{"id":1324,"date":"2021-03-23T11:31:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T15:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2021-04-18T08:52:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T12:52:47","slug":"why-i-wear-a-tie-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/why-i-wear-a-tie-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I wear a tie to work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When did I start wearing a tie each day?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For me, feeling truly aware of the habit began when I worked at Michigan State University<\/a>, I felt lucky to be at a place where people had worked collaboratively since 1855 to advance education, research, and innovation in ways that shape and change our world. Each morning, I drove 79 miles from my home in Kalamazoo, MI to a vibrant place full of tradition, culture, and a sense of purpose. Each of my colleagues and the leaders of the organization endeavored to do their best every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe that it is important to respect and honor those I encounter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’m thankful that my teachers in high school took the time to teach me that one of the ways I can show respect is to be deliberate in the design and selection of my attire. For me, dressing in sneakers, shorts, and a t-shirt doesn’t show how I feel about my organization, colleagues, or the people we serve. I choose to wear brown or black leather shoes, wool blend trousers, a button down shirt, and a tie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one at work told me that I must wear a tie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s something I choose to do because I believe it is right for me. In addition, wearing a tie feels like a small way for me to walk in the footsteps of my heroes who inspire me with their grace, kindness, and patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wearing a tie doesn’t make me a better person <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Also, the attire I choose to wear doesn’t entitle me to judge others or for others to judge me. The tie is just my way of expressing that I care about and respect you as another human being. So, I hope when you see me in a tie you smile\u2014you’re in on “the secret” and know its not just about putting some fancy cloth round my neck each morning in order to be “in,” “elite,” or “cool.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A quick reflection on why we wear what we do and what it means to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_type":0,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[597],"tags":[176],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/categories-ideas.png","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}