Archive for the ‘Making Your Miles Count’ Category

As an accountant, I constantly receive the following questions: How do you advance in the workplace? How do you grow in your career? What should employees do to get a raise, promotion or both? Building a career is little different than building a business. Keeping your customers happy is very similar to keeping your boss…

The older I get, the more I appreciate what people DON’T say. I think people talk too much and say too little. Maybe it’s just my perspective but young people can ramble on and on and after an hour of listening I realize, nothing was really said. Worse than that, sometimes they ramble on and…

If you make a controversial statement like “it’s occasionally good to lose money”, it will incite curiosity and sometimes contempt. However, often there is a good point to be made. A while back I quoted the mentor of a friend who once said; “…writing off LESS than 5% on your receivables means you’re not risking…

Every industry has at least one lobby group that represents them. It’s actually a fairly decent system where industry professionals assist elected officials in making policies and laws that govern respective livelihoods. Those who win elections often only have one major talent… getting elected. Too often cabinet positions are assigned based on qualifications that have…

  I was talking to the President of a large operation about six months ago. We talked about his grandson who was just entering the family business. He was concerned about the young man’s timidity and lack of “leadership” with those around him. The President was concerned that his grandson was too “nice” and couldn’t…

Nearly two decades ago I had the occasion to attend a small claims court case between an Owner Operator and a carrier. My client’s case (the Owner Operator) was straight forward. The carrier refused to pay the operator for miles as well as an insurance claim that clearly belonged to him (the Owner Operator). The…

  An acquaintance of mine who had a career at a company that spanned over 30 years decided to leave the company after a serious family issue.  He had worked in senior management and had helped build the company into a nationally respected power house having well over 200 employees and an extensive network of…

When I was a young lad I worked as a gas pump jockey. For those who are too young to know what that is… it was before the industry was taken over by the self-serve pumps. I have often thought back to those glorious days because I loved the job! It had little to do…