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Expediters know there are many things they can do to improve their expediting skills and thus the results they produce in the business. Such things include: - Do a proper study of your past loads to improve your load-acceptance strategy. - Review your loads from last year to determine the best...

Being in the fitness business exposes Diane and me (former expediters now gym owners) to motivation issues all the time; not only in our own inner game but with gym members as well. Why do people work out in the first place? What motivates them to act? What motivates them to quit? When faced...

Diane was an attorney. I was a computer consultant. While doing well in those jobs, we disliked how they took us in different directions. Every day we'd go to our separate jobs, work on separate projects, go to separate conferences and meetings, etc. We got into expediting to (1) spend more time...

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Just curious. Are any effects of the CA drought being felt by expediters? With Gov. Brown's recently announced water use restrictions, have CA truck stop shower costs gone up? What are the impacts, if any, on truck washes and laundry?

Drivers should be more comfortable than the freight.

We went for creature comforts (big time) in our truck. Had we not, it is not likely we would have stayed in the business for 10 years. We loved it out on the road but, over time, that love would have faded if it was a perpetual chore to get a shower, sleep comfortably in a moving truck and find...

Church van crashes into canal, killing 8 and injuring 10

To me, "Carrier has my back" is a misleading and dangerous assumption for an owner-operator to have. As a self-employed professional who brings one's own capital to the game, the best approach is that of a self-employed professional. Expediters who rely on their carrier or anyone else to have...

I love the new look of the home page. Very crisp and modern. EO was already a powerful site. The behind the scenes changes will make it all the more so. Good job! One request: Could you change the default font in the Open Form to a san sarif font? It would be easier to read on a screen. Notice...

As I said, Moot. Disregard that question. Discussions about the Caffee family's digestive tract are best left between them and their physician. While her post opens the door wide to bathroom humor at their expense, I prefer not to go there.

Yes, the science and recommendations change as research advances are made. In every field, things that were once considered correct and wise give way to new practices as science advances. When one looks at past practices with the benefit of present knowledge, the past practices seem strange...

Disregard my previous question. Read this about bread allergies to see if any of it rings true. Note the advice to consult a physician.

When you describe your condition, what exactly do you mean by "devestating consquences" and "violent reaction?"

The book Wheat Belly is not without its critics. It would be unwise to take it as gospel. Read the critiques offered by experts and you will see.

Four Mobile Apps the Drive Healthy Eating, Weight Loss For Expediters Diet tracking (calorie counting) is one of the most effective strategies there is for weight loss and apps make it easy. It is not effortless. You still have to read the food labels, determine portion sizes and enter what you...

It pains me to say this, but after speaking to a Port Orange police officer, I learned that the City of Port Orange is intentionally as anti-truck as it can be. This explains why Diane and I have never seen a truck park overnight in our mall parking lot, or any other lot in town. Local...

True enough. One adjustment we had to make when moving out of expediting into a non-trucking field was in the loss of interest people showed in expediting. When you are in a truck and in the presence of people who are prompted by the sight of the truck to ask about your life and work, many...

Is it the truck or business savvy that makes the difference? There are van operators who do better than some straight-truck drivers. There are straight-truck drivers who do better than big-rig drivers. And there are a good number of big-rig drivers who do not do well at all. Also, among...

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