Life Stories – A Podcast By Congo Kid
This is the story of a 5 day truck trip across Africa in February, 1983. I drove a Chevy K-20 diesel pick up truck with no spare tire (someone stole
Continue readingEpisode 2 – Cameroon to Zaire 5 day truck trip – 2/24/20
Apr 13 · 15 min read It’s Easter Sunday 2020. I write this with a full stomach from a take out order from a local BBQ restaurant. Ribs, beans, mashed
Continue readingBlog # 13 – The COVID-19 Paradigm — Before, Now, and After
Why am I doing this? I’m doing this for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren (in the future) to have a place to hear about my growing up years. And it’ll be
Continue readingEpisode 1 – The Beginning of the Podcast Journey – 2/15/20
Nov 4, 2019 · 6 min read – I was close to my maternal grandfather. Though I only got to spend minimal time with him during my formative years, the
Sep 23, 2019 · 14 min read – 1:04 pm, Tuesday, August 27, 2019. It started with this: I bought a $5 bike bell during my lunch break. 5:34 pm,
Sep 3, 2019 · 7 min read Some years ago, our business was being courted by a company to sell us a new software program. The sale took time to
Continue readingBlog # 10 – Mr. Yardi: One Man’s Unique Leadership Style
Jul 21, 2019 · 15 min read – Being a college student that put himself through by working and taking out loans and landing a few scholarship grants, I did
Continue readingBlog # 9 – Tales from the Crypt……Er, Cemetery
May 28, 2019 · 7 min read – I’ve always been somewhat bold when it comes to meeting strangers or folks I encounter in my everyday life. This is probably
Continue readingBlog # 8 – Unique First Encounter and the Surprising Result — №1
Apr 29, 2019 · 5 min read – “Fairness is not an attitude. It’s a professional skill that must be developed and exercised.” — Brit Hume Early in my career
Continue readingBlog # 7 – How a bar of soap taught me to value all employees the same
Mar 16, 2019 · 10 min read – “The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”