Luke & Lorelai may be perfect for each other in love, but they run their businesses totally different. Lorelai is understanding where Luke is sarcastic. Sometimes I even wonder why anyone goes into Luke’s Diner. I think the reason for that is…

• Luke produces a good product at a great price. He is the keeper of the coffee and people need the coffee.
  
• Luke has his rules. He may be eccentric at times, but he spells out things like the cell phone rule so everyone knows what they’re doing. He’s consistent and doesn’t play favorites.
  
• I’ll admit it Luke can be grumpy. He can get away with that because that is his personality. Deep down he is true and caring and he goes to bat for people. You can still have your personality in business.
  

I don’t know whether I’m a Luke or a Lorelai in business. I think that a combination is preferable. I love the way that Luke respects tradition by leaving his father’s stuff in the diner even though it’s no longer a hardware store. This gives a homey, constant feeling, that has customers coming back for years. Either way, I’m glad to have learned business lessons from the Gilmore Girls.

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The question isn’t what I learned from watching Gilmore Girls. The question is what didn’t I learn from watching Gilmore Girls? I picked up on books to read music to listen to and formed a habit of always wearing a scarf even in the summer.

I especially like all of the business lessons that I learned from watching Gilmore Girls. On the shows women are either totally career orientated and completely inept at love or totally focused on their relationships. Either way we usually don’t get to see a lot of strong women in business. It was refreshing to see it Lorelei start her own business with her friends. It definitely gave me inspiration when I started my own business. I learned from Lorelei:

• Be nice to everyone, even if it is just Kirk and he has some crazy idea. Take the time to listen because you never know what might pay off. If you don’t end up using their idea you have still made a friend & made people feel like their ideas are valuable.
  
• It’s OK to have a nervous breakdown. I thought of business as don’t cry be strong. Lorelai cries, she gets frustrated, she breaks down, and then she moves on. She doesn’t have to stew over things because she gives herself time to wallow.
  
• Don’t panic in front of guests & customers, even if there’s a fire, even if you don’t know what you’re doing. Even if you only have one guest, treat them special and be in control of the situation.
  
• Celebrate everything. We all won’t make it. However, the most important lesson that I learned from watching Gilmore Girls is even if your company fails after two years use it will be a crazy ride for two years. Celebrate new challenges. Throw yourself a party when times are tough.
  
• Most of all know who to trust, know where you can go to when you need to vent so that you can still put on a happy face and get your work done.
  

Something unusual that I’ve learned from Lorelai is to work with your friends, work with people you like, and trust and that you want to be around every day. If you aren’t working with your friends make those people your friends. To me Lorelai Gilmore is the perfect businesswoman . She’s strong, she’s feminine, she has her relationships in order, she’s practical while still being a dreamer, she’s good in a crisis and she’s exactly what I want to be in the business world.

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Sometimes I get angry that TV gets a bad rep.  Well I better introduce myself before I start ranting.  My name is Sarakastic, & I get angry about a lot of things, well I get sarcastic about a lot of things, or as I like to call it, Sarakastic.  I love to read.  It makes me sad that it seems to be a dying art.  This means that TV is the main influence on my generation.  Yes, there is violence & immorality on TV.  However, I have learned a lot of things from the “talking box” as I like to call it.  Everything I need to know I learned from the TV & I’m excited to be able to share these lessons with you.  What positive lessons have you learned from TV?