People have been working there 20, 30 years because they have the attitude of like, I'm not going to be told what to do. I've been doing this for this long, right? Like, try to understand what they do, right?
Acquiring Minds
Bricklayer to Blue-Collar Empire
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Or, and come in there with some grace about, you know, your, your new title, you know, not you. I'm the boss. It's, it's like, hey man, I want to learn this business. I wanna, I wanna, I wanna keep it going.
I want, you know what I mean? Like, like work with them, not have them work for you kind of attitude because you're not, you're just you regardless of anything. Like, I know the trades, I, I know masonry better than, than the back of my hand.
But I still had to learn that the, the Alex restoration when we bought them. I still had to learn their business. You know, I don't know how they operated until, until I got in there really.
And so what are the characteristics of somebody who doesn't come from the trades but can run a business? What, what do you look for these, these superstars that you like? What are a couple of the characteristics that you see in those people that, that these, the listeners to you now might, might ask themselves if they have or should develop in themselves?
Honestly, it starts with their personal life too. Like do you, you know, there's no, there's no idea. You're not going to see their tax returns or bank accounts or anything like that.
But at the same time too, can you get a feel of like, they seem pretty solid, they seem pretty solvent. You know, they're never broke. They always seem to, you know, be presentable type of thing.
But, but it's, it's, it's the getting in and working with them. That's how I really found is like, working with these people. I'm like, man, they're just, just quick, you know, they're quick.
They never complain about work, they never cut corners. They just, you know, those are, those are the people that, that, that I, some of the characteristics that I've, I've looked for, right? And like I said, it's, it's, it's few and far between.
And, you know, you could be wrong too. I could be wrong one day. I don't know. I haven't been yet, but I could be.
And you are actually kind of putting yourself out there now, talking to aspiring people who aspire to be like you, basically aspiring business buyers. What are you trying to do? What message are you trying to communicate?
Are you trying to encourage people down this path? What, what's that all about?
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