{"id":3861,"date":"2011-08-02T06:15:15","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T11:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2011-08-02T06:15:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T11:15:15","slug":"book-review-eat-mor-chikin-inspire-more-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=3861","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3862\" href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?attachment_id=3862\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3862\" title=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/138-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/138-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/138-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/138.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You might have noticed that I have really had a strong <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chick-fil-a.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chick-fil-A<\/a> theme on my blog lately (<a href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=3808\" target=\"_blank\">Second Mile Service<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=3840\" target=\"_blank\">How&#8217;d You Do It Truett?<\/a>).\u00a0 At the start of another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncchristian.org\" target=\"_blank\">school<\/a> year, I love to spend time reminding myself of the urgency of outstanding customer service.\u00a0 This past weekend I had a chance to read, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Eat-Mor-Chikin-Inspire-People\/dp\/1929619081\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1312282420&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People<\/a> also written by Truett Cathy the founder of Chick-fil-A.\u00a0 This book gives the history of Chick-fil-A as well as the personal story of Truett Cathy.\u00a0 He takes very seriously his role in leading others by serving them.<\/p>\n<p>I am grateful for Truett Cathy and his intentional servant leadership.\u00a0 The way this is lived out through CFA Operators and employees throughout our community is making a difference for the cause of Christ.\u00a0 Here are some things that I highlighted while reading this book&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The lesson from the Cows is the lesson of my life: Take advantage of unexpected opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly every moment of every day we have the opportunity to give something to someone else &#8212; our time, our love, or our resources.<\/li>\n<li>We love it when an Operator earns a lot of money because that means we are also earning a lot of money from the restaurant.\u00a0 The more successful we make the Operator, the more successful we are.\u00a0 We want the Operator to take the same attitude: &#8220;The more successful I make Chick-fil-A, the more successful I make myself.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>We don&#8217;t hire people because they need a job.\u00a0 We hire people because we need them.<\/li>\n<li>Customers don&#8217;t like surprises.<\/li>\n<li>Being successful requires doing more than just unlocking the doors every day.\u00a0 Our philosophy of &#8220;doing the right thing and doing things right&#8221; is hardly ever the easiest solution.\u00a0 It is, however, always the best solution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might have noticed that I have really had a strong Chick-fil-A theme on my blog lately (Second Mile Service and How&#8217;d You Do It Truett?).\u00a0 At the start of another school year, I love to spend time reminding myself of the urgency of outstanding customer service.\u00a0 This past weekend I had a chance to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14,25,19,23,17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study","category-book-review","category-education","category-funny","category-generosity","category-leadership","category-north-cobb-christian"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}