How To Achieve A Positive Outcome In A Negative Environment

"Turning pro is a mindset.  If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is we are thinking like amateurs. ” Steven Pressfield

How do you achieve a positive outcome in a negative environment?  To answer this question, it helps to understand the concept of home field advantage.   In the sports world, teams that play in front of their home crowd, have a better chance of winning than the visiting road opponent.  

How To Prevent A Blowout in Your Bank Account

“It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.  Richard Whately

“This tire is defective!  I want to talk to the manager!”  This is what I overheard at the service counter while conducting a shop visit back when I was a district manager for a national automotive chain. I won’t tell you the name of the organization, but I will say that the employees had a lot of “Pep” in their step!

My anxiety levels increased as I heard the service advisor confidently proclaim, “Sir, the manager is off today, but my district manager, Eric Twiggs is here!”   The customer’s name was “Larry”, he drove a grey Lexus, and he had an angry look on his face.

How To Become An Irrelevant Shop

"When you're finished changing, you're finished." Ben Franklin

Now that I have your attention, imagine that you’ve just landed in an unfamiliar town where you don’t know anyone, and you lack access to a rental car.  To make matters worse, your hotel doesn’t offer a shuttle to pick you up.  What would you do? Catch a bus? Catch a train? Hitch a ride? 

This was my predicament while vacationing with the family in South Carolina.  Since I got out voted on the idea of exploring the adventures of hitch hiking, I decided to use my phone instead of my thumb to get us a ride!  This was my opportunity to experience Uber.