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Are you a “one-hit wonder” who can’t maintain the success you experience? This question reminds me of an encounter I had with “Jim,” a shop owner struggling to find the right technicians. He desperately posted …
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Something happened a few weeks ago that knocked me out of my seat. I was speaking with a shop owner named “Rose” who was concerned about the performance of her shop. She was down in …
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Charles Schwab was the Jeff Bezos of 1918. He was one of the richest men of his day, and the president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, one of the largest producers of Steel during that …
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During a recent trip to Dallas, Texas, I was a hot coach. I touched down at 10am and it was already 95 degrees! My first order of business was to get to my room to …
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Imagine for a moment that you’re a NASA astronaut. Just being selected makes you a success, considering they only pick one person for every six hundred applications received. The years of study, service, and sacrifice …
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Do you want to become great without having to wait? I just read something that can help you with this. In his book The Compound Effect, Darren Hardy introduces the reader to three friends: Larry, Scott, …
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Hard work doesn’t pay off. I know shop owners who work around the clock but still have low car count. They arrive early, stay late, but have a low retention rate. They work hard to fill their …
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