Author, entrepreneur, chef, musician, host, adventurer... Southern Gentleman. These are just some of the words used to describe Nashville, TN based Matt Moore. Moore's work has garnered critical acclaim as far reaching as the BBC and CBC to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Southern Living, Esquire, Men's Journal, TODAY, FOX, The Art of Manliness, and countless others.

As a chef, Moore specializes in updated Southern cuisine with Mediterranean and Middle Eastern influences. His next work, A Southern Gentleman's Kitchen is out now.

In this show, Rory and Matt discuss the questions:  What is manliness? What does it mean to be a “southern gentleman?” How can being a southern gentleman increase the ROI on your business and personal relationships?

Interview Highlights

• A Southern Gentlemen is an adventure seeking man that values hospitality, generosity, intellectual curiosity, and chivalry. -@hhofd

• The kitchen offers a chance for us to pursue understanding of our partner’s heart. -@hhofd

• Sharing a meal is that common meeting ground we can all relate to. -@hhofd

• Cooking is one of those strange environments where you are always curiously learning through the process of making a new dish. -@hhofd

• There’s an increasing awareness and “want-to” from young and middle-aged men to learn how to be a better man. -@hhofd

• If you’re sacrificing quality, that’s something that’s going to catch up to you in the long-run. -@hhofd

• We live in a society today where people are trying to capitalize a little too much on every opportunity. -@hhofd

• Our focus in life and business should be to “kill people with kindness” and create long-lasting relationships. -@hhofd

• If you stay true to yourself and you’re an earnest and humble individual, it continues to pay future dividends beyond what you’d ever hit on a one-time deal. -@hhofd

• Relationships matter most. Invest in the long-term of a relationship, not the short term of the dollar. -@hhofd

• There’s intrinsic value in being genuinely kind that is hard to measure in our results-oriented world. -@hhofd

You can buy Matt’s new book, “A Southern Gentleman’s Kitchen” on Amazon. To find more on Matt, visit his website: http://www.mattrmoore.com/

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