Making the Vehicle to Reach Your Dreams

About the Book

What is your Why? What defines true success in your business, career and life? It's got to be more than money, more, even, than secure and satisfying relationships. It requires continual growth... taking well-considered risks for greater rewards. And that means making a vehicle "career or business" to give you the freedom and resources to control the What, When, Where, and How of life. Making the Vehicle to Reach Your Dreams gives you means to do so.

This is not your typical management tome. It's a brisk and entertaining read. Phil Fournier's experiences as an owner, the "Bigger Picture" observations of his adviser Ken Stark, and their contrasting life stories provide valuable insights and information. Owners and managers will smile in recognition at Phil's Business Vignettes. His business development diary and progress reports trace the journey from a small, dysfunctional auto shop to a successful business that essentially runs itself.

Some of what you'll learn:

• That strong spiritual beliefs can help to create lasting success
• Essentials for designing and running an excellent business vehicle
• How to manage yourself better
• How to solve people problems more effectively
• How to produce positive change
• How to manage frustrations and setbacks
• Techniques for better pricing, selling and communicating
• That your business is its own ultimate product
• Practical tools to improve your working and personal lives
• That having fun is a key to success

Making the Vehicle will help to build the skills you need to create the company, career and life you love.

About the Author

Philip Fournier is a partner/president of Phil's Auto Clinic in Hemet, California. He is well known within the auto repair industry as the 1997 Napa/ASE Technician of the Year, a contributing editor to Motor Service magazine, Motor Age Magazine, and Net Profit Garage (an online magazine). He has taught automotive technology for Mt. San Jacinto College since 1988, as well as teaching seminars on both technical and management subjects nationwide. He is respected as an authority on the use of the lab scope in automotive diagnostics. He holds an Associate's in Automotive Technology from Mt. San Jacinto College and an AAM (accredited automotive manager) certificate from ASAMI (Automotive Service Association Management Institute).

Kenneth L. Stark is a nationally renowned business consultant and executive coach. Since 1988, he has advised and written for over two hundred businesses in many industries across the U.S. and Canada. He is also a cognitive/behavioral counselor and certified hypnotherapist, helping individuals to build life-affirming insights and change self-defeating habits to self-actualizing behaviors. After leading a nationwide consulting firm's Professional Services department, he launched his own consulting practice, combining business and personal development services. He holds a Masters in Counseling Psychology from The International University of Professional Studies, a Bachelor's in Liberal Arts from Arizona State University, and certification in clinical hypnotherapy from the American Council of Hypnotherapist Examiners.