Chris Hodnett

Ted Lasso, but for chicken.

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This one hits hard. Credit to Craig Groeschel.

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Ownership grows when leaders trust people with meaningful responsibility.

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@chodnett Your timing couldn't have been better https://t.co/IqqI53pBfg

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@theRCLblog checking out the new bar on Coco Cay today! The Secret Garden Bar.

Pretty cool spot near South Beach.

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Star of the Seas and Allure of the Seas docked at Perfect Day at Coco Cay! @RoyalCaribbean

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@Avis Avis has been great! No issues with Avis.

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What a travel day…

✈️ @Delta canceled our ATL → FLL flight for our family cruise and couldn’t get us to Fort Lauderdale today.

✈️ We booked @Southwest as a backup, only for that itinerary to unravel with delays that would have caused us to miss our connection.

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Whew. Hitting hard today.

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@Avis Easily the worst travel day I’ve experienced.

We finally made it to Fort Lauderdale right at 3 am. Now up and getting ready to get our luggage from FLL, so we can get ready for this cruise on @RoyalCaribbean.

Just a rough day. But we’re ready to get this vacation started. 🚢

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🚙 Huge thanks to @Avis. They came through with two Kia Tellurides so our group could hit the road and keep our vacation alive.

Not the start we planned, but we’re making the best of it. Here’s hoping the drive ends with us boarding #AllureOfTheSeas tomorrow. 🤞

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In Georgia I entered a Chick-fil-A drive-thru line of forty cars.

I turned off my engine. I prepared to wait the way my ancestors waited out a siege.

Six minutes later I was holding chicken.

I do not know what happened to the other thirty-nine cars. The line moved like water that had somewhere to be.

A young woman walked between the cars taking orders on a small tablet, on foot, in the sun, smiling like the sun was her idea.

I said thank you.

She said, "My pleasure."

I did not think about it then. I should have.

At the window I thanked the young man for the food.

"My pleasure."

I thanked him for the sauce.

"My pleasure."

I thanked him for thanking me—

"My pleasure."

I want to be clear about what was happening.

This was a duel.

In Japan I trained in courtesy for forty years. Bowing angles. Seasonal greetings. The correct depth of apology for seventeen distinct situations.

I was a white belt in that drive-thru.

I escalated. I used my most formal English. I thanked him on behalf of my entire family line.

He said, "My pleasure," and gave me extra sauce.

Extra sauce. Unprovoked. A counterattack.

I returned the next day to reclaim my honor.

It was Sunday. The restaurant was closed.

All of them were closed. In the entire country. They close every Sunday, and they have closed every Sunday since the beginning, because the founder made a promise, and the promise did not expire when he did.

I stood in the empty parking lot and understood I had lost twice.

Once to a teenager with sauce.

Once to a man I will never meet, who kept his word so long it became a building.

In my country we say a samurai's word is his life.

I had never seen a restaurant say it back.

I returned Monday. I ordered. And this time I said it first, before she could.

"My pleasure."

She smiled and said, "It sure is."

America, I surrender.

It was my pleasure.

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Clear expectations give people the confidence to own outcomes.

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@TheStingisBack That’s crazy.

Here are some of his non-Jurassic Park credits:

- Jurassic Park 3
- Jurassic World Dominion

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@kenfigkowboy @NFL @BloggingTheBoys I wish Parcells had stuck it out one more year…

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@DannyPhantom24 Before anyone questions it, Kurt Schottenheimer (Marty’s brother; Brian’s uncle), was the secondary coach for Green Bay in 2007.

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Misplaced Talent reinforced a simple truth: recognition, trust, and a safe place to learn unlock more potential than another hiring cycle ever will.

Difference Makers multiply people.

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Talent isn’t your biggest competitive advantage.

Helping people become more than they thought they could be is.

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Accountability without empowerment creates compliance.

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Leadership gets dangerous when influence becomes identity and visibility becomes value.

The leaders who change the world aren’t obsessed with themselves.
They’re captivated by something greater than themselves.

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Jesus recommends less of you.