Mitch Schneider released the novel MISFIRE: What to Do When Everything Isn’t Running on All Cylinders.

Mitch will give you a glimpse into the book and how he sees it helping aftermarket professionals improve their lives and their business. He shares the genesis of the book and his work to complete it so all aftermarketers benefit. It started as an outline seven years ago, to a full-fledged 300+ paged novel that has, I believe, a unique feature. Short chapters. No doubt the book will read easy and teach many.

Mitch Schneider is a fourth-generation “mechanic/technician” recognized as a champion of service dealer and technician causes. Mitch is an award-winning journalist, former shop owner, and published novelist. For more than 37 years, Mitch operated Schneider’s Automotive — a successful 6-bay, family-owned and operated service facility in Simi Valley, Calif.

Mitch has recent great news on the biggest challenge in his life as he has taken on  Primary Myelofibrosis, a rare bone cancer, head-on. He is in his recovery after a successful stem cell /bone marrow transplant in April 2019. I’m so glad to have him back to discuss his novel Misfire: What to Do When Things Aren’t Running on All Cylinders.

Look for Mitch’s other episodes HERE.

Find the book at www.misfirebook.com or on the books page on this website

Key Lessons from the Book:

• The stress, pressure, and anxiety of trying to support a business that is marginal or failing
• The impact that can have on a shop owner’s personal life: On their financial life
• The availability of tools and technologies to ‘fix’ a shop and the folks who refuse to take advantage of them
• The critical impact the Body/Mind Connection can have on success
• The critical role understanding 4-Cycle Internal Combusting Engine function can have fixing your business
• The impact elements of Eastern Philosophy and Martial Arts can have when integrated into your business: power, force vs impact, balance, flexibility, being grounded, centered, etc.

Resources:

• Thanks to Mitch Scheider for his contribution to the aftermarket’s premier podcast.
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