Change..

Appetizer - Hope is everything, IT is EVERYTHING....

Main Dish - "Tough Choices" by Carly Fiorina
Southern B-Que Quarters w/ Cabbage & Grilled Vegetables

Spoonful Rating - 5 spoons

Dessert - Double-Deluxe Chocolate Brownies

Desired Beverage - Mint Iced Tea

"Change always takes great effort...in many real ways, change is an unnatural act and so requires a sustained disruption of sufficient force," says Carly Fiorina. Change, indeed requires continues acts, and perhaps the best medicine in preparation for change is, "a sustained disruption" of responses that requires one to do something he/she would not ordinarily do.

Today, we are witnessing vast changes in people -- the way in which individuals address, clothe, speak out about, and stand-up for themselves. In many ways, the new attitude of expression rest on yesterday's emotion of self --- that is, happy one moment, sad and depress the next, and eventually joy, at some point in the process (one hopes). Through each phase a series of disruptions mandates one to respond to a given situation. In most cases, the ability to actively respond and be aware denotes one is plugged into the environment. However, when change requires a sustainable response, a sense of uncertainty arises and, it is the insecurity in the unknown, that makes change difficult.

In Tough Choices, the once-law-student drop-out and later HP CEO, Carly Fiorina chronicles the life and times as an aspiring business women. The multiple drawbacks and set-ups she orchestrated in the course of 5-plus decades serves as the back drop of hope --- that is, the hope to dream bigger than herself, the belief that she will make a difference, and the opportunity to risk it all, if success was to be achieved --- made all the difference in the world.

In fact, she dispelled this notion of maintaining the status quo to succeed, and preferred the least expected route where she admits she "learned over and over, many people prefer even a deeply problematic known to the risks of the unknown...don't change horses in the middle of the stream are all cautions about the risks of uncertainty and the consequences of imprudent action."

Change requires more than a sustained disruption of sufficient force, it connotes risks, consequences, and it also champions hope, success, and unattainable desires.

Accepting change does not mean one relinquishes the necessary faculties of reason or logic, it simply puts courage, faith, belief, and self-worth on stage amid the unknown acts or responses that follow a change. Change challenges the individual's core value --- who are and what makes you different? As the MBA course taunt, what is the differentiable factor that separates one from another?

In many ways, the response and sustainable actions of one in the midst of change speaks volumes about the individual. In Tough Choices, the title says it best, in life there are tough choices, and I would advocate that one not run from the risks and unknown acts; instead, embrace and challenge the changes that emerge. Fiorina models this behavior on and off the stage of business, and one cannot help but wonder can you say the same.

If your book title was released today, what would your title speak of you?

Bon Appetit !

Southern B-Que Quarters w/ Cabbage & Grilled Vegetables


1 pk of Chicken Quarters (slice and/or section parts)
1 celery stalk
1 red onion
1 or 2 small red potatoes
1 bunch of green onions
1 handful of cilantro & rosemary herbs (diced and sprinkled on meat)
1/4 melted non-salt butter
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp Italian spices
1/2 tbsp cumin
1/2 tbsp allspice
1 jar sweet honey glazed barbecue sauce
Dash salt/pepper
1 tbsp olive oil

Prepare ingredients as listed.

Separate chicken parts or sliced meat to the side. Combine chopped red onion, red potatoes, green onions and herbs together in medium bowl. Sprinkled 2 handfuls of H2O on seasonings. Add melted butter with paprika, cinnamon, Italian spices, cumin and allspice to mixture. Stir for 10 beats, and spread b-que sauce on chicken quarters. Heat oven to 350 degrees and cook for 60 minutes.

Dice cabbage and vegetables in large saute pan. Melt non-salt butter, dash of salt/pepper and add cabbage. Cook until tender adding sm. amounts of H2O to avoid burning pan. Stir continuously for 15-minutes. Spray grill with olive oil and add vegetables. Turn over frequently until crisp and sultry.