In 1980, driving north near the San Antonio Union Stockyards on Interstate 35, traffic stopped both directions on the overpass. Forward and to my left, was the cab of a jack-knifed 18-wheeler. It was literally hanging, perhaps 40 feet above a drainage creek that flows west of downtown […]
The Secret to How Ritz-Carlton, H-E-B, Disney, ClubCorp and Goettl Soar JackNotes: Summaries of Wisdom Fortunately, I worked for a remarkable Texas business, H-E-B Food Drugs, from 1980 to 2010 and retired early as an executive over their facilities management organization. H-E-B invests a great deal in training […]
by Jack Dennis Dodie and I are currently in Scottsdale, AZ enjoying the birth of our grandson, Carter Lee McMeans, born on May 15, 2021. Coincidently our granddaughter, Melody Dennis was born in Texas 13 months to the day before Carter. We are so happy. My, have we […]
by Dodie Dennis “If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy Here’s how — a list of actions you can take today to seize that happiness. You don’t have to do these all at once, but you should do most (if not all) of them eventually, and […]
JackNotes In a Nutshell The Pandemic Year of 2020 taught millions of Americans about job security. After the presidential election and inauguration, the current resident of the White House immediately starting cutting jobs. Soon America was turned into a tailspin of insecurity, socialistic handouts, free rides for illegal […]
From Elvis Presley to B.B. King to Buzz Aldrin to Clint Eastwood and so many more, I had the pleasure and opportunity visit with some of the most influential people of our times. I always asked questions about happiness. by Jack Dennis Rudy Giuliani Rudolph Giuliani is best […]
Disturbing research continues to confirm how our work can affect our health in negative ways. More Americans are suffering the consequences of stress, insomnia and overwork from our jobs. The blame goes primarily on each individual and not as much as the employer, as so many of us […]
Of all the roads we’ve taken, the journeys back to ourselves are the most magnificent. They are always there. You just have to decide when to take it.
When reading up on management, you can’t help but come across the name of Peter F. Drucker. He wrote 30+ books on the topic and his teachings are integrated deep within business practices many are familiar with today. Not only did he coin the term, “knowledge worker,” but […]
“A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren’t we like the wise old bird?” My maternal great-grandmother, Chickasaw-Choctaw Margaret Delitha Morgan taught me this wise owl quote in the early […]
JackNotes summarizes books, classes, speeches & knowledge. Notes from Superhuman by Habit, Tynan Health Habits Eating Healthy Food Replace bad food – refined sugars and grain – with new foods Eat more foods that you like, even if they’re not the healthiest. Replacing French fries with plain kale will […]
Living in the present is the ultimate form of sanity. You are most attractive when you are living in the now—not living in the future, or striving for it, or worrying or trying to repair the past. When you appreciate that you can’t control or tell the future, […]
