Can you believe it’s been a year since the start of the pandemic’s roller coaster of ups and downs? Did you have high hopes for 2020? I did. After kicking off 2020 with the first two months recovering from surgery (imagine no working or driving), I was ready to rock my business. Using that downtime, I scheduled on-site training sessions, conference keynotes, and my Bounce-Up book launch. Then, life’s unpredictable events happened.

Over the weekend, one question continued to surface about Chronicles Issue #46. How did Berry Gordy see a repeatable system when others couldn’t? This question initiated some great ideas about the how and had me digging a little deeper into Berry’s story.

Have you ever watched a television program, and within minutes of the opening scene, your mind shifted from entertainment enjoyment into a business mode? As an R&B gal, the music in the documentary Hitsville: The Making of Motown had me clicking on it. The music became secondary to Berry Gordy’s resilience and business model, which had me grabbing a notebook and pen.