Episodes
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Episode 98 - YouTube Interview With Jeff Brown on Becoming a Locksmith Now Available
Time does indeed fly by! It seems like only a few weeks ago, maybe a month or so since I did the last podcast episode - but it has now been more than a year! That's just crazy, because it certainly doesn't seem like that long ago. Anyway... MUCH has obviously happened since then. Like a worldwide...
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Episode 97 - New YouTube Channels and Upcoming Plans
Just a quick update to let you know we are working on building several YouTube Channels - all at the same time! And we have some other resources we are about to publish including new courses and a couple of eBooks. If you have any recommendations or suggestions for courses or topics you would…
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Episode 96 - Drivers BEWARE ! Lease Purchase Agreements are Often Designed for You to Fail!
In this episode of The L.D. Sewell Podcast, we focus on why lease-purchase agreements may not be your best option - especially when you are brand new to trucking and just starting out. Often lease purchase programs contain all kinds of restrictions, and you are at the mercy of the company for…
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Episode 95 - Don't Head Off to A New Trucking Job Broke!
Some people are in for a rude awakening. They get on a bus or a plane and travel halfway across the country to go to orientation with a motor carrier that has offered them a job. But what many fail to realize is that what they have is a conditional offer of employment and that is far different…
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Episode 93 - Should You Become a Trucker?
How about it, should you become a trucker? It can be a great career option and you can make a better than good income doing it too. But like so many other things there are multiple considerations you need to take into account before you just go and jump in. Listen to this episode of The L.D.…
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Episode 94 - Becoming a Professional Truck Driver
There are lost of things to think about before you become a truck driver. Your decisions may not seem as important to you right now as they really are - and what you decide to do nest will set the course for years of your life to come. Be careful. Take the time and make the effort to get the real...
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Episode 92 - The Most Important Things...
A better life... That is what most people want - yet few actually ever attain it. Even those who do - take years and go through all kinds of struggles before they do, and for each one who eventually does achieve some level of a better life - there are others too numerous to count who never do....
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Episode 91 - Should You Become an Entrepreneur or Are You Better Off as an Employee?
There is a right choice for everyone - but it's not always the same choice either. Even then it may change during different phases of life and dependent on specific situations. It may be that you are best off as an entrepreneur for life and no other course in life will ever fit you as well.…
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Episode 90 - Trucking Business Success, DOT Compliance and Risk Management
All businesses have their challenges and opportunities. Trucking, in particular, has a boatload of both. To start with trucking is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the country, and it is regulated in odd ways compared to other regulated industries. For example, trucking requires…
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Episode 89 - Perfection Is The Enemy Of Productivity
Nothing is ever truly perfect or complete. Not really. everything can always be refined, improved and made better. Beyond that, far too many people fiddle around with things forever trying to get them just right - and as a result, they never even launch their project or do whatever it is they are...
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Episode 88 - Never Ever Quit
I used to have a drawing of a frog that was halfway down a cranes throat - the only thing sticking out of his beak were the frog's legs and his two skinny arms and hands which he had tightly wrapped around the crane's throat preventing the crane from swallowing him. The look of shock and distress...
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Episode 87 - Sharpening The Pencil...
When I first started out learning about the trucking industry one of the early lessons I learned was cost containment and maximization of resources to maximize profit. At first glance its easy to see how a driver or even an owner operator might be tempted to write this off in whole or in part…
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Episode 86 - How To Build Your Trucking Business Foundation
Consider becoming a truck driver first. Drive for a year or two before you launch your main trucking business. Doing this will give you insights and experiences that will help you deal with customers and drivers much better and it will provide you with information and skills that will help you...
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Episode 85 - Is Your Business Scaleable?
It is important to carefully consider what exactly it is you are building. Are you creating a self-employment situation where you must do all the work or most of it personally? If so that business type is severely limited because you are limited in how much you can personally produce in a given...
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Episode 84 - DOT Drug And Alcohol Testing
One of the many things you are going to have to become knowledgeable of and set up and maintain is a compliant DOT drug and alcohol testing program. It is not a simple thing to understand or do and far too many companies and people screw it up. It is one of the areas that carries some of the...
