Cooking Up Success: One Story of Successful Restaurant Entrepreneurship

On this episode of A Place in the Conversation, Nick and Dan are joined by Carlos E. Vargas.

Carlos shares stories of struggle and success as he launched three unique restaurant venues. You will be inspired by his tenacity and the way Carlos looked at every opportunity as a time to learn and build his skills.

The story of selling Kabobs off the back of a scooter captures the heart of what it means to be a visionary and to pursue your passion with every ounce of energy you have.

 

 

 

 

 

Across the Waters: A Journey from Puerto Rico to the United States”

Join us on “Across the Waters” as we explore the inspiring story of Yesenia Martinez, who made the courageous decision to move from Puerto Rico to the United States.

Yesenia traveled from Puerto Rico to Kennett Square to interview for a position at JAM daycare. Once hired, she had to return home, get her children, pack all their belongings, and move to Kennett in time to start her new job.

Her story is inspiring and challenging. There are lessons found throughout her experience for all of us, especially those in the position to hire quality people for business or organizational life.

Join Nick Everhart and Dan Nicewonger as they provide A Place in the Conversation for Yesenia to share her story.

You can also find the podcast in the following places:

A Place in the Conversation 

Apple Podcasts: “A Place in the Conversation”

Spotify: “APITC”

Google Podcasts: “APITC”

https://danielnicewonger.com/2023/06/05/345882/

A little Avila wisdom – minus the hound.

My GPS led me through some new and strange back roads of Delaware to my breakfast meeting. The way home was quick and easy, I knew where I was.

Driving home I reflected on the two different journeys and how we often get to choose how we will travel through life.

 

This past week was a chemo week.

Chemo on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. Friday afternoon Avila and I took time for something we really enjoy. Along the way, we were reminded to be grateful for what is.

 

Everyone experiences “disruptions” in their lifetime. Learning to navigate the trials with peace and joy requires caring conversations. For Dan and Nancy, disruption appeared as a doctor spoke, “Stage IV colon cancer.” From that moment on, it was one difficult conversation after another.

While Nancy and Dan share how they navigated these difficult conversations, their focus is on helping the reader(s) enter into conversations that will help them navigate their own disruption. Caring Conversations provides some uncomfortable but essential questions to help start your own caring conversations. While everyone’s answers will be different, many of the questions remain the same.

Caring Conversations draws upon wisdom from a real estate agent, funeral director, lawyer, financial planner, grief expert, community nurse, and others to provide guidance in critical areas that need to be addressed.

Available on Amazon

 

A friend asked if I was willing to accept help from others. Her question became a caregiver lesson as I wrestled to find my answer.

 

A friend recently asked if I was willing to accept help from others.

This question became a caregiver lesson as I tried to consider why I don’t normally think I need help.

The more I wrestled with her question I came to realize it had more to do with what I consider NORMAL than not wanting help.