Find Your Legacy
In honor and memory of Dr. King…. His “challenge” for our future!
Since my earliest postings on this blog in 2009, now 200+ essays ago, I have shared a deep inspiration (in good times and bad) that is rooted in the Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech that Dr. King gave in Stockholm in 1963. While Dr. King’s writings and speeches are broadly inspiring, I continue to […]
a message at a troubled moment in our history
Early this morning, I sent the following “note” to my team at Bolthouse Farms. Its rare that I post these types of communications but at a very challenging and troubled moment in our country’s history, I wanted to share these thoughts…. Early this morning, I got up with a fresh cup of coffee and reflected […]
Jane’s Yum Yum Yams!
Over the past 11+ years since I started posting essays on this blog, I have often shared favorite family recipes as we head into the holiday season. If you dig around, you will find recipes for MaMa’s buttermilk yeast biscuits, her “Corn Oysters,” Aunt Lorraine’s Jelly Tarts and my grandmother “Kuni’s Chocolate Cake.” This […]
The trail back from Yellow Mountain…. A lesson for a new year with Covid !
The Yellow Mountain Hike in the mountains just north of Highlands N.C. is a real “ass kicker!” It’s an out and back hike, with the halfway point being a fire tower built by the C.C.C in the 1930’s on the top of Yellow Mountain (not quite 6000 ft. above sea level.) The hike is […]
It’s very hard this year, but “start with Gratitude”
This is a note I sent out to my team at Bolthouse Farms, and I wanted to share it more broadly…. I just wanted to send out a note before the Thanksgiving holiday this week. This year is unlike all others for me ( and I think for all of us) as we head toward this […]
The accelerating “Trajectory” of talent
The simplest way to start this essay is an old lesson, one that I learned years ago from some un-named boss or mentor, that is captured in the simple line….“Yesterday’s A+ is tomorrow’s B-!” the idea being that in a business that is growing, thriving, and dynamically responding to a changing competitive landscape […]
“Hope”, a dream and a wish!
It is rare for me to reference a dream in one of my posts, but with 200+ essays posted on this blog it was bound to happen. As I have referenced, Jennie and I have two wonderful, bright, generous and beautiful children … Bryson and Marie. Bryson recently graduated from UCLA ( Go Bruins!!) and […]
Building “Community” Together
Building “Community” Together It was almost 20 years ago that I first got involved in the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) as a board member. I had volunteered with the organization before that time, and had gathered canned goods as part of food drives at work and at church, but in 2002 I was asked […]
Through the lens of Gratitude
It seems difficult to think about the idea of looking at our world and our lives through a “lens of gratitude,” but that challenge is what I want to focus on today. Surrounded by a still growing global pandemic, expanding civil unrest over systemic racial injustice, and mounting global geopolitical pressures and strife, it almost […]
“Storm the Breach”…. but come well prepared!
As many of you know, I am a bit of a history nut and enjoy looking back at history to look for clues or advice about how to face the challenges of today. In past essays I have turned to many voices across time, including Plutarch, Ghandi, Dr. MLK jr, and many others to help […]