Moving Words – Discount
Written by Timothy Brady. “Do not compromise on the quality and your customers will not negotiate on the price.” –Amit Kalantri Discount—the word creates fear in any agency operations department, or van operator fleet. Here are a few things to think about concerning discounting: If low price is the only selling point, what happens when […]
Moving Words – Wealth
Written by Timothy Brady. “Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.” – Henry David Thoreau Building wealth is a process; it’s not based on luck, or being in the right place at the right time. Individuals who become wealthy and remain wealthy do it with a plan, no matter what business they enter. We’ve […]
Moving Words – Taxing
Written by Timothy Brady. “The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” – Will Rogers With all those media “Tax Experts” providing their assessments and opinion of what’s in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, what does your next move need to be? In all […]
Moving Words – Check-Up
“We all need a daily check-up from the neck up to avoid ‘stinkin’ thinkin’ which ultimately leads to hardening of the attitudes.” – Zig Ziglar It’s that time of year again. And it’s not something that needs to wait until after January 1, 2018. It’s time for that annual business insurance and tax check-up. The […]
Moving Words – Struggle
Written by Timothy Brady. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. – Frederick Douglass Very few words encapsulate the moving business better than struggle. This industry is filled with activities that are challenges to our physical strength, to our intellect, even to seemingly defying basic physics. We struggle looking for customers, determining a […]
Moving Words – Disaster
Written by Timothy Brady. “We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn’t have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.” – Petra Nemcova (Czech model/TV host /philanthropist who founded and chairs the Happy Hearts Fund) We’ve all seen the recent headlines from Houston, Florida and […]
Moving Words – Mobile
Written by Timothy Brady. “The most important impact on society and the world is the cell phone. Cell phones have actually been one of the primary drivers in productivity improvements.” – Fabrice Grinda (French entrepreneur, blogger for Business Insider and ‘super angel’; more than 200 investments around the world.) Thirty-five years ago communications between the […]
Moving Words – Reduction
Written by Timothy Brady. “The problem with a cost reduction strategy is that there is a finite limit. You can only get to zero.” – Eliyahu Goldratt (Israeli business management guru) One of the greatest challenges facing any business is how to reduce costs without sacrificing service and quality. With a bit of effort, fortitude, […]
Moving Words – Bankable
Written by Timothy Brady. “Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau (18th century Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer) Being bankable isn’t only what your credit rating is or what your company’s Dunn & Bradstreet® Report looks like. It has to do with what you know, how much […]
Moving Words – Evolution
Written by Timothy Brady. “Evolution is a process of constant branching and expansion.” Stephen Jay Gould (American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science) The evolution the moving industry is currently experiencing is going to require a number of paradigm shifts in order for the agents and Van Operators to keep up and actually prosper […]
