I was still having fun as a store manager. I began to see that leadership and management aren't necessarily evil. I was surprised because I liked having the power to be a force for positive change. The title and authority didn't corrupt me. There was one person who led me to completely transform the story...
I met Li'l Ronald he was 18. He was one of the few who made it to graduation at a school on Chicago's South Side. He lived with his girlfriend and their twin baby girls in his grandmother's apartment at the notorious Robert Taylor Homes housing project. He was working at a convenience store in the neighborhood...
It was tough neighborhood, every product was behind bulletproof glass. You had to tell the clerk what you wanted and they'd go retrieve it. That was Li'l Ronald's job.