Unlikely Merger Authors: Our Business Influences

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Last week here the authors shared their answers to business related questions. This week we’re letting you know who our business influences are.

We start with Carole Towriss.

Carole Towriss:

My father-in-law was drafted into the Army just after the Korean War. They pointed at several of the men and said, “You, you and you, report to the mess hall.” They taught him to cook. When got out of the service, he opened a restaurant, John’s Awful Awful (Awful Big and Awful Good). He opened a second, then later closed those and opened a Mexican restaurant, the One Accord.

He’s retired now, but I think his shops all did so well because he always concentrated on giving the best possible service to the customer. If someone walked up to the door at two minutes to close, they were greeted and served as warmly as if they got there hours earlier. I can’t count how many times I’ve been to a restaurant that had the chairs up on tables and the kitchen all but closed fifteen minutes early. I think of him every time that happens.

I think a business influence for me is George W. Bush. I know, he floundered for awhile before owning the Texas Rangers and moving into politics, and I think that’s what inspires me. He had a couple burdens to conquer—the family name and his affinity for alcohol to excess. He never gave up and has been able to laugh at himself despite never being a standout.

I think through all those years his country was important to him, and I’ll always admire that. He might not have been the perfect president, but there is no doubt that man loves America and the military.

And that’s always inspirational to me.

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