Episode 20

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2nd Mar 2022

Follow the Money - Inspiration from Mike Rowe [E020]

Follow the Money - Inspiration from Mike Rowe

  • Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame has a lot of good advice.
  • One of them that I liked, but aimed at young people is, to show up early, stay late, keep your eyes open your ears open and your mouth shut work hard. Get. And become indispensable. I think that is really, really, really good advice. I don't think it gets executed nearly as well as it should. I think our society is breeding you know, a certain level of entitlements and they're not alone.
  • Just the ones coming into uh, the auto repair profession are not the only ones that are feeling entitled and it isn't just young people.
  • The whole point is when Mike starts taking a high-altitude view of dirty jobs that, you know, over the course of the year, Something becomes very apparent to him, not to us as the viewers
  • One of those is most of those people are millionaires, meaning that the owners of those businesses. 
  • And that's kind of the moral of the story. It really is. And I guess this is a quote that he has said aimed at young people, don't follow your dreams, follow the money.
  • Your competition, pretty much all service, the same car lions do pretty much all the same type of work. They all have tire machines. They all have tools and equipment to do, you know, brake services and all that.  One, maybe two scanners, aftermarket.  
  • The difference as I'm thinking about this, follow the money,  do stuff that nobody else wants to do
  • Are you working on Volvo, Mercedes, Audi, Land Rover? Many in your market do not want to touch them.
  • Do all shops in your area know you work on them?
  • Do you have a large lift that can hold a Sprinter van? Are you the go-to shop for that?
  • Do you have factory scan tools?
  • Are you environmentally friendly? If yes does the marketplace know that?
  • Are you a timing belt/chain specialist?
  • Are you doing stuff that others do not want to do? ‘Follow the Money

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Automotive Field Theory
From Automotive Diagnostics to Metallica and Mental Health
Automotive Field Theory explores the forces that shape automotive repair, including the ones measured with a meter or oscilloscope and the ones that cannot be found on a wiring diagram.

Hosted by automotive diagnostic specialist, shop manager, and instructor Matt Fanslow, the podcast begins in the automotive aftermarket but rarely stays inside its traditional boundaries. Diagnostics, electricity, technology, leadership, psychology, economics, game theory, history, music, movies, family, and human behavior may appear unrelated. Look closely enough, however, and connections begin to emerge.

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Automotive Field Theory is an attempt to understand those interactions.

Drawing from real diagnostic work, shop management, industry conversations, personal experience, and an occasionally inconvenient level of curiosity, Matt examines not only how things work, but why they work that way, how they became what they are, and what apparently unrelated subjects might teach us about repairing vehicles, leading people, running businesses, and improving the automotive industry.

Some episodes begin with a failed component. Others begin with Metallica, quantum physics, professional wrestling, a historical disaster, a round of golf, or a question that refuses to leave Matt alone.

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