Thank You Danny Meyer



 This little blogpost is inspired by Danny Meyer's Setting the Table. Thus, thank you Danny Meyer.
I found a very interesting paragraph in which I find a lot of similarities. So I'll go sentence by sentence to convey what I wish to. Here goes-



You may think, as I once did, that I'm primarily in the business of serving good food. actually though, food is secondary to something that matters even more.


Similarly in quizzing- I once thought that the institution of quizzing is about knowledge. But according to what I've experienced (in terms of what I've been through) knowledge is secondary to something that matters even more.

In the end, what's most meaningful is creating positive, uplifting outcomes for human experiences and human relationships. Business, like life, is all about how you make people feel. It's that simple and it's that hard.

That something is the experience- of the audience, of the paricipants and of the quizmaster. What's most meaningful is creating positive and uplifting outcomes and human relationships.

• Positive outcomes- That you take a lot of learnings back home with you




• Uplifting outcomes- Gives you a reason to remain enthusiastic about this institution




• Human relationships- Build a lifelong relationship with quizzing that you keep going back to it again and again. What I mean here is propagating quizzing in your community/institution not as a GK test(like mahaquizzer and world quizzing championships- precisely the reason why I was there for only one season, I'm sorry if you endorse it but WQC and Mahaquizzer are not quizzes) but as a meaningful experience which does all the above three.

And this goes for the QM also. Because at the end of the day it's the QM's responsibility with his flawless presentation(conduct+content+presentation format) to hold the audience and the participants' attention whilst giving them a reason to continue their association with this institution. It's that simple and it's that hard.