Michael Gates Gill, “How Starbucks Changed My Life”

• February 24, 2012   |   8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

The McCoy Center for the Arts is pleased to welcome New York Times Best-Selling Author, Michael Gates Gill, author of How Starbucks Saved My Life.  Nearing retirement, Michael Gates Gill lost it all. A Yale-educated advertizing executive making six figures, Gill was let go from his job, saw his marriage disintegrate, and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. At the age of 63, desperate and without health insurance, he found redemption and a new sense of purpose where he least expected: behind the counter of a Starbucks.

In this talk, Gill shares his tale of personal transformation and the lessons he walked away with: the inherent value of hard work; being open to new possibilities, whatever your age; learning from people who are different from you; and that deep down, differences matter less than what we have in common.

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