appreciate that which I am and all which is me. I know me smart,
generous, tough, but fair, open, honest, direct, impatient,
But I always do the right thing. Some people respect what I stand
for. Some don't understand me at all. I agree. I have an
attitude. I'm a recluse. Therefore I'm less than friendly. I stand off.
I'm hard to approach unless I make myself approachable. Some understand how hard
it is for me to become me, and some don't care. On balance,
most know I'm one of the good guys. On the other hand,
now'm plenty of people don't like me. I'm sure he has an attitude it's
his way or the highway. He's very authoritative, Mark knows his mantre on
a subject. I may not always be ripe, but I'm never wrong.
He's pompous, he's full of himself. Some I trust must see the good,
and those are my sphere of influence. Do recognize I'm a man of
the people. That I know where I came from, and I never forget
that I started in the city projects and I became what I am. Like
me or not, it's your choice. If you're still listening, you must
like something other than listening. I'm not sure I care either way. Let's
be honest. I know I've helped train and mental more people than I can
list. I've always been tough, but always fair. And I'm likable hmmm.
I'm a family man first and foremost, so I like me. Point
is to some, I'm likable, to others not. But likability is an
extraordinary trait or talent Some people you just like them when you meet them.
Some people you like the way they behave some people you like by the way
they talk. But having that likability is a precious and powerful gift. So
I ask forget about me. Are you likable? Do you ever think about
it? You might be fun, smart, capable, but are you likable?
Do people want to be around you? Hold that thought? I can't
even begin to think about this. Likability is everywhere. You see it on
the news, the sports, the weather, the baker, plumber, and
the candlestick maker. Everyone in life. There are people easy to like in
politics, not so much Trump Biden. As hard as they try, are
e them likable? I'll tell you the answers. At least half the country
he doesn't think so. So that's a awful lot of people who don't like
him. Are politicians likable? I don't think so. Biden, he's angry
all the time. And Trump I saw the other day he was asked about
aliens and what he thought about it. If you listened, his answer was
crazy. He starts to talk about the pilots and the first thing he says,
they're not as handsome as Tom Cruise, but I think they're good looking
guys, and then he tells you there's something out there. But all along
he got around to saying those were good guys. Hey, Donald Trump,
those guys are heroes. They're extraordinary men, amazing people. They've accomplished what
so few people in the world could ever accomplished. They become fighter pilots.
President Trump, it's hard to like you when you talk like that. Likability
from presidential candidates to you. Are you likable? Are they likable? Who's
likable? Good question, an important question for tonight. Now joining me,
they're very likable. Lawyer, co host of Always in Fashion and my son
Jesse Webber. Now, let me just say I like you. Why do
you like me? Let me tell you something other than the fact that you're
my father and I like you. I think you're so unique. I think
you're so funny. You know, you go into people's lives, they know
they're kind of surprised by who you are and what you give off. I
think that's a fair assessment of you. You're a very very different individual.
Yeah, but that doesn't mean people like me. I do believe I'm an
acquired taste. You are, But you're straight to the point, you're no
nonsense. People are pre ciate that a wealth of knowledge. I think people
like you. Otherwise people wouldn't listen to the show. We wouldn't be on
for how many years we're on. Right, if the people didn't like you,
I suppose thank you, you're my son. It's not without you're not
objective. Well that's fair, that's fair. That's fair. You said I'm
likable. I like to. I appreciate that. I like to think that
I'm likable. So then let's talk about this for a second. Is Trump
likable? No? Well, wait a minute, hold on, hold on.
According to who his diehard followers, they love him. They love him,
I would say for independence. For people on the other side, it's
a spectrum of I don't like him to I hate him. That's what you're
mostly getting with him. He's a very polarizing individual. What I know of
him because I met him, I work with him. I like him,
and I like what he stood for when he was president. But man,
I don't think he could win because there are just too many people that outright
hate him, can't stand him. Yeah. You don't hear that about politicians
often, do you. It's a lot of criticizing politicians, but not so
much hating politicians. So he's a unique breed. People cannot stand him,
but couldn't you also make the argument that in politics they can't stand the other
guy. He feels a little bit different, but he also feels like You
cover him on the radio, you cover on the radio, you get a
lot of calls. Does anybody ever stand up for him? People cannot be
objective when it comes to Donald Trump? Is that a fair assessment? There?
