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"Give Me a RC Cola and a MoonPie!"
This week I’m veering away from my accustomed routine of unveiling lessons from products or items that you and I use in everyday life.
Instead, I’m zooming in on two starred legacies in the refreshment sector. I’ve already given it away in the title … so, let’s delve into this spectacular iconic combo that etched its mark in the appetite of the working man.
File the names Earl Mitchell, Sr., Claud Hatcher, and Rufus Kamm in your memory bank for the next few minutes.
On the surface a baker salesman, a pharmacist and a chemist aren’t exactly your ingredients for a star-crowned combo.
But it worked!
The MoonPie made its entrance in 1917 at the Chattanooga Bakery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Seventeen years later, the RC Cola arrived on the scene.
The merge didn't result from hours and hours of meteoric-dreaming strategies from business minds. Instead, the public's appetite thrust these two items together, almost two decades apart!
Word is that during "The Great Depression" their size and price beat their competition hands down.
A grand sum of ten cents could buy the “working man’s lunch.”
And so the slogan “Give me a RC Cola and a MoonPie” was born.
You know, some things just naturally go together!
But can the history of this delicious dietary duo carve an equally impelling mark in your life, encouraging you to sharpen your habits to mold you into a better person?
NOW…More Encouragement For You!
PRINCIPLE
Years and generations shouldn't separate us - they should make us better.
PLAN
The MoonPie did well for 17 years - but when RC Cola arrived, joining forces formed a legacy that strengthened both. Think of age and youth, wisdom and enthusiasm, experience and eagerness to learn. Winning combinations!
POSITIVE APPROACH GOING FORWARD
Keep your eyes and ears open. Is there someone (though much younger) who can help you be more successful? Remember, RC Cola and the MoonPie (separated by 17 years) were thrown together by society.
PODCAST FOR THIS WEEK
How would you respond to an opportunity that you weren't expecting? Listen to the podcast below for a few suggestions.
https://soundcloud.com/teressa-moore-griffin-spirit-of-purpose/how-respond-to-unexpected-opportunities?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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Vitamin E(ncouragement)
Isn't it wonderful that the Bible provides spiritual Vitamin E as you journey through life?
Before you go out the door to begin your day, take a dose of Vitamin E(ncouragement).
It'll give you the motivation to make every moment count. And, you'll feel great!
Here's your weekly spiritual vitamin:
"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour."
-Ecclesiastes 4:9
Motivating Mouths
Warren Buffett, one of the greatest investors of all time, gave these words of wisdom:
"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."
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