How Starbucks Saved My Life
A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
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How Starbucks Saved My Life
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Dylan Baker
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About this listen
In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a mansion in the suburbs, a wife and loving children, a six-figure salary, and an Ivy League education. But in a few short years, he lost his job, got divorced, and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. With no money or health insurance, he was forced to get a job at Starbucks. Having gone from power lunches to scrubbing toilets, from being served to serving, Michael was a true fish out of water.
But fate brings an unexpected teacher into his life who opens his eyes to what living well really looks like. The two seem to have nothing in common: She is a young African American, the daughter of a drug addict; he is used to being the boss but reports to her now. For the first time in his life he experiences being a member of a minority trying hard to survive in a challenging new job. He learns the value of hard work and humility, as well as what it truly means to respect another person.
Behind the scenes at one of America’s most intriguing businesses, an inspiring friendship is born, a family begins to heal, and, thanks to his unlikely mentor, Michael Gill at last experiences a sense of self-worth and happiness he has never known before.©2007 Michael Gates Gill; (P)2007 Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc.
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the story is about a guy who used to be a horrible person, mis treated his colleagues, cheated on his wife, neglected his kids and looked down on people in society, then all of a sudden he loses his job and marrage, so slums in in Starbucks.
Throughout the book i got a sense of his self importance, everything he does or did was fantastic, everyone loved him. He appears to long for his old life back, however to his credit accepts his demise and handles it with grace. The name dropping like the queen, Ernet Hemmingway and Frank Sinatra felt desperate for him to remind us he used to be somebody, but then again hes just been true isnt he and if thats his story then i respect that.
i think the takeaway from this book is that people who stand tall can fall quickly, and be kinder to people particularly those who you deem as 'below you'.
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