Really really can't stand him. They can never give him the benefit of
the doubt. And if you're on radio and you do, they're all over
you. Also, there are times, and I'll preface it, I could
I could go in and I could say, listen, this is not me
saying I like Donald Trump. This is not me saying I agree with Donald
Trump. But having said this, and I try to give a different,
nuanced perspective on a way to look at what he's saying, or look at
what he's doing, or the legal cases against him, It's almost like it
goes one ear and out the other. I get it. I get attacked.
You keep defending him, you keep saying he does nothing wrong. You're
a Trump apologist, like it's like, oh my gosh, like people really
are He talks about Trump derangement syndrome and you can laugh it off, but
it's almost like a real thing. When you mentioned his name, it's a
visceral emotional reaction from people. Well, if he doesn't win, it's because
of that. How about Biden? What do you think about Biden? From
what you covered Biden, more people are like I like Biden. There are
people who are like, you know, he's okay, He's better than the
alternative. In terms of people who absolutely hate him. You really see that
only from the far right. There are people who don't agree with him,
they don't like his policies, they don't think that he should be president.
But there are those people also say, I got nothing against him. He's
fine, he's just I don't think he's a good president. But then unless
you hear from like the far right crew like he belongs in jail, he's
the worst. He's evil. You don't see kind of that universal hate that
you see with Donald Trump. We're not talking about hey, we're talking about
likable. Do you think people like him that aren't voting for him. I'm
not even sure that people are voting for like him, Okay, in a
bit broad spectrum. I don't think that many people like either candidate. It
feels almost like this election will be like who do you like less? Yeah,
what about Kennedy? What's wrong with him? Kennedy is very interesting,
right. He has ideas that some people think are controversial. They automatically shoot
him off as if he's not a real contender, and they don't know what
to make of him because he doesn't quite tow either line. He's literally down
the middle. But having said that, he's a little bit of an odd
duck, and I think people don't know what to make of him. They
think he's more of a distraction from the race. I actually think he should
be on every debate stage. I think he should be a viable contender.
I always believe that a third alternative would have been a good thing for this
race. Well, he's trying, you know. It's interesting with his last
name, and let's not forget who his father was. His father gave his
life for the country. The fact that he's not really liked is what I'm
talking about today. Having this likability is a gift, and the three people
running for president, I don't think have it speaking of which, I'm going
to change the subject on you. I saw you this week on News Nation
when you're hosted the Dan Abrams Show and you covered the Alec Baldwin upcoming trial.
If I was ali of Baldwin, I wouldn't think you're very likable.
Well, what am I going to say? I'm a legal analyst on television.
I tell it like it is. I got nothing against Alec Baldwin.
In fact, I think he's an incredible actor. I think he's a great
looking guy. I've been a fan of him for a long time. Having
said that, when I listened to the evidence that's been presented so far in
his co defendant's case, the armor, When I look at the evidence that
is potentially going to be presented in his case, it looks really really bad
for him. You know. It's one thing to say he's just an actor,
but remember he was also the producer of the set and arguably in control
of what went on. And remember what he's accused of. He's accused of
firing a weapon that killed a cinematographer. They have evidence of him pointing the
gun at other crew members, firing the gun, and another crew member using
the gun as a pointer, firing the weapon after they yell, cut,
not paying attention during training, bossing people around. That's bad evidence to say
that he's legally responsible for killing a woman. Now again, he's not charged
with murder. He's charged with manslaughter, that he was reckless. He'll be
able to put on a defense. He's got the best attorneys. But when
I look at some of this evidence, I have to say it's not great
for him. I'm not saying he'll be convicted. I'm not saying he won't
put on a defense, But what am I supposed to do? Sugarcoat it?
Because I like the guy. Well, he's not likable. He's always
been a wise guy and a tough guy. He must be he is,
And look, I think there's also a question whether or not he wants to
take the stand. A lot of people were surprised when he did that ABC
interview with George Stephanoblis and told him I didn't pull the trigger. Legally,
you could say that probably wasn't in his best interest to do that, because
now prosecutors are hell bent on making sure to prove that he did pull the
trigger. But he might want to take the stand and tell his own side.
Of the story. I don't necessarily recommend it, but he might want
to do it. Likable or not. Right now, probably not as likable
as he used to be, which brings me to the fact that you could
be likable, but you could you lose it. You have to know what
you're doing. Look at Justin Timberlake. He was the darling. Yeah,
the darling. Everybody loved him. What's going on now? Remember when he
was singing, acting, dancing. They said he could do everything, He
could do it all. Unfortunately for him, he took what I think a
six year break from music. He released his studio album, people kind of
forgot who he was. It wasn't successful. His ticket sales weren't so successful.
