Your wife loves diamonds but so does your business. Your previous customers are your acres of diamonds. Get out there and mine those acres of diamonds.

Pick a few things that you do well. Do a lot of it and become excellent.

Do you have an ally or enemy at home? You have to do great things in both business and at home. Make your enemy an ally or make your ally an even greater one.

Matt talks about John Wooden, the UCLA basketball coach that some say is the greatest coach of all time. There are three things that you can take away from this and put in your career. Preparation, fundamentals, and time.

Always play up. Never play down. Play to the level of the person that has already achieved what you want.

The most powerful supercomputer is the one between you ears. You always have to feed your brain good stuff. Ask your brain better questions.

Matt Manero brings you The Grit! Live from the 2015 Mid America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY. Matt explains how important it is to use your contacts at large events... Your Rolodex!

Living in The Grit means not being able to quit. If you are in The Grit you have to do things that others are not willing to do.

One simple activity per day can DOUBLE your business... We call it "The Scrum" For 15 minutes, we talk about the results of the previous day and get projections of what we can produce as a group for the company! It's the most important activity that we do in our Office.

Every small business needs a great team that can help the business to grow. Go to the market place, find the right people to do the job and most importantly, be a great leader to those employees.