Tuesday, March 31, 2015

A Year Later...

So this weekend will be exactly 1 year since we’ve officially opened Sticky’s Chicken Food Truck. 
I honestly can’t believe I operate and run my own business. It’s never been a dream of mine (to be an entrepreneur), but it happened. This past year has been a long uphill battle and I regret absolutely nothing.


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So let me tell you a little bit about Sticky’s Chicken.
Basically, a little over 15 years ago, we took Dad to BW3, which is now known as Buffalo Wild Wings. He tasted the wings and thought to himself... “I can do better than this.” So then after that experience, he created his own sauce and figured out how to glaze it on to really crunchy chicken. The sauce is amazing, almost indescribable. It doesn’t really taste like sweet BBQ, but it doesn’t taste like sweet teriyaki either. It’s literally a burst of a new kind of flavor in your mouth. It has a distinct flavor of its own. So flash forward to now. My brother and I were at a point in our lives where we were able to just jump in head first into our first business venture. With no experience or knowledge on how to start a business, let a lone how to run a food truck.... we just did it and it turned out to be a life changing experience. I can never go back to a regular 9-5 or even think about sitting at a desk in front of a computer working for Corporate USA. It’s so much more fun and rewarding seeing people smile after their first bite of our food. 
Houston has been an amazing city to serve and it can only get better from here. It truly has been a humbling experience from being on the news, meeting Karrueche and getting the thumbs up from Houston’s foodie Bun B. I’m super excited to see what the 2nd year of Sticky’s has in store for us!!


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Below are links to pretty much sum up our first year in business.

Monday, March 23, 2015

Motivational Monday

I read this on one of the many social media apps that I'm constantly on. I wanted to share this to the world just in case someone else needed to read it.

You have two choices in life when it comes to truthful observations by others that anger you: You can be ashamed and cover it up by letting your pride take you in the extreme opposite direction, in order to make the point that they are wrong. Or, you can break down the walls of pride by accepting vulnerability as a strength, not a weakness. As you walk through your vulnerability, you will meet humility on the way to courage. From here, courage allows us to let go of shame and rise higher into the person we are meant to be, not the person that needs to be right. This is the road to confidence and self worth.

- Shannon L. Alder

Friday, March 20, 2015

Keep PUSH-ing!!

Sometimes we tend to forget that if we ask God, He will make it an easy path.

Don't give up & keep praying!

PrayUntilSomethingHappens

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Contradictions of Life

"Simply Complicated" seems to be the theme for this week. As much as I've tried to keep things light and easy in my life, everything around me just seems to convolute itself into a big mass of complications. Aye!

I just don't understand how one's actions don't match up to the words that come out of their mouth, stop it with all these contradictions!!!

The other day, I asked (practically begged) God to give me a sign so I can move on to the "next big thing." He showed me a sign alright... but why does he find a way to make it even more complicated?? Do you ever wonder what the heck He has in store for you? I mean seriously..... if you know what I want, can I just have a clue as to what the heck you're up to???

So instead of giving me a black and white answer, I get a 50 shades of gray response that makes no sense at all. Jesus, what are you really up to???

I seriously can't take this anymore. I need a new focus.