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Episode 83 - Site Upgrades and General Updates Inprogress
We are reworking our Free Resources pages and Additional Resources pages along with the blog and some other parts of our site. We are also updating and changing some of the information on other pages. So if you visit over the next few days please keep all that in mind and be patient. You will…
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Episode 82 - Consider Becoming A Freight Broker...
Freight brokerage offers you an unusual opportunity to start a business capable of producing six figures - or even seven - if you can do the job, learn the business and become very proficient at it. It can do all that and more and you can get started with very little money comparatively speaking…
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Episode 81 - Teaching Online Courses As A Business
Technolgy brings us new opportunities. One such opportunity that is truly exceptional is the ability to teach courses and workshops online with little more than a laptop, camera, decent microphone and some specialized knowledge. You don't need a license. You don't need a degree, certification or...
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Episode 80 - Trucking - How to Become an Independent Owner Operator
There are some things you need to know if you intend to build your own trucking business successfully. Our new course is now live on Udemy and it will walk you through the key things you need to be aware of before you launch your own business. The course is called; Trucking - How to Become an...
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Episode 79 - Choose Your Work, Choose Your Business, Choose Your Life...
What you do to earn a living is so important and takes up so much of your life it should at the very least be something you enjoy too. It should bring you a certain satisfaction and fulfillment too at the same time. Here is the deal - whatever you do is a matter of choice. I know you know that…
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Episode 78 - Just Another Update
Right now almost all of our focus is on finishing the few remaining major tasks to finish our site and link all our other platforms to it, and get some content in them all. That has been a massive project that has taken us almost about half a year give or take. We are very excited and happy to...
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Episode 77 - More Changes Upgrades And Channels
We are still making changes and adding things both to our site and our other platforms and adding three channels this week. Finally, we are officially launching our YouTube channel along with our Vimeo channel and our Go To Stage channel. So we have been a little busier the past few days than...
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Episode 76 - More Upgrades And New Courses On The Way...
A very short podcast with another quick update. We will be launching our latest new course on Udemy very soon and also our very first courses in our own Training Center here on our site through our Teachable platform, and we also have our first course scheduled to launch on Skillshare too. So…
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Episode 75 - New Free Resources Page!
We Now Have A Free Resources Page! This episode is to let you know more about our new Free Resources page and what is available there now and what we have coming soon as well as a general update on everything else we are working on for you now. On the Free Resources page, you will find access to...
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Episode 74 - What You Should Know Before You Start A Trucking Career
Thinking Of Becoming A Truck Driver? It is very important to get the right information and clearly understand it before you start your new truck driving career. Far too many new drivers don't. That helps make the washout rates extremely high - and that is a shame for everyone concerned.…
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Episode 72 - Be Prepared For Whatever Happens
Little did I know how ironic that title would be. After I tried to upload the post Monday the whole site crashed! Actually, the server went down and apparently so did many other sites too. But we are back! We have also taken many steps to hopefully minimize problems in the future - but in this…
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Episode 73 - We Are Back!
In case you missed it - we disappeared from the cyber world for almost an entire 24 hour period, thanks to a server malfunction at our hosting company. They eventually managed to get everything back and operating again and we have taken some steps to make some more behind the scenes upgrades too....
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Episode 71 - Choose Your Own Work
There are many different views on life. Yet there are two that are far-reaching and overriding, and one is the victim mentality. Poor me, I am so unlucky, and the world is out to get me. If only THEY (whoever THEY are depends on who the victim wants to blame). This is a terrible way to go through...
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Episode 69 - New Year New Opportunities
It's a great time to start changing your life! Figure out what work you are meant to be doing - what will bring you the most fulfillment and purpose while at the same time allow you to earn a better than good living while you do it. Do that instead of remaining trapped in a job and or a career…
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Episode 68 - Forget Resolutions And Set GOALS Instead!
This time of year people are setting all kinds of New Year's resolutions - sadly almost all will fail - and most will be done, over and by the wayside before February ends. So do yourself a favor and skip the resolutions. Instead set specific goals and use sound proven methods and systems to…
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Episode 67 - Choose Your Best Work
What Are You Doing For A Living And Is It The Right Work For You? Whatever you are doing you are spending a huge chunk of your life doing it - so it only makes good sense to choose something that you can be passionate about and excited to keep learning more about and keep doing new things....
