NC Renegades

Soon, everything will be public knowledge, except what governments do.

Last Tuesday, May 29, Starbucks executive chairman Howard Schultz published “An Open Letter to Starbucks Customers” in The Wall Street Journal (it may have been in other publications as well).

Recently, a Starbucks manager in Philadelphia called the police a few minutes after two black men arrived at a store and sat waiting for a friend. They had not yet purchased anything when the police were called. After police arrived they arrested the two men. The situation was reprehensible and does not represent our company’s mission and enduring values.

The employee or employees responsible for calling the police may have acted out of racial prejudice. Or the black men may have done something not mentioned in the letter and calling the police averted a troublesome or potentially dangerous situation. Black people walk into Starbucks all over the country without incident. It’s difficult to believe the police were called simply because two black men walked in and sat down. But if they were, why not just reprimand and instruct, or fire, those responsible, apologize, offer lifetime free coffee to the two gentlemen, and be done with it?

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You cannot succeed in life without establishing goals. Achieving those goals builds character along with success. If your goals are of a higher nature, you may also have honor, respect and serenity. I have found that self-reflection when goals are attained are helpful in achieving the next set of goals. But what about reflecting on events in the future? Speculating about future events can (and probably will) detract from achieving goals or achieving them on schedule. Research along with the ability to adapt are not the same as speculation.

As an example, the Obama administration considered itself to be “scandal free“. Whether this is true or not, the answer is no. Does this impact you or your goals at this point in time?  Let’s look forward as this narrative is now collapsing. As the Inspector General report is released this week, it will be shown that the FBI acted inappropriately concerning the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email server while she was the Secretary of State under the Obama administration. The investigation will show that Hillary was guilty of multiple crimes which cost American lives as the server’s classified information was hacked by foreign governments. The impact in the near future is that it will only serve to further lessen the low opinion of the FBI in the eye of the public. But this will not impact your goals. Continue reading →

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