The Production Line

In the last episode, I told you about a guy that changed his career twice within a short time spean successfully

And by the way

He is over 50.

Meet Dave C.

Here is an interview I did with him earlier this year.

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Today, we are going to continue our conversation pm moving forward with your career when you are,

I'll say "further along in your career"

For example over the age of 50

For the last couple years, I've been listening to people around me

These are people that are of my same age

And we began complaining

Complaining about the shrinking opportunities as we get older

Here's what I did about it...

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I don't know about you, but, as I get past the age of 50, I'm looking at my career and where it is headed next.

I don't mean retirement either

I have an 11 year old at home, which gives me at lease another 12 or 13 years of work ahead of me, just to get him through college

With this on my mind, I've been writing down some notes...

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If you look around your work area, what do you see?

Is it related to your education?

You Family

Previous jobs?

Current job?

Awards?

More importantly, why are they there?

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After taking a couple weeks off, I've decided to improve the Production Line.  Listen in to find out what

Then we talk about Disagreements That Work

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There are many companies out there that are ignoring one of the most valuable talent pools in the world

And they are going to have to pay for it

We're talking about the Seasoned Veterans

Let's talk about this resource pool

And how it can help save you some time, money and headaches

KeyWords: Production Line; Jim Trela; Management; Leadership; Process Improvement; Age in Business; Seasoned Citizens; 

Why?

We spoke about it from your perspective.

Why are you in business?

Why are you doing the thing you do for your customers?

This is the most important reason in any business person's career.

The same goes for me

Here's why I created the Production Line and why I haven't missed a podcast in over 85 episodes

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Jim Trela; Leadership; Management; Business; Entrepreneur; Life

In our current series titled:

So you want to Start A Business…

We have looked at the questions of:

Why -The reason behind the business

What - The business you are going to start

Who - Defining your customer

And now we are going to talk about the most important question: How?"

Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Production Line; Leadership; Management; Entrepreneur; Process Improvement; Jim Trela; Standard Operation Procedures; Quality

Today, we are going to take a little break from our talks about starting your own business

This episode is being published during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend so I wanted to take some time to reflect on all we have

All the while, dropping some value nuggets for Holiday Scheduling

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Wouldn't you like to have a customer at your beck and call to whom you could ask all your questions?

A customer that would answer you with the sincerity of the question being asked?

Someone that would answer questions like:

What are you [customer] most in need of that I [businessperson] could provide?

When are you most in need of my services?

What are your concerns right now?

What color should I produce?

And more ..

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