Janice Bryant Howroyd

If somebody didn't finish cleaning the kitchen properly,

then you had to get in there and help them.

And each of the older ones had a younger one who we were responsible for.

And it wasn't just about getting homework done.

It was about making sure they were clean, they were properly practicing hygiene, that they were completing their chores.

And primarily, they were holding a positive attitude toward life.

Never did I imagine how mom and dad so strongly

so absolutely fanatical about us keeping a positive attitude would impact my life as I journeyed away from that small hometown.

And now, as I've said, have opened in over four, I said 43 countries, we're actually in over 47.

47.

You'll never had a girl from Tarboro, North Carolina.

You're so on point there.

And, you know, thank you and thank God that you find something that I do that is worthy of expressing that forward in how you live in your home and how you live in your business.

That examples a lot about your own personal culture.

May I, in preface to talking about that statement, because that is my life mantra, just talk a little bit about culture.

Culture is

is often referred to as something we can get around to or something we can have a marketing team design for us when we're in business.

It's often referred to as a very social singular thing when we're talking about communities or individuals, when in fact it encompasses everything about us.

It is how we live, you know?

And so culture is important because