I want to live n a vacuum for a moment, so bare with me.  I'm going to quote my middle son Trysten, who is 9 "What if.."

I'm sure that you all have run many "what if" scenarios, but it's amazing how children can filter out all the rasons not to do or have something.  I have been reading Marcus Buckingham, who is a strength based coach and his work tells us to focus on the highs not the lows.  In other words, don't give credit where credit isn't due.  I recently did a mini experiment with my oldest son Tannor, who is 10.  I've always tried to focus him on bettering his lower grades in school and I was not getting any movement; so I told him to not worry about the lower grades and focus on the other studies that he was doing so well in.  He keeps asking me why I don't talk about social studes, because that is his lowest grade, and I tell him that I want him to focus on the areas he loves and the other studies will follow.  Just tonight I saw his report card, and low and behold that social studies grade improved, along with a significant improvement in most of his other studies.  I ask him how did that happen, he said "I just did more of the things I like to do."  Well, I guess the exeriment worked. 

So I'm going to take a stab at a few "what ifs" myself:  What if you just did more work with those you like doing business with?  What if you chose not to do work for those you don't like to do work for?  What if you focus your thoughts on those you like doing work for and give credit where credit is due?  This is the vacuum I talkd about, I know this may not be enteirely realistic, however, it's not far from reality either.  People want to be a part of something good, so lets have some good news.  Lets talk about how the average employee in our industry has the ability to make a better than average wage, how we provide a valuable service to our community, how well we make vehicle looks after the repair, how we make people feel safe in their vehicle again, and how the customer really mans something in our business.

Happy New Year and be safe!!! LOVE YOUR BUSINESS.

By Bill Park