Vincenzo Girasoli
I agree. I’m very impressed by your care for the kids and your making sure they feel part of the whole, I believe in this philosophy too. Do you think there’s a way, for this winning model, to take foot in Calabria? From Milan, I was sorry you were not elected as President of Regione Calabria, I’m convinced that someone who performs and achieves so many things in his private life, could really help administrations work. You want schedules to be followed, you want things to work and can’t suffer procrastination. You know from your own private life that nothing can be achieved that way.
In the private sphere, the first word should be “meritocracy” . I keep repeating that even when discussing with politicians. You want to know why and how Callipo is a winning business while on the contrary, Calabria – a bigger business itself- it’s not. Here we apply meritocracy. Some years ago, my sister’s boy wanted to join the family business. But he was slacking off and I told him, “Giuseppe, my boy, you don’t belong here. Go and find some other job”. See? I would not allow even my only nephew into my business… this is meritocracy! I will not feed an indolent only because we are kin. “But it’s your relation”, a slacker will never achieve a thing, nor help you… on the contrary, he very well may be a damaging presence! This may work as non-incentive seen from the outside. It’s not the easy way. That’s why I took on Facebook to urge people to insurgency, to start a revolution!
You are right! Only a couple of days ago I was driving from Fabrizia to Gioiosa Ionica and that street is full of holes, I risked my life. And I wondered, how come there can be such a majestic palace for the administrations, but we can’t afford having proper streets?
I drove on that street myself, I know what you mean. These streets are the reason why the hinterland towns slowly die, people leave. But politicians don’t care.
Why are those men still there, instead of making room for truly competent people?
Because people let them, they’re too busy enduring the hardships. And the young have no faith in politics anymore. There’s this mentality, this idea that it’s just a waste of time and they carry on. They brood about unemployment, about this and that. A friend of mine, shes’ French, she told me “Pippo, Calabrian people aren’t French people”. When the French dislike something, they rebel.
You have to be a free man to fight politicians.
Are you a free man?
Yes, 100%
…the young boy of the picture is Filippo Callipo, his picture is in the menu of “Bella Italia”, a chain of restaurants in London. The President showed it to me with pride. Rightly so.
Thank you, Pippo. I wish Calabria had more men like you.
Discover also the interview with Daniele Rossi, owner of Caffe Guglielmo in Calabria by clicking here
