A Single Man Mechanic Shop - Better Have A Plan!

Описание: Owning an #Automotive #repair shop is tough!

But one way to make it exponentially harder? Failing to have a strategy!

Even worse? Trying to do it all alone without a strategy.

A member of the Changing The Industry Podcast group recently posted and said "Hey! I'm burnt out - I'm a one man shop and I'm exhausted from trying to keep this thing going!"

As the group asked questions, it became clear there wasn't much of a strategy.

He fell victim to the belief that jobs with huge price tags were big money makers.

He was stuck in a vicious cycle of balancing the phone calls, the walk in clients, the estimating/approval/invoicing process, and occasionally he'd find time to work on the cars.

It all needed to be done, but with only so much time in the day? He often found himself not doing the one part that ensured he got paid for all the effort - fixing the car!

I've seen this more times than I can count.

Let's be real here: As a one man band, you either need a strategy where you get paid fairly for wearing all the hats OR you need to grow to the point you can pay others to wear a few of those hats.

There's zero doubt that the #business and #entrepreneur journey isn't an easy one - but you better make dang sure that you're atleast getting paid for your efforts!

Its true that you can "invest" today's time for reward tomorrow - but you can absolutely find yourself in a trap where today's efforts are wasted!

There's only one thing that will prevent your efforts from being wasted: Knowledge!

Learn how to run a business, not do a job.