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ISBN13: 9798372440777
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 2 2023
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 2 2023
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
How many times have you said, or heard, the phrase, Time passes too quickly? For those of us who've retired and/or are in our third quarter of the game of life, we know all too well the meaning of this phrase. It seems like just yesterday that we were young, days lasted forever, and we didn't have a care in the world. Now, here we are, looking back on our lives and wondering how the years went by so fast.
After retiring, no one ever says they wish they could have worked a few more years. However, I've heard many people say they wished they would have done something different, or they wished they could go back in time and change things; some even have regrets over the past. Hindsight is 20-20, and always will be.
I feel like I'm one of the most blessed men on the earth. I'm living in the present and not dwelling on the past. It's been no shoulda, coulda, woulda for me. In addition to having a wonderful wife and marriage, a daughter, son in law and grandchildren, I've had a very rewarding career in our family-owned business that spanned 65 years.
I literally went from being born in a small, dirt floor cabin; being drafted into the service by Uncle Sam, and drew unemployment one time for a month, to running a very successful and lucrative business with offices in three different states - Indiana, Kentucky and Texas. The decision to sell the company was made in 2014, and in 2015, I retired from Gohmann Asphalt & Construction, Inc. after some 44 years.
This book details my journey through life up to this point. Many of the stories are work related, and some are thoughts and remembrances from my personal life.
My goals for the chapters dedicated to the family business, and all the wholly owned subsidiaries, is to preserve them for my grandsons - Masters Alex and George Gohmann Breece - to show them that Papa John had a full and prosperous life, a loving family and to all the men, women, children who worked with, and for the family business, who were also considered family.
The selling of the business was the most difficult decision I ever had to be part of. My only regret in life was not being able to pass the family business onto the next generation.
My Bucket List is three quarters full. Emptying this bucket is my lifelong goal for now.
My dear reader friends, I hope you enjoy my story as much as I have putting it - Papa John's Sentimental Memories - in print! For God and Country . . . SEMPER FI! We're all only passing through.
I feel like I'm one of the most blessed men on the earth. I'm living in the present and not dwelling on the past. It's been no shoulda, coulda, woulda for me. In addition to having a wonderful wife and marriage, a daughter, son in law and grandchildren, I've had a very rewarding career in our family-owned business that spanned 65 years.
I literally went from being born in a small, dirt floor cabin; being drafted into the service by Uncle Sam, and drew unemployment one time for a month, to running a very successful and lucrative business with offices in three different states - Indiana, Kentucky and Texas. The decision to sell the company was made in 2014, and in 2015, I retired from Gohmann Asphalt & Construction, Inc. after some 44 years.
This book details my journey through life up to this point. Many of the stories are work related, and some are thoughts and remembrances from my personal life.
My goals for the chapters dedicated to the family business, and all the wholly owned subsidiaries, is to preserve them for my grandsons - Masters Alex and George Gohmann Breece - to show them that Papa John had a full and prosperous life, a loving family and to all the men, women, children who worked with, and for the family business, who were also considered family.
The selling of the business was the most difficult decision I ever had to be part of. My only regret in life was not being able to pass the family business onto the next generation.
My Bucket List is three quarters full. Emptying this bucket is my lifelong goal for now.
My dear reader friends, I hope you enjoy my story as much as I have putting it - Papa John's Sentimental Memories - in print! For God and Country . . . SEMPER FI! We're all only passing through.
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