I have been growing this moustache, a budding Burt Reynolds number, for a good cause known as Movember.

Unlike in Europe, where serving is often a career rather than a backup plan, American table-waiting remains a bootstrap business, and some of the biggest skeptics of waiter training courses and schools are seasoned servers themselves.

Though sporting a hideous mustache is in no way comparable to the physical pain and mental suffering men with these diseases endure, Movember still forces participants to challenge their manhood on a daily basis. Growing a moustache for men's cancer isn't as feel-good an activity as running a marathon for a cure.

Nearly every industry in America, from carbon trading to bricklaying, hosts its own back-slapping awards night.

To look and feel my best, I watch my calories and exercise.

We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us.

In fitness, there are no short cuts. It involves immense discipline and hard work.

If people don't invest into new manufacturing, renewable energy, new health-care technology - these are our revenues and our bookings.