Lee Towers is celebrating his 75th birthday on Tuesday and looks with The Telegraph back to the lessons he learned. He also says that afterwards he should never have entered the hospitality industry, a mistake he would now protect his younger self from.
In the mid-eighties, the Rotterdam singer started the catering company Lee Towers Palace, which was not a success. “With the life experience I have now, I know you shouldn’t go too far beyond your own limits.”
According to Towers, whose name is actually Leendert Huijzer, when you are young you misjudge things that turn out not to be so simple afterwards. “But ah, through damage and shame you become wiser, another proverb. And you can learn from mistakes. A donkey does not hit the same stone twice.”
The singer hopes to be able to continue for at least another twenty years and therefore thinks it is important not to run away from changes at his age. He keeps up with the times by gathering good people around him. “For example, if I have a problem with my computer, I have a kind of IT guru on hand who can help me remotely. The solution is often simple, but a guy like that is just more convenient than I am. For older people. is it anyway wise to have someone with an understanding of the business on hand. “
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