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In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house in the suburbs, a loving family, and a top job at an ad agency with a six-figure salary. By the time he turned sixty, he had lost everything except his Ivy League education and his sense of entitlement. First, he was downsized at work.... read more
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- Ernest Hemingway: The author met him in Spain.
- Andy Warhol: The author knows him through his father.
- Crystal: One of the many heroes of the story, Crystal offers the author his job and is his manager while he works at Starbucks.
- Frank Sinatra: The author met him in the bar.
- Kester: Barista
- Mike: Main Character. At age 53 was laid off by big ad agency he had always worked at. Worked at Starbucks and learned about true happiness
- Charlie: Barista
- Tawana: Add a description of this character.
- Annie
- Joann: Always helped Mike at work
- Yvette
- Crystal: Mike's Manager
- Linda
- Laura
- Dr. Lalwani
- Michael
- Dr. Cohen
- Anthony
- Jonathan
- Benjamin
- Bianca
- Charles
- J. Walter Thompson
- Thurber
- Martin
- Dr. Paul
- Ella
- Gordon
- Rachel
- Ali
- Miss Markham
- Susan
- Nana
- Jackie
- Denise
- Amanda
- Jennifer
Quotes edit
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“Work is dignity.”
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“Fear is a great motivator”
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“You are the Greatest Present Just by being present.”
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“The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating—in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life.”
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You can’t serve if you try to control the people you serve, I realized.
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Work is dignity, I repeated to myself. That could be my mantra.
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“The first rule of life is to have a good time. There is no second rule.”
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I realized I had spent most of my life trying not to fail. Trying to meet my parents’ high expectations. Terrified of letting my family down. It had all been, I felt now, a terrible burden for me. And so stupid of me!
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“Growing older requires a better and better sense of humor,”
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“It’s not what you do, it’s who you are. And you are great.”
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“They told you that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What they failed to tell you is that what you look like isn’t important. What is important is who you are inside and the choices you are making in your life.”
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You only live one life; take it from me, live it wisely. Weigh your priorities.
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When she left him, she said, “It is tragic, but not serious.”
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Setting & Locations edit
- Bronxville
- New York City
- Broadway: Mike's original Starbucks store he worked at
- Sumatra: Where a Starbucks coffee is from
- Verona: Where a starbucks coffee is from
- Yukon: Where a starbucks coffee is from - Mike did a sampling of it
- Connecticut
- New England
- Crystal
- Pamplona
- America
- Brooklyn
- Ireland
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First Sentence edit
This is the true, surprising story of an old white man who was kicked out of the top of the American Establishment, by chance met a young African-American woman from a completely different background, and came to learn what is important in life.
Table of Contents edit
1. From Drinking Lattes to Serving them Up
2. Reality Shock
3. One Word That Changed My Life
4. On the Front Lines - Ready or Not
5. Open Wide and Smile - You're on Broadway
6. A Million-dollar Punch
7. Turning Losers into Winners
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Gill (Author)
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Page Count: 272
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Page Count: 272
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- Dewey: 647.95092
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