‘I Didn’t Follow My Heart, I Worked My Ass Off,’ – Jeni Britton Bauer
I gotta admit, I love it when Columbus makes national news. Especially when it’s for something amazing and not depressing/embarrassing/stupid. So of course I’m stoked to see our very own Jeni Britton Bauer of Jeni’s Ice Cream, dolling out words of wisdom as part of Food & Wine’s #FoodWineWomen series (which talks to top women in the food and drink business).
In the latest piece (‘I Didn’t Follow My Heart, I Worked My Ass Off,’ Says Ice Cream Expert Jeni Britton Bauer), Jeni’s owner talks about the advice she could have given her younger self, but wouldn’t.
I could say: “Don’t worry so much, you’ll be fine,” but the truth is I do worry, and that’s probably why we are fine. I could say: “Keep going and always get up when you fall,” but that’s what I have done—not that it’s been easy. I could say: “Don’t second-guess yourself,” but then sometimes that has worked out very favorably for us. I could say: “Make time for workouts,” but I wouldn’t have followed that advice. I could say: “Follow your heart,” but I never did that. I worked my ass off instead.
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