Pizza delivery Dave and the Golden Goose
In my early 20s, I delivered pizzas to make some extra cash. One day, a new guy named Dave came on board. He was trained, per usual, riding along with another driver for a [...]
Why your bank account is stagnating
They say when you worry you're expending a lot of negative energy needlessly. Instead of worrying, another option might be to take no action at all and attribute whatever follows to fate. Neither route [...]
How to increase profits by providing options
Did you know that when elephants are trained, they use the same size rope for baby elephants as they do for adults? It’s true. When they begin training, they place a relatively small rope [...]
Might as well sell door to door
I was checking Marketwatch the other day, as I have some money invested in the stock market. And since I was using a Chrome browser at the time and was not a subscriber to [...]
Good Cheap, and Fast, you can’t have them all
Well, well. My prediction has come to light. The crackdown against “Predatory Towing” is happening. Late last year, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), which is basically a mouthpiece for many of the trucking [...]
Employees will stay when you’re invested in them
The story goes that Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, one day came into his factory and asked how many cars had been built that day. He was told the number was [...]
Tale of two wildly different outcomes
A guy I knew a while back (whose real name I’ll not divulge) got way, way in too deep with the clubs. Darren and his wife, Christie were good people. They had three kids [...]
You want me to sign a non-compete agreement?
Ok, so say you’re a new tow company owner who’s wet behind the ears. You don’t have any real-world experience in the towing business. And you’ve never operated a tow truck or managed people. [...]
Setting your sites on better business goals
As we’re heading into the new year, I wanted to talk to you about something I’ve been working on quite a bit since May of 2023. And that’s my overall health. So my weight had [...]
Let’s make 2024 your best year ever!
So, I’m a solutions guy. If you show me a problem, I’ll quickly ascertain the reason it happened and then find a solution so that it doesn’t happen again. I am not a hand-wringer. I loathe listening to [...]
