I just finished this book a couple minutes ago. It’s about an hour read, but the jewels in the pages are timeless. Simple, practical, applicable principles to help you excel in business and life. 

How does the man working behind the counter of a mom-and-pop diner for twenty-one years turn a good idea into a restaurant chain worth $2 billion annual sales? S. Truett Cathy, founder and CEO of Chick-fil-A, shares the answers in How Did You Do It, Truett?

The inventor of the chicken sandwich and the founder of Chick-fil-A, Truett Cathy also pioneered quick-service food in shopping malls, and is now one of America’s most successful and respected businessmen. His restaurants, which are always closed on Sunday, achieve higher sales per unit than others that remain open seven days a week. Forty years after opening the first Chick-fil-A restaurant, the chain now has more than 1,300 units in thirty-eight states.

How Did You Do It, Truett? offers countless nuggets of wisdom. The 86-year-old chief executive officer’s keen business sense, his commitment to his principles, and his desire to keep the business simple pours off of every page. His lessons apply not only to business, but family and community life as well.
 

About the Author
S. Truett Cathy is founder and chief executive officer of Chick-fil-A restaurants and author of four books: It’s Easier to Succeed Than to Fail, Eat Mor Chikin, Inspire More People, The Generosity Factor (with Ken Blanchard), and It’s Better to Build Boys Than Mend Men. He and his wife, Jeannette, live in the Atlanta area, where he has taught Sunday school for more than fifty years, and have three grown children and twelve grandchildren.