Episode 107

Psychology of Refusal to Evolve with Bryan Pollock [E107]

"We're going to talk about loss aversion, which risk aversion is essentially you don't want to risk anything, right? You don't like uncertainty, and you're willing to lose out big due to uncertainty and miscalculation. Loss aversion is when human beings really are essentially wired to dislike the loss of anything more than they like the gain of anything. It's more painful to lose something than gain it in the first place."

"The tech's been working there for like a decade, so they have ten years invested. And their sunk cost fallacy is I have all this time invested here; I can't leave."

Matt Fanslow and Bryan Pollock discuss the increasing role of technology in auto repair, the importance of following manufacturer guidelines, the need for a dedicated technology specialist, and the psychological aspects of decision-making in the industry, touching on loss aversion and the sunk cost fallacy.

Thanks to our Partner, NAPA Autotech napaautotech.com

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Matt Fanslow

Matt Fanslow is the diagnostic tech/shop manager at Riverside Automotive in Red Wing, MN. His primary responsibilities are to diagnose driveability and electrical/electronic issues, and perform most all programming, coding, initializing, adoptions, etc. Basically, if it needs to be figured out or has wires, it goes to Matt.

He’s been a tech since 1996. Matt is also a subject matter expert for ASE and has instructed at Vision Hi-Tech Training and Expo. Matt has participated on 18 ASE technical committees for the ASE Practice Test, A6, A7, A8, and L1 tests. He’s also done case studies for Standard Motor Products. Fanslow’s goal is to do everything in his power to improve the overall level of professionalism within the automotive and light truck repair trade and also raise the level of its public image.