Nifty Blog

Nifty Nob would not be here if it were not for my Dad.  No he did not finance this venture it is the voice in my head that I am talking about.   My dear Dad passed from Alzheimers on Christmas Eve 2007.  Even when he was the most remote he gave me great practial advice.  When I was a young woman working for Macy’s New York in my early 20’s I was convinced I had hit a glass ceiling.  I remember complaining to him on the phone 3000 miles away.  He said quite firmly “Don’t you let the fact that you are a woman hold you back from anything!”  And I have never forgotten it.  When times are hardest I remember him believing in me…always being surprised when I did something he did not understand…let’s just say he was not an artist!   He was a liberated man long before it was fashionable, he taught me to read the stock lisings in the Wall Street Journal when I was 14…For the younger set that is how we tracked our investments before the likes of online trading companies and the internet.     There was just no grey area with my Dad, you were good or bad, successful or not and excuses were not tolerated.  They were good lessons to learn.  It makes the tough decisions in business easier when you were given such clear guidelines as a child paired with the absolute belief  that anything is possible!  I miss him!