This week, Matt Amos, Chet Sears and Troy Trussell discuss the worker shortage and how it is impacting just about everyone, especially the small business community. Are wages too low? The guys then turn their focus to 2022 and provide their top 3 inspirational quotes to get you fired up about improving your live in the New Year. Chet closes us out with a good word about hope and trust.

Topics discussed:

1. What's On Your Mind: Troy talks about the employment shortage in the service industry.
2. Top 3 Inspirational Quotes: "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffet. "We generate fears while we sit. We ocercome them by action." - Henry Link. "I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." - Jimmy Dean. "Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." - Karen Kaiser Clark. "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each year find you a better man." - Benjamin Franklin. "Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." - Oprah Winfrey. "Darkness cannot drive darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston S. Churchill. "Don't talk about it, be about it." - Brandon Dillon
3. A Good Word: Romans 15:12-13 Hope. Hope comes thorugh trust in God.

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• https://www.hardheadedpodcast.com/
• http://admiralspennant.com/

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