Profiles that get personal: Dwight Garland

As many of you are aware, NK&A likes to write passion profiles about business people we meet who fascinate us.

Last week a business acquaintance questioned us about doing our own passion profiles. Sounded okay at first blush but when fingers hit the keyboard it didn’t feel right at all….like telling people why you are smart or good looking. It sounded really bad. So, we decided to take another approach – a creative approach. Instead of writing, describing and profiling we’d state how we view and experience the world and then let other people draw their own conclusions about who we are. Here’s what we came up with using Dwight as the guinea pig.

Dwight Garland

Favorite movie: Dead Poets Society

Biggest indulgence:  single malt scotch

Longest book read:  Gone with the Wind

Proudest moment:  the moment I became a dad 

Favorite musician/composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Favorite dessert: White chocolate caramel macadamia nut cheese cake

Favorite body of water: an outdoor hot tub

Part of appearance I’d change: my hairline

Instrument I wish I could play: the pipe organ

What I want to be when I grow up: a kid 

The perfect day:  any day at Becket

My place of refuge: a screened in porch in New Hampshire

Something people don’t know about me: I’m a deacon

First job: a tennis instructor on island resort in Maine

Where I wish I was right now: with my family skiing