Britney Spears wrote her memory Our last year where she alleged a lot of
bad stuff about him. He came out on stage I think it was last
year and in a very vulgar fashion said, I'm not apologizing to anybody.
And now he just got arrested over the weekend. For DUI, it's not
great for him. I actually spoke to Perez Hilton, who's a very very
big entertainment columnist, and he said that the way that Justin Timberlake is going
to turn it around this year. You're ready. He's going to go back
on tour with n Sync. So going back to where he started is a
way for him to rehabilitate and revitalize his career. Oh that's fast. The
officer who arrested Justin Timberlake this is out in the Hamptons reportedly didn't even know
who he was. He didn't even know that he was Justin. He didn't
know who Justin Timberlake was. He didn't know he was a musician. And
that's that's that's a shot to your ego, quick day fall. We've used
this music a ton of times on this show. He's great, he's amazing.
But is he likable right now? And then answer is I don't think
so. It's interesting what happens. I haven't heard anything about him lately.
Good riddance. That guy's incredibly unlikable. Everything he does is wrong, Everything
he does is wrong. He alienates everybody. He thinks he's a genius.
I can't stand him. By the way, this is so interesting talking about
likable. I saw the New Bad Boys movie. Now, let me be
clear. When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, I was the first person to
say I think the police should arrest him. He basically committed a crime on
national television. And I love Will Smith. I've been a huge fan of
Will Smith, even what he did. Was I upset with what he did?
Yeah? Did I look at it and say I'm never gonna watch another
one of his movies. No? And I went into that movie and absolutely
loved it. I don't think you're forgiven for what you do, but honestly,
I don't know if it's a second chance or what. But I went
into it and I loved watching him. I was close to hating him than
being angry at him when I saw it on the Academy Woods. I thought
he was angry, arrogant. His behavior abboorrent. He deserves nos quarter.
What did you say? You almost had like a mental health crisis, a
breakdown on national television. That's what it looked like to me. Yeah,
well that may be why he's still likable in terms of his movie. Is
the movie doing well, Oh, it's doing great, It's during greatly.
Take a guess how much money it's made worldwide? Sixty eight million? You
think this made sixty eight million dollars worldwide? Two hundred and twenty three million
over two hundred twenty three million. Well that's pretty good, but worldwide.
You would expect more from Bad Boys, would you not? What did the
other one do? Let's see Bad Boys for life. So this was four
years ago. It made worldwide, and remember it hasn't been out as long
as the last Bad Boys. This's just opened the blast. Bad Boys made
four hundred and twenty six million dollars worldwie. Okay, Well, well so
anyway, there is something about likability. It comes in business, that comes
in your personal life, and that's kind of what I want to talk about
tonight. Yeah, this is a good subject. Where'd you get it?
Interestingly enough? You know, I can believe when I tell you? You
ready, yep? Daniel Craig, James Bond, James Bond. I was
flipping the channels the other day. Actually, I was on Instagram and I
saw him doing those Belvedere dancing commercials and I couldn't stand him, and I
started to think about it. You know, it's a funny story. When
I used to be important, a lot of different kinds of people crossed my
doorsteps, and at one time, as the CEO of the company, there
were companies looking to invest in our company. One of them was called Sun
Capital. Sun Capital is a large private equity firm, and if I'm not
mistaken, at one time they owned MGM, and during that period I remember
one of their top people coming in to talk about the company. I was
wanted to talk about the company, and I said, before we go there,
you own MGM. How's the next James Bond casting going? And they
say, we have someone and he's doing great. We've watched the dailies.
He's amazing. I said, who is it. They said, Daniel Craig.
You mean that guy from Road to Perdition. She said yeah. I
said, I hate that guy now, being that we're talking about likability.
Wrote to Pradition is a movie where Tom Hanks plays a gangster in the nineteen
thirties. It's one of the most remarkable performances I'd ever see him give.
But the villain was Daniel Craig, and he was so despicable to watch and
so despicable to even be around in this character he played. I hated him.
And when they told me from Sun Capitol he's the next James Bond,
I said, there's no way that guy's going to be successful. I hate
him. He says he's great, and sure enough, I was, with
every intention interested in him doing well, and like everyone else, I waited
to see Casino Royale, and from the minute the movie began to the minute
it ended, I was enthralled. I was amazed. Now, I grew
up with Sean Connery, so he was always my favorite James Bond until Daniel
Craig. Now, if it wasn't for the history and the fact that I
saw him when I was a little boy, the fact that he came on
the scene and caught my attention to that agree, the likability of him was
amazing. And it just goes to show you you can be likable or unlikable.
