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Skywise
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Samara's best friend
Jan 2002
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Yup. I beleive that even the laziest person has a passion.
Take the laziest person in the world, find his passion and give him a 60 hour a week job at it and he wont complain, hell, he'll even be happy to do it.
Take me for example.
I love cars, I dream of cars, think day and night about cars. To some of you this might sound stupid but for me it's a passion and I cant help it.
About 12 years ago I concentrated my studies in finance, then started working in a bank in investments, then changed to loans because I never liked investments (Well I like but only for my own portfolio) Then I switched job to Enterprise solution because I hated loans....Samething happenned, I didn't like it....so I decided to make a drastic move a year ago and start my own company. It didn't go as planned right away so I had to find another job. I thought why not try it as car salesman. So I did and I love it!! And my business is really starting to pick up so I work about 60-70 hours a week (I post here between customers and when I have nothing to do) and I really dont mind because I am surrounded by cars and troubleshooting all day! I never thought I would work 70 hours a week, but of course, that was when I was working in banks.
So that is why I say that the laziest man has a passion and any man that works on his passion can do 60+ hours and be happy about it.
What is your passion, and are you working on it?
Spec.
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Japher
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Ook! Ook! Ack! Ack! Ack!
Jun 2002
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I sell and install turbo and superchargers, suspension, bodykits, engine components and more for street and racing purposes.
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Kewl
Once I get my CC paid off I am going to get some work done on my truck... Now I know who to ask.
I have a friend who is big into cars, his familly has a five car garage that they have turned into a workshop. They have a pit thing, to work under the cars, 2 hydrolic lifts, and crane overhead to lift in and out engines. As you can tell I know nothing about cars. He is getting some sort certification to be mechanic right now, and I posed an idea for a company to him. Thought I would share.
I, and many others like me, could really use a "personal" mechanic. Someone who will come and take your car (when it's busted) and take it to have fixed (either by the company mechanic or another shop). Charge an hourly rate for "treating" the car, and if you work on it an hourly rate for that. Why this?
Last time my car broke down I spent 6 hours sitting with the car to get it to the dealership (it wouldn't run), then they charged me up the wazoo (of course) and then "found" other things wrong. I took it to another shop, since I didn't want to pay their outragous hourly costs, and that took more time. When I got the car back it still ran funny (rough), and I had no idea why. I took it to another shop, who told me I needed new shocks, so I got those... It still ran weird. I then took it to another shop (some Russian mob shop) and the fixed it right away... Had I been someone who knew about cars I wouldn't of been taken/ripped-off, wouldn't of spent so much time toting the car around, and wouldn't of missed so much work. I'm telling you, I would pay someone to take care of this. Just the driving it around and listening/feeling the cars handling many of you who know about cars can tell what it wrong, how to fix it, and who can get it done the fastest... Might be good, no? Could offer multi-site drop-offs, car washing, on-site oil changes, tire rotations, etc. as well for an added cost... I know it isn't what you are doing, but I just thought I would share.
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JohnT
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Mar 1999
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Not all of them, and there are a lot more phone books published than just the 225,000,000 published by the descendents of the Baby Bells (which from a publishing viewpoint is now just SBC, Verizon, BellSouth and Cincinatti Bell). There are over 500,000,000 of the things published every year, of which appx. 350,000,000 are distributed by outside vendors such as myself.
The largest internal distribution is handled by Yellow Book USA, who publishes appx. 70 million books. All the utilities and most of the independents hire vendors.
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Snotty
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Originally posted by JohnT
Fortunately for me I found myself in an industry that is relatively undeveloped (in a business sense) and is simple enough to comprehend inside-out fully within 5-10 years. |
How did you come work in your industry?
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JohnT
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Capitalist
Mar 1999
time: 00:31
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Originally posted by Snotty
How did you come work in your industry? |
Ancient proverb: My favorite subject: Myself. 
I came into the business through my parents, who got started in the industry in 1981 and started their own distribution company in 1984 'cause of the above ATT decision. My father, cause of sheer f*ckery on his part at critical junctures of his life, was reduced to delivering telephone directories in 1981, the Year Without a Christmas.
Anyway, he is executive material and he was noticed, hired, and quickly promoted in one of the publishing units that held it's own distribution arm (yes, I am being vague with names) when the ATT decision struck, putting him, his G/F, and his boss (and a lot of other people) out of work.
So they got together a business plan to outsource the distribution to their new company, met in NY with their prior bosses, and walked away with a $4 million contract.
I started there full time after I got out of UGA in 1991 (I goofed quite a bit in college), and I left their company just last August, a tale that has gone on through 4 threads:
God, I quit my job... left the family biz... and I'm so happy I could just scream! 
Ten Days that Shook My World
All The Lies That Are My Life, or, JohnT vs. his Parents.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
In summary: My parents got so mad because I left they screwed me out of a $17,000 separation package, a package that included health care coverage for my wife and daughter (their granddaughter). Include a $10,000 bonus that I didn't get, plus that I was also presented with a $600 American Express bill for "misc. undocumented expenses") and they took me for $27,600 in the space of 3 minutes... and they (seemingly) planned this for 2 months.
In addition to this they pressed a previously unknown non-compete document that I might have signed in 1996, which prevented me from continuing in my career for a year.
This pissed me off to the point where my response was to spend that year setting the stage in taking over their most despised competitor. I bought into the company and, with the help of a another gentleman, removed the then-President putting myself in his place. We are now beginning a major marketing push, and have just signed a $40,000 contract to deliver books in Gwinnett County, GA.
And you thought you asked a simple question, huh?
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06-11-2003 20:36
Just joking.
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