Posts Tagged ‘Robert Scheper’

I was giving a speech a while ago and had a short question and answer time at the end. I was asked a fairly standard question about success and what is the biggest leverage to achieving it. I have many books on the subject and there are more books written about the subject than all…

Trump won on the campaign “Make America Great Again”. The slogan then morphed into “…safe again.” “…strong again.” “one again.” and even “…rich again.”. This “America first” ideology is more of a revolutionary statement than a political campaign slogan. It sucker punches globalization; a collective ideology that has been entrenching itself for decades. The United…

Juliet argued that it didn’t matter if Romeo was from the house of Montague. Using the line “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” she contrasted the good of Romeo and “the bad” of Montague, exposing names as mere words to truth. Abraham Lincoln once asked a friend “…if you call a…

(Success and Failure of Operators continued from September) As an accountant I have many meetings and conferences with drivers, operators and business owners, both in and out of the trucking industry. It seems everyone has at least some interest in gaining lasting wealth. There are many books, speakers and celebrities offering countless methods for wealth…

I’ve been an Accountant and Consultant to independent Operators since 1492 (a joint venture with Christopher Columbus). During that time I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and working with many, very successful operators. There are some sharp operators that just before a meeting I have to pull up my socks and focus on my ‘A’…

Our industry has produced many reports that focus on the cost of turnover for carriers because without a doubt, turnover is expensive to everyone. However, the cost to an operator can be much more devastating. As an accountant for hundreds of independent operators I see the cost directly and indirectly every month and every season.…

In the center of my second book “Choosing A Trucking Company” I compare the difference between carrier contracts charted in 1996 to those in 2012. 1996 represents the middle or height of the deregulation period which started in 1992 and finalized on January 1, 2000. Prior to the1990’s, getting your running rights and starting a…

Since the publication of my second book I have had many conversations with operators who tell me their horror story. Most are even similar in nature to the many I have already heard. Threaded through my “Choosing a Trucking Company” book are accounts within the industry that newcomers should definitely hear about. The stories in…