Walking through the auction lanes the last several weeks, not one single sole has brought up politics, so I need to ask, Is the political arena effecting the current auction market? Listening to talk radio, watching talk TV, and reading news publications, the pundits don't want to talk business because it doesn't fit their narrative. They perpetuate the tired, dragged out, politics-as-usual relying more on the dumbed-down electorate than truly demonstrating and offering solutions like strict constitutional adherence, fiscal conservatism, environmental protection reform, term limits, tort reform, and US military superiority.
Politics... long-term sitting Congressman and Senators with blotted staffs... offering zero debate on how to revitalize our economy. John Adams said that to serve the country means working to accomplish the betterment of the country and then returning to your farm to work. In 2015, we have a progressive chasm, painfully wedging us further apart from fixing the problems the US is living with and curbing the trajectory it's currently on. If common sense discipline doesn't begin to take hold and purposeful, serious focus on the economy is not put at the very front of what "politicians" are willing to do to better the country, then I'm afraid that the auction lanes WILL be effected by politics.
I have been attending and participating in a new podcast, "Auto Transport Intel" that Jay Wertzberger produces and broadcasts with Ty Thompson. It drills in on automotive transport and is dedicated to improving the industry. A topic I explored with them recently was focused on not how to get new business as a transporter but a revealing look at some of the reasons we can't get new business. The theme was that if we look at ourselves with open eyes and ask if we feel if we're putting our best foot forward, what little things could we do to improve our professional profile... and that triggered the theme, "reimagining service". Over the next several weeks, I'll define Reimagining Service in more detail, and we will dig in on the relationships that the car auctions have with vehicle transporters. Stay tuned!
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