Published November 4, 2015

Life Tips from Your Local Bartender

What can you learn about life from your neighborhood bartender? You can learn to mix drinks, but that’s nothing you can’t learn with an internet connection and some practice instead. Besides, mixing drinks is only one small part of the enormous skill set that separates mediocre bartenders from great ones. Sure, a bartender’s primary duty is to serve up whatever you and your friends want to imbibe, but tending bar also equips people to handle all sorts of life situations with grace and verve.

One thing that all good bartenders have in common is that they know how to present themselves and their work so it looks a good as it possibly can. Nicely-printed menus with flowers language, the bar’s decorations, and the ritual of watching a barkeep mix up a drink all contribute to the presentation that makes you pay $10 for a cocktail made with $2 of liquor. People in all walks of life should take heed and pay more attention to presentation in their professional life. Appearing to have value can make you be promoted over a similarly-qualified person who doesn’t pay attention to how they are perceived.

Read the full article here: Bartender Life Lessons