You could turn it around, because here is one of my favorite roles
of all time, the actor who played him. I learned from hating him
to love him, until, of course he killed off James Bond in his
final movie, and now I hate him again. So likability is what I
want to talk about tonight, and we come back, We're going to talk
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Here's your host, Mark Webber. I've been thinking about this week.
You know, I've been myself. I've been out and about. I'm thinking
about the fact that I'm a recluse and I know some people really like me,
and I know a lot of people don't like me. And I started
to think about the idea of likability, to be like, to have that
kind of gift that people look at you and like you and they really like
you. It blows my mind and I wanted to talk about it. It
started with me thinking about Daniel Craig and James Bond the turnabout of events,
but I started thinking about likability, and I want to remind everyone that we
have a mantra on this show. The packaging yourself is as important as the
products your package. Who you are, what you are, how you behave,
how you're seeing, how you handle yourself is one of the most important
things. And I often say that doing excellent work is just not enough.
Attitude in your work matters as well. I think about I'm a New York
Yankee fan. I try and watch every game I don't go to every game.
I can't be there for every game. I try and tape every game,
and even if I only watch the highlights. I love the Yankees.
And if you watch the Yankees right now, think about Aaron Judge, leader
of the team, the captain, this big guy six foot seven, two
hundred and ninety pounds whatever. He's so likable, like the gentle giant who
might be the best baseball player in total right now. Amazing how much he's
like. And on the other end, there's a quirky, strange Nesta Cortez
that everyone loves, and it's amazing to watch when you think about this whole
concept of likability, and I'm really fascinated by it, which brings me back
to current events. I want to talk about COVID. COVID was a nightmare.
You know, eventually one hundred and ninety four million Americans got COVID.
We had our school's clothes, the country clothes. The people were out of
their minds, wearing masks everywhere. Everyone was concerned that we didn't know what
to do and where we were going. I, for one, support everything
that the government did in trying to contain COVID. I also support everything the
government did to try and give us a feeling of safety was on the way
that the government knew what it was doing. It was taking all the proper
steps. It was researching, it was studying the sciences, making the recommendations
that needed to be made at a time that no one had the answers.
I remember President Trump rushing to the vaccine. I remember what it felt like
knowing there was a solution. I remember talking to our family doctor in June
of that year, whichever year it was, when they said, once you're
vaccinated, your bulletproof. I remember what it felt like for that two weeks
until we found out the vaccine wasn't stopping people from getting COVID, although they
still were saying it helped us against COVID once you got it. But here
we are, all this time later, and we still don't have answers.
And Fauci testified before Congress, and I'm wondering, Jesse, you'd think he's
likable now or is he ruined forever? Not that he cares. What do
you think happened from watching him on television? He had an impossible task.
We were all looking for answers in real time during what was essentially a panic.
The problem for Fauci is he wasn't entirely transparent, and a lot of
the things that he said he backtracked on. I mean only recently, what
two days ago, he said I think we closed schools for longer than we
should. Now Remember that was based on his recommendations, So people could say
he had this nefarious attent. You know, he was trying to hurt the
country. He wasn't being honest. But I think when you really think about
it, he was trying to make the best decisions possible at the time.
And does he probably regret certain things. Yeah, but we don't have a
crystal ball. We can't go back in time. But in terms of likability,
there are people who love Fauci. Like Fauci, and there are people
who despise him. I OpEd on the side if I like him. I
think we were in big trouble. We didn't have any answers. They did
their best to try and keep us feeling safe and trying to figure out that
the solutions to all this while was going on. I don't like, in
hindsight, the lying, but I'm going to still give him a likability,
you know what, I want to talk about them. You're not going to
believe it. The post office, Okay, do you like the post office?
I don't think about the post office too much, and I would have
to say probably not, because every time I think about the idea of having
to go to the post office, I dread it. What is it that
you dread? The people waiting in line, having to figure out where to
send it, the boxes, the envelopes, the stamps, it's all big
process. Do you feel that way about FedEx or ups? Same thing?
