Moving Words – Strategic Planning
Timothy Brady “An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.” – Dale Carnegie Even though you’re not a Fortune 500 or even a Fortune 100,000 company (yet), planning your moves and anticipating what’s coming in 2025 is just as important for any size business; a sole proprietor, partnership, LLC, Sub Chapter S, […]
Moving Words – Taxes
Timothy Brady “The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” – Will Rogers We all know two things in life are unavoidable – death and taxes. But while unavoidable, we all can do something to ensure we don’t pay any more to the government than is […]
Moving Words – DOT Chief Nominee
Timothy Brady “There can be no doubt that the transportation sector is the most critical sector of our economy.“ – Robert Brady On November 18, 2024, president-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation was named, former Wisconsin US Rep. Sean Duffy (R). In a statement released at the time, Trump said, […]
Moving Words – Success Tools Part II
Timothy Brady “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Edward Everett Hale In my last blog post, I discussed how to apply some of the top reasons businesses succeed as moving and storage companies. In this post, I’ll continue the discussion with more reasons to adapt and apply, […]
Moving Words – Success Tools Part I
Timothy Brady “This is the Eleventh Hour…and we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” – Hopi Elder Say what? More simply, whatever economic arena in which you find your moving company currently situated, the only people really going to come to your rescue are yourself and those whom you employ or contract. It’s a […]
Moving Words – Slip-Sliding
Timothy Brady “Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne You are traveling through another dimension, a dimension of not only sight and sound, but of moving. Making a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of furniture, odd objects, and interesting people. That’s the signpost up ahead: […]
Moving Words – Brainstorming
Timothy Brady “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” – Henry Ford What does it take to be successful in any business venture? I know nearly everyone reading this article has been in the moving/storage/relocation business for years, if not decades. However, every so often it’s an innovative idea to […]
Moving Words – Tax and Insurance Review
Timothy Brady “The U.S. tax code was written by A students. Every April 15, we have to pay somebody who got an A in accounting to keep ourselves from being sent to jail.” – P. J. O’Rourke It’s that time of year again, and it’s not something that needs to wait until after January 1, […]
Moving Words – Succession
Timothy Brady “One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.” – Josiah Gilbert Holland I’m sure you have a retirement fund set up and are contributing to it on a monthly basis. However, have you thought about who’s going to lead […]
Moving Words – Self-Evaluation
Timothy Brady “You see things; and say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say “Why not?” – George Bernard Shaw It’s always a suitable time to look at what we’re currently doing and determine if it’s heading us in the correct direction to achieve our goals. Any time is a great […]
