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For more than 30 years, Dr. Rich Greco has been one of
the region’s leading plastic surgeons and joins a lineup
of the area’s most esteemed healthcare professionals
inside this issue of South featured on page 108. Pho-
tographer Colin Gray, Cover Design Michael Brooks.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
2019
BEST
DOCTORS
MICHAEL BROOKS
PUBLISHER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR
MEET THE DOCTORS
Dr. Richard Greco
How appropriate that the Health and Wellness issue would
come at a time where my sanity was being tested. Every business
owner that has been around long enough knows the feeling. South
experienced a bout with a dreaded cancer and the fight was on.
If it’s broke, then fix it. Well South was breaking, and it was
getting to a point where it was not fun anymore. The long stairwell
up to South’s offices felt like 100 stories up most mornings and
what was once a fun-loving office culture had grown to be a dark
cloud just waiting to pop. The bad news was it was my fault for not
making the changes quick enough. The good news was it being my
fault meant I could fix it.
In an effort to keep things “normal” I had overlooked things that
were not going well in the hopes they would work themselves out.
Most of the time, things don’t “work themselves out” and this was
2019
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D O U B T… I T ’ S D E F I N E D A S A F E E L I N G O F
U N C E R T A I N T Y O R L A C K O F C O N V I C T I O N.
R E C E N T LY I E X P E R I E N C E D Q U I T E A B I T O F I T
A N D I T TAU G H T M E A L O T A B O U T W H O I WA S, A N D
E V E N M O R E A B O U T W H O I W A S N ’ T.
no exception to that rule. When your gut is
talking, you need to listen.
I started to question decisions that
have worked for us for years and I was
experiencing self-doubt… BUT then all
the hard years that have been put into this
publication started to come back to me. I have
been fooled by many, but moving forward
I am reminded that we need to only look at
someone’s past references and résumé to
see where the issues lie. Beware of puddle
jumpers that have a good excuse for their
failures. Beware of those who throw others
under the bus. They will always throw you
under there as well and when they do, be
quick to get them out of your life, otherwise
it’s your own fault.
So what was not a popular decision turned
out to be the decision that would save the
very culture of South magazine. Fixing this
was not going to be quick nor easy, but you’re
not truly healed until you’ve yanked off that
Band-Aid. We had some healing to do, but we
felt like dancing in the halls and, just like that,
darkness turned to light.
All of sudden, we had team members who
appreciated a flexible, creative workplace
and saw the glass half full of opportunities
that not many others could offer. Attending
some of the coolest events in this region
was seen as a perk and not “extra work.”
Working hard to get to a deadline was viewed
as a team working together to produce an
award-winning publication… not overtime
and having to work too hard. And sliding into
press right at the 12th hour of deadline was
not us “barely making it,” but another victory
that was celebrated. Things are good again!
I have regained my faith in humanity and
there are good people out there with good
intentions. I love my team here at South. They
are my second family, and I am reminded
that South is not made of paper and ink. What
it’s really made of is the people that put it
together and our folks are the best that South
has to offer.
REGAINING FAITH
“South is not made of
paper and ink. What it’s
really made of is the people
that put it together.”
ABOUT THE COVERS
Emily's Will
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Emily Horton bravely battles a disease that affects
most of us in way or another. Read about her battle
on page 72. Photographer Paul D. Graham,
Cover Design Michael Brooks.
Angela Merritt (page 58) does not allow stereo-
types to define her life. She is the mother of 3,
co-founder of a major corporation, a professional
fitness figure competitor and a registered nurse.
What’s your excuse? Photographer Paul D. Graham,
Cover Design Michael Brooks.
publisher & creative director Michael Brooks associate editor Jordan Saxon office manager/circulation Laura Major/Leigh Koons art
director Julius Woodard art assistant Francesca Shaw contributing writers Emilie Kefalas, Gen Fuller, Jim Reed, Amanda Surowitz, Justin Jarrett,
Barry Kaufman, Miranda Osborn contributing photographers D. Paul Graham, Angela Hopper-Lee, Colin Gray, Blake Crosby, John Alexander, Tim Brown,
John Oppenheim, Jamie Weaver, Traci Scarpati, Cedric Smith, Kevin Garrett, Rob Kaufman digital editor Claire McMillan editorial intern Skyler Allen
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