I don't really, it feels like the same stuff. Well, you know,
why do you love the post office? Well, I have no choice
but to deal with the post office. I don't. I'm not married,
I live in a house. I get packages, they got stuff. I
have mail. I still pay my bills with checks. I'm back and forth
in the post office. I started thinking about it this week because my local
post office is very comfortable for me. I always find parking. I walk
in, and here's the thing I'm talking about likability, And I want to
talk about this for a second. There's one guy in particular in the post
office that's the greatest guy ever. You walk in, you wait online,
or you don't, and he greets you with a smile. So what can
I do for you today? He's instantaneous, he knows what to do,
takes care of business. You need anything else? You want to buy some
forever stamps right now? I love going in the post office. However,
there are a couple of other people on the female side. One of them
I enjoy, the other is unpleasant the idea when I go in, I
know I have to talk to her. I'm miserable about it. I just
go to show you the difference on likability and not. They both get the
job done, but it gives me a bad impression and experience with the idea
of dealing with the post office, and it really shouldn't be. Here's a
crazy one. Do you know who post office loses money? Jesse, No,
I didn't know that. I would think that they would be very pro
post office. Since two thousand and seven they lost eighty seven billion dollars.
Can you imagine that number? And they owe eleven billion to the US Treasury.
They're also fifty nine billion dollars behind in payments to the employee pension and
healthcare funds. Here's the thing, how can the post office lose money,
one would ask they have a monopoly on the mail. I looked it up,
and of course what has happened. Mail volume dropped from two hundred and
seven billion pieces of mail in two thousand to one hundred and forty two billion
pieces of mail in twenty nineteen. It was the steepest drop in first class
delivers in the history of the world. Now UPS doubles its packaging shipping volume
from twenty ten to twenty nineteen. But the Post Office in said not making
money. UPS is so deeply in debt. Just don't understand. It's the
thing that you want to talk like ability in the government. When Donald Trump
was elected to office, I was thrilled because finally a businessman is going to
be running the country, someone who actually has to deal with making decisions to
win to lose. Here we are Donald Trump president should be great, and
he couldn't get anything done. The first time I heard about the Post Office
losing money was here. But I come from corporate America. There's no excuse
for losing money. There's no you know, off with your head. You
wouldn't be here in two seconds if you lose money, you were the post
Office. Jesse what would you do knowing that mail was going down? I
would cheapen the prices. Why make it easier for people to do it?
Or I would you lose more money if you're cheaved than the price you get
the monopoly? I don't know. You know this is not my area of
expertise. You're the business guy. What would you do well? The first
thing I would do is I make up my mind that I can't avoid to
lose money. So generally speaking, any business the number one costes people.
And while the government promises never to fire you, that's before you lose eighty
seven billion dollars. You have to decide what to do about people. It's
ugly. The first thing I would do is offer peaper early retirement. I
give them cash payments up front. I might give them the same pension plan
if they leave early. But you got to get the people count down.
You have to lower the amount of working hours to lower your course. Every
business in the world with lower course. When it comes to that number one
number two, I'd look for innovative ways to run the business. Why doesn't
the post office take returns from Amazon? Wouldn't that be the simplest place to
give Amazon returns. You walk in here, it is give it to the
post They could charge whatever they want. They Certa could charge when anyone else
is charging. Why would you let Dwayne Read or CVS take over that business
when you want to join them? Yeah, rather than lose you join them.
It take returns. I can't believe that nobody's thinking about this thing.
And last, but not least, I would go to FedEx. I'd send
someone from the Post Office to every FedEx store in the neighborhood. If there
are ten FedEx stores in the miner surrounding area, I'd send ten people from
the Post Office into the FedEx stores, go in there with boxes to ship
something. And whoever is the best handler of boxes at Fedeck's, I'd steal
away and bring into the post office. You know, the Post Office doesn't
really do boxes. They made a decision. Either're too heavy, they're too
big to do this, do that. They don't deal with it. You
want to tell me why not became the biggest business in transportation and shipments in
the world. How could the Post Office not handle it? They have all
the equipment to have this, shorters, they have all this, How could
they not take boxes? They let the world pass them by. And that's
the problem with the government. You want to talk about likability, this is
what proves that the government doesn't belong in the business. And it drives me
crazy every time I think about the post office. So while I enjoy my
local post office and you talk about likability, Eh, look what's going on
here. While I'm on the subject, I had a life changing event.
It's about three years ago. I decided to lose weight and over the course
of call it five months maybe six months, I went from two hundred and
eighteen pounds to one hundred and sixty one hundred and sixty two and I've been
averaging around one hundred and sixty five pounds for three years now and without ozembic.
Yeah. I did it the hard way, with discipline and being smart
and counting calories and being careful what I ate. And I changed my life
around to that. But you know, forget that, that's for another day.
