Developing Problem Solving Skills (LONG POST)The best drivers

Get a hobby, it keeps you active and makes you think. Try and be an expert at what you do. If it ain't working for ya, stop and reset.

 

That's what I like about rural P&D. Residentials, small businesses without docks--and sometimes without forklifts--construction sites...all with their own unique challenges. My rules:

1) No one gets hurt. While sometimes a calculated risk is necessary, blatantly unsafe actions do not happen on my watch.

2) Nothing gets damaged. We aren't going to throw the antique china cabinet four feet to the ground.

3) Git 'er done quick. This takes a very subordinate position to 1 and 2. If it takes all day to get things done properly, oh well, the company can just deal.

When I was doing linehaul, I swear I could feel myself losing brain capacity due to understimulation. One of the many reasons I went to P&D was so I could be in difficult situations. Some call me crazy and I call them lazy.

 

Honestly, about 2 years probably. It takes work, it's just not going to happen automatically. I have to focus on it and develope new good habits but it started with a the way decision. I decided to make a change. Without that, it's just a dream. Along the way i would get frustrated and start to cuss someone and catch myself and stop it. Other times I failed and would throw a fit. Lol. Now I'm at the point that I get frustrated when I see drivers, 4 wheeler and big trucks, do stupid stuff but it doesn't change my attitude. It has no effect on me or my day. I just shake my head and go on about my way. This also goes further than trucking though. Once this attitude is developed it applies to all areas of your life. People that snap at others in traffic usually have the same response to their spouses and kids, not to mention the poor cashier at the store.

For some reason speeding in work zones has become one of my big pet peeves. So much can go wrong really quick but drivers still try to run 65-70 mph through a 45-55 mph construction zone. I don't get it.

I make it a point to not be in a hurry and to put others before myself and that helps a lot.

That's good news about your Mom. I didn't like reading as a kid but I enjoy it now. I read self help books, westerns, and my Bible. But I also like to read magazines that involve my hobbies. I believe that reading informational posts on sites like this helps also as it gets me to thinking. Anything thought provoking is a good thing.

Your Pops had the right idea, a good read, a good walk, and meditation to start the day. I think those things along with a good diet are essential to living our life as abundantly as possible. I do believe God plays a huge role in that as well.

 

The first time I had to back out the way I came in - 15 minutes of driving in, 1 hour backing out. Then wait 4 hours for then to finish the maintenance that was blocking the normal way in. Their "alternate route " had 13'6 clearnace, but when I'm jacked over, one corner of the trailer is slightly higher than 13"6. The only thing that saved me is I had my cb antenna set so the tip was 13'7. I knew if that cleared, I was fine. If I heard "thwoing" I needed to STOP STOP STOP!

The second time it was back up 50 feet and wait for a back hoe to pull a fence post out, then lay down a bunch of pallets on the soft ground so my steers wouldn't get stuck.


When I have a trainee I always wear my uniform shirt, tucked in, with hivis vest - sets a good example but it is hotter than heck. When I am by myself, it's polo shirts. Last week I was running by myself, but didn't have my non-training clothes (these new Freightliners have NO storage), and it was hot, humid, and I just didnt want to wear the training shirt, so I rocked the undershirt - bleached white, in good condition, tucked in. For the customers and loads I was doing it was fine, not great, but fine. By day three I was in a bit of a funk. Tired, crabby, taking short cuts. I had to go into the office to ask some questions, so I put on a real shirt. It was amazing how much better I felt about myself and how my attitude changed. Sometimes doing just one little thing slightly better will revolutionize everything.

 

No Please keep rambling, I love it when somebody finally gets it, Dr Hyman rocks. Of all the books I listen to they all come right back to the same problem, Grains and Sugars. Thy are killing us slowly, His book Eat Fat get thin was one of my first books when I went Keto.

 

I've learned a lot over the last 6 years. I started doing my own research when I had a few health issues come up. I don't trust most doctors cause most of them are just legal drug dealers for big pharma. Plus I realized that people are being treated for the same diseases but no one is getting better. They're actually getting worse.

I've found a few really good doctors that believing in actually helping people get better. Big problem is out of 8 years of medical school doctors only get 4 weeks training on nutrition. Just absurd.

 

And about 4 weeks of training on drugs