20 Questions is our new, fun blog series here at BIZPORT where we take a few minutes to get to know our favorite team members a little better. First up is Mary Nichols, Branch Manager OBX. If you would like to learn even more about Mary please check out her full press-release here!
- What is the one thing you cannot resist
The Ocean
- Where is your favorite place to be?
Near water
- Where is the best place you’ve traveled to and why?
St Lucia, Caribbean. So beautiful and relaxing.
- What’s the weirdest job you’ve ever had?
First job was in a bakery cooking bacon for the breakfast sandwiches. It put me off bacon for life.
- What would you do (for a career) if you weren’t doing this?
Professional ice skater
- What is the one thing you cannot resist
- If you could choose anyone, who would you pick as your mentor?
Albert Schweitzer
- If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
Professional ice skating
- If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do?
Renovate my house
- What’s your favorite indoor/outdoor activity?
Reading
- Who inspires you?
Anyone who is trying to be the best they can be and to be a source of love and kindness; life is hard and we are all here together.
- What music is on your iPhone/Android phone?
Ray La Montagne, George Harrison, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine
- What chore do you absolutely hate doing?
Dishes, arghhh!
- If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would you meet?
My grandmother
- What’s one thing you couldn’t live without?
Water – to drink, look at, wash in, listen to, swim in etc
- What does true leadership mean to you?
Shared goals, listening, educating.
- What has been the most important innovation you have witnessed in your lifetime?
No smoking in public places.
- If you could do another job for just one day, what would it be?
Interior Design
- What would you most like to tell yourself at age 12?
Everything works out in the end, focus on today and don’t worry.
- What’s the best gift you’ve ever received?
A baby tortoise for my 23rd
- What is the last book you read?
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
