Author: John Pepper

White Knuckling Isn’t Working

This was a journal entry that my wife Maggie suggested I share… I do what she says 😉 DAY 43 (408) Who am I kidding? This is not Day 43. I am not even...

A Heart Beat

At long last, today Boloco quietly re-opened one of our most beautiful locations on the Boston Common. No ribbon cutting, no celebrating, and no lines out the door, but a lot of gratitude as...

Possibility in 2030

Seth Godin wrote a blog post today entitled “2030”. After his usual clever, though admittedly only somewhat helpful story about smoke detectors, he says the following: Whatever happens over the next ten years, if...

Hindsight is 2020

I, myself, barely chuckled when I heard someone tell me that today, January 1, 2021, would be the first day ever where hindsight is actually 2020. But I’ve used it multiple times since. It...

The Most Important Blog is…

… the one you will write tomorrow. I read this the other day from Seth Godin. He’s so on point most days, but not every day. Why do so many of us feel we...

“He quit… not a huge loss”

“He quit… not a huge loss”

A few days ago, one of the team members at a Boloco restaurant had texted someone else on the team to let them know Boloco should probably look for someone else to cover his...

Choices

Choices

I’m in Southern California today doing some work for Worthee. It’s nice to get out of New England, despite the need to test for Covid and quarantine for a bit when i get back....

19 in September

I made a commitment to write and publish every day in September. I didn’t make it. But I did do 19 out of 30 days, and that actually feels pretty good looking back. There...

Zen and the Art of Being Handy

Since Covid, I’ve tackled projects at home that I might not have even considered a year or a decade ago. We built a garden in the yard… at least 15x30ft, complete with posts that...