The Motor City
One of the biggest things that has impacted my life is being raised in Detroit. The Motor City - specifically the Automobile industry, Chrysler impacted my life greatly. I can pick almost any car on the road today and tell you the make/model/year - keenly aware of cars. My father worked for Chrysler for more than 30 years. That type of loyalty and devotion to one company is unheard of today. Not only that, a company's devotion to it's employees (i.e. my father's pension plan) is something that is a thing of the past and none of us will ever see again. My dad was laid off in the 70s from Chyrsler - prior to the Lee Iacocca era - yet he remained loyal and went back to work for them once things got better. The attitude I get for handling adversity, I get from watching my mom and dad go through this. The struggle was real for our family during this time. We grew up in a time where we didn't have everything we wanted, but we were happy with what we had becau...