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Recommended by Robert Weiler

"Just finished reading a New York Times bestseller "How Starbucks Saved My Life" by Michael Gates Gill.  This is an autobiography of an executive with J. Walter Thompson advertising company, making the big dollars, only to lose his job.  Befriended by a Starbucks manager, Michael takes an entry level position with Starbucks that turns his life around.  This book will teach you humility, respect, tolerance and especially at this time in our economy, a need to prioritize what is truly important in your life."
- Robert Weiler

How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill

In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a mansion in the suburbs, a wife and loving children, a six-figure salary, and an Ivy League education. But in a few short years, he lost his job, got divorced, and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. With no money or health insurance, he was forced to get a job at Starbucks. Having gone from power lunches to scrubbing toilets, from being served to serving, Michael was a true fish out of water.

But fate brings an unexpected teacher into his life who opens his eyes to what living well really looks like. The two seem to have nothing in common: She is a young African American, the daughter of a drug addict; he is used to being the boss but reports to her now. For the first time in his life he experiences being a member of a minority trying hard to survive in a challenging new job. He learns the value of hard work and humility, as well as what it truly means to respect another person.

Behind the scenes at one of America’s most intriguing businesses, an inspiring friendship is born, a family begins to heal, and, thanks to his unlikely mentor, Michael Gill at last experiences a sense of self-worth and happiness he has never known before. *Source Amazon.com

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