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A SPARROW AT STARBUCKS

John Oaks is a singer/songwriter. John was playing keyboard and singing backup for a friend in a Starbucks in Manhattan just a skip up from Times Square. During a rendition of, If You Don't Know Me by Now, he noticed a lady sitting in one of the lounge chairs across from him. She was swaying to the beat and singing along. (more…)
Bob Jones
January 20, 2020
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ONWARD: TOP 25 BOOKS FOR YOU

“Do you think that’s an appropriate book to be reading here?” In hindsight she was probably being silly. We took her seriously. The rest is history. Starbucked At Tim Hortons The book? Onward by Howard Shultz, founder of Starbucks. Our Ironman Leadership group had chosen Onward as our next book to be dissected in search of leadership and business principles. The problem? We were reading it at the Tim Hortons where we met for our weekly discussions. At the time NONE of our group were patrons of Starbucks. However, since we were reading a book about Starbucks and now that Tim Hortons might not be the most hospitable place to read such a book, why not visit a Starbucks? Onward…
Bob Jones
December 14, 2016