Mike is a researcher and experimentalist through and through...and I love it. He researches the crap out of everything and experiments with everything from recipes to ski gear. Let me share an example with you:
Mike, as many of us know, likes fleece jackets. We call them "fuzzies." He wears them until they are threadbare. Recently, he's been faced with replacing his last technical fuzzy with a new one. So, he began with research. He surfed the internet to learn about the different manufacturers, the different materials, different prices. Then, once he thought he knew what he was looking for, he began the experiment. On the rare occasion we went shopping (which generally means us wandering about REI) he would try on some fuzzies while I tapped my foot and tried to smile and nod. Well, when I went to Sun Valley for a conference Mike had the freedom to try on as many fuzzies as he could. And he did. Mike went to REI without me and spent an hour trying on EVERY fuzzy in the store. The REI employees started to chuckle when they walked on their rounds and saw him modeling fuzzies. But finally, he found one. It met all the criteria he had synthesized during his literature review/research.
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