PDF-[EBOOK] - Why Not Win?: Reflections on a fifty-year journey from the segregated South

Aspiring business owners and executives seeking to climb to the next rung young to midcareer professionals seeking tools for life achievement and general readers interested in biographies of successful people will like Larry Thorntons Why Not Win The book is a frontrow seat to how one man altered his thinking to transform his life The book begins with his growing up with brown skin in the 1960s in segregated Montgomery Alabama A desegregation school pioneer Thornton was a classroom failure until a perceptive English teacher showed him he had value and encouraged him to go to college Like the educator who changed his life Thornton became a classroom teacher But budget cuts took his job and he decided to rewrite his story using his artistic talent Thorntons artistry and work ethic got him attention at CocaCola both for the good and the bad He had to figure out a way to navigate this new world where higherups praised him but coworkers reminded him of his blackness by drawing a noose in his workstation He persevered by learning to appreciate and embrace diversity people resources and conflicting opinions While his success grew at CocaCola Thornton did the unthinkable set out to be the first African American to own a McDonalds franchise in Birmingham This thorny journey was peppered with threats attempts to thwart his mission and a marriage he could not keep from falling apart He absorbed the try try and try again motto and came to see that failure was a prelude to feasting upon the sweet fruit of success Thorntons own mother never had a checking account but years after her passing he found himself on the board of directors for a major financial institution He slowly became a part of a small fraternity of captains of industry and fought past guilt and insecurity to pave the way for others who look like him to join him at the table Trying to fit into this new world he learned that thank you please and excuse me are perhaps three of the most powerful phrases in communication Thornton made up his mind that he would spend each day on a mission to show his unbending gratitude for his life and its benefits by fostering a supreme attitude and maintaining consistency in vision purpose and an unwavering commitment to principles Thorntons journey from Madison Park Montgomery has been a long one Why Not Win reflects on his most useful lessons and the anecdotes associated with them If he were a Zen monk his koan might well be Plan your past By that he means think ahead one day one week one year even twenty years out and decide today your desired outcome and work for it Thank God for memories he says Lets plan to make them pleasant ones. 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Thornton\'s artistry and work ethic got him attention at Coca-Cola, both for the good and the bad. He had to figure out a way to navigate this new world, where higher-ups praised him but co-workers reminded him of his blackness by drawing a noose in his workstation. He persevered by learning to appreciate and embrace diversity, people resources, and conflicting opinions. While his success grew at Coca-Cola, Thornton did the unthinkable: set out to be the first African American to own a McDonald\'s franchise in Birmingham. This thorny journey was peppered with threats, attempts to thwart his mission, and a marriage he could not keep from falling apart. He absorbed the try, try and try again motto, and came to see that failure was a prelude to feasting upon the sweet fruit of success. Thornton\'s own mother never had a checking account, but years after her passing he found himself on the board of directors for a major financial institution. He slowly became a part of a small fraternity of captains of industry and fought past guilt and insecurity to pave the way for others who look like him to join him at the table. Trying to fit into this new world, he learned that thank you, please, and excuse me are perhaps three of the most powerful phrases in communication. Thornton made up his mind that he would spend each day on a mission to show his unbending gratitude for his life and its benefits by fostering a supreme attitude and maintaining consistency in vision, purpose, and an unwavering commitment to principles. Thornton\'s journey from Madison Park, Montgomery, has been a long one. Why Not Win? reflects on his most useful lessons and the anecdotes associated with them. If he were a Zen monk, his koan might well be: Plan your past. By that he means, think ahead one day, one week, one year, even twenty years out, and decide today your desired outcome, and work for it. 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A Virginia Living Favorite book (2021)In 1968, Bruce Tucker, a black man, went into Virginia\'s top research hospital with a head injury, only to have his heart taken out of his body and put into the chest of a white businessman. Now, in The Organ Thieves, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Chip Jones exposes the horrifying inequality surrounding Tucker\'s death and how he was used as a human guinea pig without his family\'s permission or knowledge. The circumstances surrounding his death reflect the long legacy of mistreating African Americans that began more than a century before with cadaver harvesting and worse. It culminated in efforts to win the heart transplant race in the late 1960s. Waves of Influence brings fresh attention to connections among regions often seen as isolated from one another. 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