Carm Capriotto, AAP, is a career automotive aftermarket professional. He hosts and produces the automotive aftermarket's premier podcasts. They include Remarkable Results Radio, the Town Hall Academy and For The Record.

Carm is an influencer and connector of people and speaks to the industry about what he learns each day from the essential voices of the aftermarket.

Talking Points

• Let 2020 be your breakout year
• Be a business person and not a fix-it person
• The ‘Knowing-Doing Gap’ is real. Stop talking and start doing
• “If you aren’t sitting on the edge then you are taking up too much room”
• You have big responsibilities to your team and your customers. But most importantly to you and your family. You’ve invested heavily in time and money and need to start showing something for it
• Check our a Harvard Business Review IdeaCast titled ‘The Art of Asking For and Getting Help” http://bit.ly/2EU6ont It is their episode 714
• Start off the new year by reading Mitch Schneiders book MISFIRE: What to Do When Things Aren’t Running on All Cylinders
• Implement Profit First. Find episodes HERE. Fix your cash management
• Review your labor rate
• Want to retire and sell the business? Tough task and you may not get anywhere near what you expect and worked so hard for. Start here and listen to the many episodes that discuss succession planning HERE.
• Purposely plan for the new year and involve your team.Assign responsibilities (tasks) to individuals and a due date
• Monitor the accomplishments.
• Engage, and delegate

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