Jim Stewart

Today was a great day! Two great banks - Pinnacle Bank & Morris Bank - officially join forces to create a new brand anchored in our employees, customers and the communities we serve. A Stronger Tomorrow Starts Today! #VallantBank #VallantFinancial #VLNT businesswire.com/news/home/2026…

Warren Buffett retires today, most likely in his mind at the closing bell, just minutes from now. Congratulations to the greatest investor the world will ever know. The returns speak for themselves - Berkshire earned 6,118,651% or 19.9% annually over his 60 years running the company. The S&P 500 returned 46,491%, or 10.4%. Berkshire’s shares could decline by 99.2% and still have outperformed the market. The record is even greater when including the partnerships he ran through 1969. However, it is not the returns but the way Warren did it that matters most; with integrity and morality - and with humility and humor. He didn’t have to teach, but he did. On behalf of so many of us, thank you, sir.

You heard her. Every school should have access to A.1.

If you don’t know the Gateway 2000 brand, then you can’t truly appreciate the excitement that came along with the delivery of one of these cow-themed boxes.

Anybody else wonder why Microsoft decided to call it Teams? Was it just so we could all stumble over the syntax of setting up a team in Teams for our team?

@georgesophy Microsoft owns it. Revenue is up 10% year/year. They aren’t going to burn it down. But I wonder where they get their development ideas. Oh wait. Revenue was up 10% year over year. So that drives it. Not the user/subscriber.

You ever get the feeling you need to take an hour or two and purge some LinkedIn connections?

I’m one of those people that still double-spaces after a period.

23 years ago today… 2,977 people thought it was just another normal day… …not knowing it would be their last. #NeverForget

I still am puzzled as to why the “new” @Microsoft @Outlook has so many shortcomings that immediately drive users back to the “old” Outlook. Anyone old enough to remember New Coke back in the mid-80s?

@Lrn2Fly @SouthwestAir Wait until you see how few of them need assistance to deplane. It won’t be many. I read a couple of weeks ago that Southwest is considering a move to traditional reserved seating, or at least a hybrid in that direction.

Preboarders @SouthwestAir has gotten out of control!

@Lrn2Fly Bonnaroo and Vegas back-to-back? Somebody is living the good life.

The banker-led Georgia Banking School Board met today, gearing up for the 2024 session happening in late April! 📅✨Spots are still available for new first-year students, but they're filling up fast! Register now to secure your spot cvent.me/YyNRQ5 #GeorgiaBankers

Yesterday I learned of the passing of a colleague and friend with whom I worked for 18+ years. She retired less than two years ago. Every day is a gift, my people. Live now.

This is an easy one, Georgia! Re-elect Tim Echols to the Public Service Commission in 2024. He’s easily one of the most forward-thinking and easily accessible statewide elected officials we have. #VoteTim

I’m attending AVI LIVE - Atlanta at the Georgia Aquarium on Feb 15! Join me at this free audiovisual technology expo! #AVILIVE events.avisystems.com/avi-live-atlan…… .

@Schornack And never kid yourself into thinking that you can outsource risk and responsibility.

Never outsource your thinking. Understand your business, in fact, be obsessed about it. Read, study, follow. Then use other businesses as a check on your thinking not as a guide to your decision making.

A topic that should be discussed more often in schools, and earlier than college, is risk. Risk = Probability x Impact Think about it. Whether in a technical field, law enforcement, first responder, attorney, entrepreneur, investor or athlete, risk is always part of your day.