Even though it's summer and I feel good about being in a bathing suit,
that's not the point. The point is I had to get a whole
new wardrobe because nothing fit me. I went from a size forty six suit
down to a forty two. Forty two is what I wore in college.
I had to get a new wardrobe from soup to nuts. I had no
pants to fit, no shirts to fit, no sweaters to fit, and
no suits of sport codes to fit. You got married, I needed a
tuxedo. Jared had a ten year anniversary prote. I needed a white dinner
jacket. I bought all of these things, and all of them have been
purchased with love. Because along the way, when I became thin again,
you guys, Jared, your brother, and you got me reinterested in clothes,
and I started making up tailored clothing. And yes, my company of
choice became Ralph Lauren, and I'd go there for almost everything. But I
found another company, or I found another place to purchase my Ralph Lauren.
And the problem is, you want to talk about likable, the tailors are
terrible. Maybe the tailors aren't terrible, but the system is. I grew
up in this business, and I was a kid. I worked in a
store. I knew everything that was to know about tailored clothing suits. I
knew how to wear them, I knew how they should fit, I knew
how to do the alterations. I didn't know how to sew them, but
I knew how to mark the suits, pin them, chalk them, tell
the tailor exactly what it needed to be done, and I, the guy
who marked him, worked with the tailor, explained exactly each and every step
that needed to be done, and then they went ahead and altered them.
I've noticed that the system in these stores, that the driving volume isn't like
that. Somebody comes in to measure you, they mark up the suit,
and they give it to a production line, and you don't see it for
a week or two. I have had times where I've had to go back
five times to have my clothes altered. I figured I picked my favorite tailor.
I picked a favorite guy. I worked with him whenever I went in
for a suit, he marked my clothing. When he got it back after
three times, four times, I said this got to get better. I
gave him one hundred dollars tip. So now whenever I show up in the
store, they come to me, they can't wait to be with me.
They can't get it right. And I've become very frustrated with this company and
very frustrated with the clothes I've been buying. You want to talk about likable.
This is how you ruin brands, certainly ruse the reputation of your store.
I wrote a note to the head guy who handles my business, and
I said, first of all, I waited three weeks for my first fitting.
Nothing is that important that it has to wait three weeks. But you
know what, I didn't need it, so I accepted waiting three weeks.
I respected the fact that you need at the time, I didn't want to
rush you. I show up. None of the work was done properly.
It had to be done again. Two more weeks later. It came back
wrong. By this time I've lost my patience. You sent it to my
home, Thank you very much. I tried on the coat. It didn't
fit. The two pair of pants I bought, one was longer and shorter
than the other. Nothing came out right. I wrote them a note and
said, you're taking the joy out of purchasing. It's a real problem for
me. They wrote back, I'm sorry, We'll do better. I asked
how. I never got an answer. The point is likability is important in
brands, not just in you, me or the president. Take a break,
we'll be back in a minute. Always in fashion, I spent a
lifetime of my career building the van In brand, and I am so pleased
that they're back with us now talking about suits. Men were dressing up again
and it's become cool to wear a suit. Suits can be won on multiple
occasions in multiple ways. You could wear a suit formally to go out at
night or to an event. You wear a suit to the office with or
without a tie. If you look closely, now fashion trends, suits are
being worn with turtlenecks or mark next. The choices are endless and every one
of them looks right. You could really really look the part. I believe
that packaging yourself is as important as the products you package, and wearing a
suit is one of those things that make men look their best. Venues and
invented a new idea. It's called the cool Flex suit. It's been engineered
with stretch technology, giving you the most comfortable fit and mobility. It's wrinkle
resistant fabric, it's cool moisture WICKI it makes it perfect for all occasions.
As we discussed just now, this new style of looking sharp while feeling cool
and comfortable is amazing and I'm so excited that the van Using company is involved
in this new technology and is embracing the whole idea of dressing up. Let's
not forget Van using made it's name with dress shirts. It's only proper that
the suit business follows strongly in its way. You can find Van using kolflex
Men's stretch suits at jcpenny or online at jcpenny dot com. Guys, they're
great. You should go look at them. D Knwhy Donna Karen, New
York. Donna Karen began her career as one of the finest, most successful,
powerful women in the fashion industry. She developed a collection aimed at the
luxury market for women on the go, women who were powerful in their workplace,
women who had lives that extended beyond the workplace, and her clothes went
from day and to night. An extraordinary collection. But the interesting thing Donna
Aaron had a young daughter and she had friends and they couldn't afford to buy
the Donna Karen collection, and Donna invented dk NY Donna Aaron, New York.
