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Originally Posted by Sliver
Veeery typical for wealthy small-business owners to dress down. True for all the ones I know and The Millionaire Next Door - while not exactly a new book - found this to be the case as well. People who wear expensive clothes are often under-achievers of wealth.
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LOL yup.
In the car business, usually the guy wearing the $1500 suit and freshly polished shoes is the bottom of the totem pole. The guy wearing Khakis, a golf shirt, snow boots and a toque is the guy that's there to do business, while suit guy is admiring his reflection in his iphone plucking his eyebrows before he hits up the payday loan place after work to cover his rent.
My top salesmen dress so casual, I actually had to tell them to at least dress as you would on a Friday 10 years ago. Either way, they out earn everyone by a factor of 3, and you could honestly mistake either one of them as the Janitor.
I'm the same, Golf shirt, Khakis, a pair of decent shoes and tie the hair back. I always thought it was a bad look to be dressed better than your customers. It comes off as pretentious, and they also assume you are making way to much money.