That story has some lessons which would be helpful for referees, is what I thought after reading the interview with Robert Payer in Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. He’s the general manager of hotels Waldorf Astoria and Hilton Amsterdam. Payer grew up in Italy and worked his way up from servant to general manager. In the section “Life lessons” he talks about things he learned and helped him in his career. Below I’ve worked out three of quotes and how referees can learn from that. Ambition and hard work “Too many people want to earn a lot of money, but don’t want to work hard for that.” Payer says he started…