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The Life of Bailey
For most executives, looking good and being fit are personal and professional goals. But as Richard Bailey (MBA ’81) notes, the business lifestyle, especially travel, often gets in the way. “Combine jet lag with hectic meeting schedules and gyms with weird hours and it’s just impossible to keep a routine,” he told the “What’s Your Workout?” column in the Wall Street Journal Online (November 13, 2006). When not traveling, Bailey alternates between regular swims and at-home workouts with weights and a rowing machine (he rowed at HBS). Bailey has extra incentive to keep up appearances — he is a resident of Tahiti and CEO of the resort-development company Tahiti Beachcomber. Sometimes he even wears a bathing suit to work, when he’s checking on the beaches or snorkeling sites at the properties he owns. “We show a lot of skin in Tahiti,” Bailey said. “It’s that basic vanity that keeps you a little on edge about physical conditioning.”
Bailey spoke proudly of another sort of conditioning: “Our seawater air- conditioning system at our Bora-Bora property saves two-thirds of the electricity used by a conventional system.”
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