When I chose to attend Butler’s collision repair program, I was not 100% convinced that I had made the right choice. After about the first month of classes I was convinced that working in the collision repair industry was what I wanted to do and that has not changed. The first year is flying by, it […]
Anticipation – it’s worth the wait
Remember the Heinz Ketchup commercials. It talks about the anticipation of waiting for the ketchup to come out of the bottle is worth the wait. One of their commercials are below if you haven’t seen it. Well, I have anticipation. I’m waiting to see who the 2009 Tomorrow’s Technician and Chicago Pneumatic Tools “School of […]
Do The Right Thing – Is There Any Such Thing..?
I watched a video by Liberty Mutual. It’s about doing the right thing. It states that doing the right thing is our responsibility as people, but Liberty Mutual is going the extra mile by doing the right thing. However, the bailout that I heard about AIG Insurance was discouraging and made me question if there […]
Butler Collision Student Wins Women’s Industry Network Scholarship
We received an application for a scholarship to attend a conference with the Women’s Industry Network (WIN) in the mail. The application asked for the collision repair instructors to select and encourage their best female student to apply. I only have one second-year female student so I asked Jenni if she would be interested in […]
The Key to a Successful Business
I watched a Starlink video this month featuring Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos. A few nights later I saw Tony on The Apprentice with Donald Trump. It’s kind of strange because I’ve never heard of Tony or Zappos and now I hear about them every time that I turn around. After learning more about […]