Everything I needed to know about work and life I learned selling sneakers.
Lessons learned in a place where nothing was ever just a transaction
— by Robert Poulton
What I learned wasn’t about sneakers.
It was about people. About attention. About what matters.
Toronto Star Newspaper 1990 — This is what is what the shoe wall looked like.
Some things were just products. Some things meant something.
And if you paid attention long enough, you could tell the difference.
You don’t always realize what you’re learning when you’re in it.
But it stays with you. And eventually, it becomes how you see the world.