Home: Fort Worth, TX. Age: 40s. Birthplace: Riverside, CA. Profession: Funeral service. Organization: Lincoln Funeral Home. Title: Funeral home manager, funeral director in charge. Alma mater: Oakwood College.
Current project: Revitalizing the funeral home reputation. Latest accomplishment: Promoted to manager. Hobbies: Cycling, motorcycle riding, traveling. Recent travel or adventure: Mexico. Last book read: US Constitution. Recently viewed and recommended: The Unit.
Personality profile: Humorous, kind, compassionate, active-listener, family oriented. Moral compass: The Bible, family. What is your greatest joy? Riding my motorcycle with my father to Grand Canyon. What is your greatest fear? Failure at my job. What natural talent have you neglected? Playing the double French horn. What is at the top of your bucket list? Sky dive (again) without a tandem. How do you relieve stress? Riding my motorcycle, sitting in the sun, sitting and observing nature. What ingredient is essential to your perfect vacation? Peace, sand, water, sun.
What was your first paying job? Caddying at a national golf club. What was your favorite college course? Senior seminar on Abraham Lincoln. What book have you repeatedly read? Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six. What’s the best advice you received growing up? If someone doesn’t know you after one conversation, they don’t even need to know you. What’s the best advice you received in your career? Learn all aspects of the industry you are in. What company or organization do you most admire? Wounded Warrior Project. What personal circumstance has had the greatest influence on your life? Moving to Texas and entering funeral service.
What is your big idea?
Targeting at-risk youth and presenting different alternatives to life.
What change are you working on to effect in your profession or field? Exceptional-service attitude towards grieving families. What change would you like to see in the world? An end to racism. What message do you want to send out into the world? Let’s work together minute-by-minute to improve interpersonal relationships as we make this world a better place. What widely held belief do you reject? Not all races are equal. Rather, I believe that all races are created equal.
What title would you choose for the movie about your life? Having It All: Is It Worth It? Who would you like to spend an evening with, in heaven? Jesus and my personal angel. As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? Lawyer. How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? With my mom, dad, and siblings, talking about the past times. What advice would you give your younger self? Stay focused, listen to your parents’ advice. What period in your life would you do differently, if you could? College freshman year.
Personal mission: Put in place processes to make my current firm sustainable and replicable. Personal motto: Put everything into what you do, make it count. Favorite quote: “When someone shows you who they are, believe it” (Maya Angelou). Desired epitaph: He truly changed the lives around him in a positive way.
