Now This Is The Way To Operate a Restaurant

Last week I went to visit my mother and we went to the locks to take the kids and see the pleasure boats going through.

There was this big sail boat coming through with a Luxembourg flag at the back so I just had to ask them where they were from. Well as it turned out the couple was from Amsterdam and they had this huge sail boat shipped over to Fort Lauderdale and since then they have traveled this far North and heading back before the winter sets in.

Sipping an espresso as they were waiting to be let through and continue their journey I asked them what they did for a living. Well they said first of all they sold their house to do this for 3 years altogether. That meant no work for 3 years! Just fun and travel and see the world.

So then I had to find out what they did to get this time off to which they replied that they owned two restaurants in Amsterdam and they had key people in place while they were gone to run it. In other words the restaurant which was highly successful no doubt was making money for the owners while they were on voyage. Sure they called nearly every night but it was more for how is it going and to check on their bank account which was increasing while they were gone.

The restaurant's name was Castille which happens to be castle in French. It is pretty high fine dining but the effects she said of the economy was not taking it's toll on their business at all.

Now here I thought that was pretty impressive. Sure they worked hard to get it to this point but unlike most owners who have to be at the restaurant all the time this couple were true business owners. Able to leverage their time through others. I am sure they were young and in their mid fifties.

I think Robert Kiyosaki , the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad would be impressed by this couple's lifestyle.

Wouldn't you agree?