Automotive Field Theory

By Matt FanslowBusiness Technology Leisure Automotive Management

Automotive Field Theory episodes

January 11, 2023 Sunday Sports [E065]
* Touchdown!!!
* Another Touchdown!
* Sequence of Events
* Humility
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22 min
January 04, 2023 2023 Outlook [E064]
* Recession proof?
* Lessons from COVID
* Equations and Systems
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19 min
December 28, 2022The Godfather Movie with Carm and Tracy Capriotto [E063]
It's nothing personal, it's only business- removing emotion out of the equation but think logically. It's not an excuse to do something wrong.
Vito plays the long game and is brilliant at networking. He start these relationships with people by maybe doing something to help them out. Friendships and family and loyalty and favors and honor and respect council, help support, be in my debt.
In the automotive industry, you serve people by servicing vehicles- what is the big picture?
5 families- competed with each other but respect each other and were symbiotic. The same enemy was the government.
Some people will never be your clientele for whatever reason- you can’t be everything to everyone. Vito did not want to get into the narcotic business because it didn’t fit his morals.
Leadership- do you earnestly thank your employees?
Run your business like a business but as a real person
Who is your accountability partner?

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50 min
December 21, 2022Analyzing Inductors with Pico 7 [E062]
Downloading Pico 7 from www.picoauto.com
Setting up Demo Mode
Walking Through Inductor Voltage Analysis
Walking Through Inductor Current Analysis

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27 min
December 14, 2022Coffee Talk with Dutch Silverstein [E061]
Expectations
Social Constructs
Ownership (possessions)
Respect
Accountability

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47 min
December 07, 2022Uncovering Unsung Peers (and Heroes) with Tanner Brandt [E060]
Beta Testers
OE aftermarket boosters
Techs, not enough people know about
Tool manufacturer support staff

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1 hr 13 min
December 01, 2022Seller Beware [THA 304] - Remarkable Results Radio Podcast
Matt Fanslow shares a recent interaction with a salesperson that wanted to help in the sale of the business. There were some warning signs, and with a call to an industry peer, Hunt Demarest, Matt stopped what could have been a costly mistake.
Watch Episode HERE
Matt Fanslow, Riverside Automotive, Red Wing, MN, Diagnosing the Aftermarket A to Z Podcast
Hunt Demarest, CPA, Paar Mellis and Associates, Business by the Numbers Podcast
Show Notes:
Succession plan for Riverside Automotive- Matt buys out the current owner

Salesman stops into the shop offering consultation work (not automotive based)- consultant comes the next week looking into receipts and paperwork. Tells the owner his accountant is doing a poor job and asks what their ballpark agreement for sale price tag is. Immediately tells the owner it is priced too low and he could write a check for him today for more. Also adds in a scare tactic with IRS and 'gift tax.' Explains his team could get this deal done for around $40,000

Hunt Demarest- aggressive salespeople will pray on the owner's goals, insecurities and dreams with pressure behind it.

The importance of valuations from someone that is versed in the automotive industry.

Seller and buyer have to be on the same page with transparent communication

What is your relationship with your banker?

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44 min
November 30, 2022Overclaiming [E059]
Household phenomena translating to workplace
Overclaiming
Task perceptions
Leadership dilemma

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15 min
November 23, 2022Relationships 101 with Margaret Light [E058]
41% of first marriages end in divorce, 60% of second marriages end in divorce, and 73% of third marriages end in divorce.
Up to 70% of divorces are initiated by the wife, and when in a couple, the wife is college educated, that number drops and jumps to up to 90% of divorces initiated by the wife.
Who regrets a divorce after it happens? 39% of men regret a divorce compared to only 27% of women.
Most couples are waiting too long to seek some type of help with their marriage.
Divorce men are 2.5 times more likely than married men to commit suicide and 8 times more likely to commit suicide than divorced women.
66% of men name their wives as their primary social support, 21% name friends, and 10% say they have no one at all.
4 communication patterns that tend to lead to divorce- eye rolls are a symptom of contempt, criticism, defensiveness, and stonewalling
The first 3 minutes of a conversation dictate the rest of the conversation, how well or how poorly that goes.
Couples in unhappy relationships spend all their time looking at the other person and not enough time looking at themselves.
You have two different people in a relationship with two different sets of thoughts and feelings, and needs. It is possible for one person in that relationship to feel good about the relationship and think everything's okay or good enough, and it is possible for the other person to be downright miserable.
Imagine the most recent fight you had with your spouse or negative interaction- if you remove yourself from that scenario and were to put someone else in your place, and it was like you were watching a movie, how would you feel towards that person who's playing you? Would you like what you see? Could you stand by those actions? What are the parts of what they're saying that are true?

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54 min
November 16, 2022The Lead Technician with Jeff Barnes [E057]
Definitions of the Position
Plate Spinning
Processes
Leadership
Letting Technicians Fail

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54 min

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Automotive Field Theory explores the forces that shape automotive repair, including the ones measured with a meter or oscilloscope and the ones that cannot be found on a wiring diagram.