It's an offshoot of the Donna Karen collection, the same concept a lifestyle
brand. Then we talk about lifestyle brands, what does that really mean?
Simply what they say there are brands that follow you throughout your lifestyle. You
get up in the morning, you start to get dressed Donna Karen dcaan why
as intimate apparel, as hosiery, as all those products. You're getting dressed
for work. You get accessorized shoes, handbags, and it takes you through
the day. The remarkable thing about dk and Y clothes for work, they
work into the evening. The dresses, the suits, the pants, the
sweaters, the blouses, extraordinary clothes at affordable prices that go from day in
tonight. Part of your lifestyle is active. You have weekends, you have
events, you participate in sports. Donna Karen's casual clothes did that under the
DKNY label. A vast array of casual sports that make women look great as
they navigate their busy lives. Whether you going to soccer games for your children
or whether you're going out to the movies, whatever you want to do.
Dkn Y jeens, dca Y Sportswear is there for you. That's what a
lifestyle brand is. And I need to mention dk Y Activewear, which is
extraordinary, the leggings, the sports bras, the sweats. You can wear
dk why active Wear certainly in the gym, certainly when you're working out at
home, and certainly if you want on the street, because it's that well
done. The quality of dk why is nothing short of exceptional, and why
shouldn't it be because it was born from the idea of luxury made affordable for
women of America. DK and Why a true lifestyle brand that takes you from
day and tonight, from the week into the weekend. DCN Why you can
find DCN Y and Macy's d KWY dot com. Welcome back to Always in
Fashion. Here's your host, Mark Webber. Likability. That's what's on my
mind. It's such a gift to be liked. It's priceless. You can't
pay for it. Some people they just walk in a room and they smile
and people are just gonna like them. Some people, whether you know them
as friends, are in business. They offer smile, they offer good idea,
they offer a sincere interest in making you feel comfortable. They're instantly likable.
There are brands, and you mentioned them, they're likable. I'm not
a coffee drinker, but when I think of Starbucks, that's a brand I
like. When I think of automobiles, I like looking at Ferraris. They're
beautiful cars. You don't see them everywhere. I like them. They make
me smile. I'm a luxury guy. I like looking at this stuff when
I think of Etone having worked there. I just walked by their windows the
other day. The photography makes me smile. They're so likable. I've learned
that whether it's people, places, brands, they could be likable. I've
often talked about stockbrokers. I hate stock buying lunch. I hate it.
I am very very careful with stock. I've done very well with certain stocks.
I've always done very well with stock and the companies. But I've always
said, also the great commercial for I think a trade. If your stockbroker
was so smart, why is he still working? Great question I'll never forget.
I was buying a bunch of treasury bills from one stockbroker, month after
month, year over year, and finally said, Mark, you know I
don't make my living selling treasure bills. I need you to buy some stock
from me. I said, I really don't like buying stocks. Do me
a favor. I'll give you two stocks. I'm sure they're gonna do well.
Please buy them. Give it a try, so you know I said,
as a gift, I'll buy a hundred shares of Intel and one hundred
shares of Ford. He asked me to do it. I said, okay.
A year later, nothing happen. Happens. Intel goes down, for
it goes down two points, So I wait another year. At the end
of the other year, the money all my stocks that I did buy,
like Apple I bought a little and Microsoft, whatever, vetone, PVH,
my former company companies that I know going through the roof. My two stocks
go down. I remember calling my stockbrokeer this particular one, and I said,
you know, two years ago you asked me to buy two stocks.
You told me to trust you. They're going to do it. Do you
know how they're doing? What do you think, he said to me,
Jesse, I don't know, yeah, exactly which two stocks? I said,
what you gave me this song and dance. You gave me a speech
that I only buy treasury bills on. You want me to buy stock.
You recommend two stocks from me, and I buy him. You don't even
remember what they are? He said, no, I'm sorry, I don't.
I said, okay, let's look the two of them up. Both
lost me money in two years where everything else were there. So you want
to talk about likability that I didn't like. I didn't bill him his company.
I blamed him, and he didn't last long with me. I found
this replacement. I remember, you know, you want to talk on him.
