What advice would you give to your younger self at the start of his career?

I wish I would’ve started way earlier and got into the fuel industry at 21

 

My advice to myself would be this: Don’t get married. I don’t care what anyone says, don’t ####ing marry her. If you are still dumb enough to insist on getting married anyway, make #### sure that woman really understands what it’s like to marry a trucker, because she might think she understands, but she probably doesn’t understand.

 

Get my pharmacology degree

 

We hear those type horror stories every day.

Things that I wish I knew when I was young.

1. The most valuable thing that you will ever have in life is Your Name. Your business has your name on it. Your house, your car, your wife takes on your name. Your children are born with your name. Protect your name!

2. Your time is the most valuable thing that you can give another person. If they don’t value your time, don’t give them your time. Be on time. Being late is extremely disrespectful.

 

Listen and Act on the advice of experience.

 

That's almost sig worthy right there.

 

I'm going to have to rethink tanker jobs... I was thinking of getting into reefer just 'cause (a) I don't mind the hours & I've been told there's "reliably more dock space than you'd get for dry van" & (b) FOOOOOOD!