Larry Tyler
I have 40 years of Retail Management experience. I am the person they send in to fix things. Call it a Store Focus Specialist, a Smoke Jumper, an Outlaw. I can work within the system or go outside the box when needed. I love walking into chaos and bringing order. I am not a key word person and my education came from mentors not schools. I believe that everything that we do starts with hiring the right people. Driving sales, merchandising, customer service and metrics are just keywords until you hire the right people. My top talents are Recruiting, hiring, training, associate development, and going into a focus store and turning it around. Most importantly I believe in people and that if you teach them, develop them and believe in them they will do far more than they thought possible.
Tears seem to be our emotional register. They are the nemesis of laughter. They are ever-present, just off to the side, hidden within the shadows of our joy, and waiting anxiously to see if we need them. They are...
It was a hot July night and their time together was nearing an end. He would soon be boarding a train and heading to Parris Island and then off to Pearl Harbor. They had met two days ago as...
It was well after midnight and I had miles to go before I reached my destination. In 1993 there was a late February nor’ easter blasting its way up the east coast with high winds and torrential rain. After...
Do you ever wonder why we have this unstoppable urge to open a closed door? We feel a deep-seated desire to know what is behind that door. We seem to be willing to take great risk to be able...
It seems like it was just yesterday when I sat behind that old piano in the dim lit, smoke-filled Twilight Lounge playing soft sultry blues and jazz. The water ring still there where I placed my glass of Bulleit...
The sand was already hot to my bare feet and crossing the towering sand dunes was like climbing mountains to a six-year-old. The sound of the seagulls filled the air and the waves crashing upon the shore sounded like...
Sunday was always a great day for us. It meant that the work on the farm would stop for a day and we could be children. The highlight of the day was the cover dish lunch after church once...
He stood at his office window high above the city pondering his life, looking for something written in his heart to let him know that what he did in his life had made a difference, somehow made someone’s life...
My cousin Amelia and I slipped out of bed just before morning stealing a handful of Aunt Mamie’s homemade buttermilk biscuits and cane fishing poles as we silently headed out the door. In the darkness, before morning we bravely...
We are born into the world as a blank canvas filled with infinite possibility. We can paint or design our life without any limitations or obstacles. The path is wide and we must explore and discover the many things...
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Life
If you wake to find yourself good luck.
If life never seems to change, you probably slept through the feature.
If you find yourself in life’s...
