Authored by Mitzi Perdue
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Top 3 Takeaways from this Interview
- It’s a great story of learning not just to develop and build yourself and become a better person, but to understand other people.
- The more friends you will have, the more effective you become. It helps you in every aspect and dimension of life.
- It takes one kind of personality to start a very large company, and a very different kind of personality to keep it going successfully.
Show Notes
- Ernest Henderson, Mitzi’s father and founder of the Sheraton hotel chain, nurtured her curiosity. [1:58]
- How her father managed Sheraton Hotel Chain employees with respect, especially during the height of the Great Depression in the 1930s. [3:01]
- What Mitzi did to overcome her shyness. [9:54]
- Her mission in life is to increase happiness and decrease misery. [18:28]
- Satisfying truth, beauty, and goodness are far better as a standard of success, happiness, and satisfaction. [19:58]
- The dinner table discussion strategy. [24:58]
- Caring enough to take the time to ask, listen, remember, and use the details to make a world of difference to another, as Frank Perdue demonstrated over and over as he built Perdue Farms. [27:44]
- My Quest for the Best Lightning Round begins. [32:14]
Expert Bio
Author, speaker, and businesswoman, Mitzi Perdue holds a BA with an honors degree from Harvard University and an MPA from George Washington University. She is a past president of the 40,000-member American Agri-Women, a former syndicated columnist for Scripps Howard, and her television series, Country Magazine, was syndicated to 76 stations. She’s the founder of CERES Farms, the family-owned company that owns commercial and residential real estate, and plus agricultural land including vineyards that sell wine grapes to wineries such as Mondavi, Bogle, Folie a Deux, and Toasted Head.
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Her I’ve-lived-it experience comes from membership in two long-lasting family enterprises. Her family of origin began in 1840 with the Henderson Estate Company, the forerunner of the Sheraton Hotels which her father co-founded. Perdue Farms (she’s Frank Perdue’s widow) began in 1920.
Most recently, she has authored How to Be Up in Down Times. Her co-author is Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.
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