I loved General Motors when I was growing up as a young man and
first started to dry. All the cars were General Motors. You had a
good feeling about him until the Japanese came out and made cheaper, better looking,
more reliable quality cars. Never forget my first company car. I was
at a vice president's level and I was being given an automobile as part of
the perks in that job. Pontiac came out with a new Firebird and I
loved it, loved it, loved it, loved it. It was cool
looking. First year I bought it. It was my company car. One
day, I'm driving home and had a beautiful silhouette to it. I closed
the hatchback in the winter. The entire window shatters, I mean into a
million pieces, and in the back seat was your brother's car seat. He
was a little boy at the time, and the whole back window shattered on
the car seat. And I said to myself. Can you imagine if he
was in the car and I closed the window when that happened. What's wrong
with you, Pontiac? What's wrong with you? General Motives. I went
to the company. I said, look, I know that at the level
of vice president, I can't trade up from the General Motor level, but
I want to buy a Niss in three hundred X. I'm a sports guy
guy if I have to pay the difference, but I can't keep this car
anymore. He said, well, they'll fix the back window. I said,
no, they won't. You can't give me this company car, after
which just happened. I showed him pictures of it. And I did buy
a Nissan and three hundred z X and all the following models, and I
think it was the first one was too eighty and never once had a problem,
never ever, ever. But I remember Roger E. Smith. You
know who Roger E. Smith is? Jesse. Why does that name sound
so familiar? I don't know. He was the then CEO of General Motors
when I had the problem with Pontiac, and I remember I was shot out
of the cannon. I couldn't do anything wrong. I was communicating, I
was buying, I was selling. I was international, I had a voice.
I used to be important. I no longer am. I wrote a
letter to Roger E. Smith, the chairman of General Modes, told him
how excited I was to at my first company car, and how thrilled I
was to find out that Pontiac had this new car, the Firebird brand new
model. I loved it. I chose it as my company car. I
drove it with pride. I was excited to be driving General Motors until one
night, in a chilly night, I closed the rear hatch and the window
shattered all over my son's car seat. No. I don't know whether he
ever read it, but I did get back a letter apologizing, saying they'll
look into it. We haven't had this problem before. YadA, YadA,
YadA YadA. While I appreciated the response, I never bought a General Motors
car again until they came out with you know, wat ch S your first
car, the Hummer, the H two. Yeah, that was a great
car. It was huge. You could drive it with one finger. It
was so easy to drive, and it was big and safe. Until Obama
took the presidency and decided that to bail out General Motors and Ford. They
had to drop the hum that was part of the deal. They had to
drop the hummer because there was a gas guzzler. But they never said ever,
ever, ever, the escalade the suburban ate more guests than the hummer.
So I have mixed feelings touch GM. And the point of this is,
guys, likability is in businesses too. You gotta do the right thing
at the moment. Sustainability is really important. People want to see young people
in particular, that people are trying to protect the environment that they care about,
pleasing we the consumer because you want to be likable back in a moment.
Always in fashion, then Using for over one hundred and fifty years now
has been a mainstay in American fashion. This brand that was invented for dress
shirts was given to coal miners when they exited the mills dirty and dusty.
The Phillips Venues and Company Phillips Family's there to give them fresh, new shirts
that they could wear at home and feel their best. Over the course of
time, van Using dress shirts grew and grew and grew to suit shirts and
ties for the dress up. But now sportswear has become a dominant part of
the venues and collection. You can find these products including sweaters, polos,
quarter zips, trousers and even the best of fashion has to be preserved.
I don't know if I ever mentioned to you the advent of the men's necktie.
There's nothing better in a men's necktie business than the business lunch because guys
we go out, they'd have their lunch that have their salads or their beef
and potatoes and snow stout about it. They would always stain their die and
therefore the business grew and grew venues, and today doesn't want to make money
on your hardships. They want to do it and prevent you from having to
go through that. And they invented stain shield. It's the technology that was
invented to protect your favorite items. The stain Shield collection provides extreme defense against
water based stains by causing spills to beat up before they can be into the
fabric. This collection, by the way, in addition to regular fits,
is also often in all body sizes, including big and tall. You can
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in fashion. Here's your host, Mark webber Tonight, I'm talking likability.
Likability is a gift. It's a superpower. If you're liked, it means
the world. It means the world for products and companies. If companies are
respected appreciate if people smile when they're involved with you. If you give something
extra in return and people walk out feeling value, whether it's a cup of
coffee or whether it's a shirt you're bought in a store, Feeling good about
what you price, what you place, what you purchase is huge. We
should never forget the power of likability. On a personal note, I'm talking
to you. It takes nothing to smile. Likability. It's in the eyes.
Be happy. If you're not, make believe you're happy. What do
I know? I think your life will be better. I'll tell you what
I do know, your career will be better. Be nice until it's time
not to be nice. Anybody out there know where that's from. Good Night,