Z Beans Stories: A Night to Remember
It was 9:45 at night. Arturo (my international partner) and I were down in Pinas, Ecuador, 20 miles away from his house in Zaruma.…
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Z Beans Stories: An Empathetic Leader
I’ve read Good to Great. I’ve read Leaders Eat Last. I’ve studied the principles in Start With Why. I’m obsessed with this concept of…
Z Beans Stories: Facing Our Problems
Carter and I work 100 hour weeks. I don’t say that because I am looking for a pat on the back. I say…
Z Beans Stories: With The End In Mind
“Dear Heavenly Father, I ask that you please allow me to become a professional baseball player.” Until I was 12, I’d say this prayer…
Z Beans Stories: Diversification
A mentor of mine within the coffee industry had a worry come to fruition… On his way to work one morning, he received a…
Z Beans Stories: Home Is Where You Make It
It was 7:30 in the morning– day 12 of the trip. I’d been up since 5:00 because I had yet to acclimate to the…
Z Beans Stories: In Good Faith
I always said, “If and when baseball comes to an end, I will be able to hold my head high– because no matter…
The Retro Gamer: Tetris, From Russia With Love
In 1984, behind the Iron Curtain and deep within the Soviet Artificial Intelligence research divisions, a young programmer mined gold from a simple text-based…
Z Beans Stories: Simplicity
Simplicity: The Story of the Pickers “Never watch another man work,” my Uncle Frank told me while wiping sweat from his face. I was…