The Keys to Running a Healthy Auto Repair Business

The day-to-day operations of running a business can take their toll on anyone.  To be a business owner means to address problem after problem, and find the right solutions. Sometimes the decisions we make will be the right ones, sometimes not.  If we are not careful, this emotional roller coaster we call being in business can make us focus too much on the negative and not the positive things that happen in our lives.

With nearly 4 decades as a business owner, I can say with certainty that one of the basic building blocks of being successful in business is having the right team of people around you and getting yourself in the right frame of mind.

You need to find and hire great people. But once you have them, you need to do all you can to take care of them, train them and make them successful in order for you to be successful. Is it easy? No. But it is essential.

Most importantly, you need to treat each day as if it were a gift from the heavens and base your entire perspective from a position of strength and remaining positive.  I know it’s not easy, but I can tell you, it works.

Joe Marconi is one of the top shop owners in America, a columnist for Ratchet & Wrench, the founder of autoshopowner.com and a business development coach that helps other shop owners reach their goals through the Elite Coaching Program.