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Episode 66 - Trucking Career Trip Plans
Where Are You Going? As a professional driver you would never head off down the highway with a load that you have no idea where it is supposed to be delivered to, would you? Then why do that with your career? Far too many drivers are out there working hard and delivering freight day in and day…
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Episode 65 - Win Win Vs Win Lose Tactics
Have You Ever Been Taken Advantage Of By A Company? I'm sure you have, and probably many times. I know I have and everyone I personally know has too. How does it make you feel when that happens to you? That's why it is so important to take extra care in your own business and in every transaction...
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Episode 64 - Owner Operator To Fleet Owner, Making The Transition
A Fleet Owner And An Owner Operator Have Very Different Roles When you decide to make the transition from being an owner-operator, or from whatever else you are doing now - If you want to build your own fleet - you are about to enter a whole new world! So start getting ready NOW before you make...
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Episode 63 - What Is Your Microbusiness Motive?
Whatever Attracts You To Being An Entrepreneur - Knowing Your Why Will Help You Succeed! There are all kinds of reasons to start a business. Reasons given by new business owners often include the desire for more control over their own lives and the opportunity to do things in what they believe…
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Episode 62 - Independent Owner Operator vs Lease Drivers, IC's and Company Drivers
Which Is The Better Choice For You? Simple question, but a complicated answer. That's because there is no one answer that is right for everyone. It all depends so much on YOU - your knowledge, skills, abilities and your goals. Beyond that, it depends on how willing you are to learn, and there is…
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Episode 61 - Goals For Your Life
There has never been a better time than right this moment to start setting your goals. Why wait until New Years Day? Goals are targets. They give your life intentional direction toward a specific purpose. Then as each goal is reached and attained and new goals are set and worked towards you...
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Episode 60 - General Thoughts And Ideas...
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and a great weekend. Another year is quickly coming to a close and so it's always good to do some reflecting on your life and how it's all going for you. As you contemplate everything remember that you are the one at the helm. It is your life. You decide how to...
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Episode 59 - When And How To Say NO...
Time is yours to use and control how you spend it. You may not believe that at this moment but it is true. Don't like your job then modify it or quit. Don't like anything else that is eating away at your time then change it. If you don't then your life is and will always be a miserable and...
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Episode 58 - Confidence vs Fear And Self Doubt
There will be challenges. That you can always be sure of. But you can overcome what you need to overcome and reach your goals and build a better life - if you have the courage and the drive to do it and then you go and actually do what needs to be done in spite of your fears and doubts. People…
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Episode 57 - What Finances Have To Do With Success
Whether in trucking or any other business you absolutely have to get a grip on your finances if you are going to be successful - otherwise you won't be. In trucking, because of the nature of the business, this is especially critical. Take for example, say you have a transmission go out on the…
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Episode 56 - Choose A New Job Get A Better Life
What are you doing for a living? Next question - WHY? I don't know about you but many people wind up in jobs that become unintentional careers without intentionally choosing to do so - it just kind of happens. They needed a job to eat and put a roof overhead (same as everybody else) so they took...
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Episode 55 - Trucking And Entrepreneurship
You Already Work For Yourself - Whether You Realize That Yet Or Not... The way you go at your vocation, whether that is in trucking or in another industry, and regardless of whether your position is as an employee, independent associate or company owner for that matter - your results are always...
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Episode 54 - What Do You Want To Do With Your Life?
There is no single right answer. It all depends on you and what you intend to accomplish and how you want to spend your time. The choices are infinite. Time isn't though. And that means choices must be made. Either make them yourself intentionally or others will choose for you - but choices will…
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Episode 53 - Pre-Trip Inspections
There are many reasons to do good inspections but at the heart of them all is SAFETY. Safety of you as a driver, the safety of other peoples property and equipment and most importantly- the safety of those around you that can be hurt or killed in the event some critical part of your equipment...
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Episode 52 - Modeling Success
Study Those Who Have Done What You Want To Do... Then go do it. Even the Wright brothers used models - and I'm not just talking about model airplanes either. I mean they studied everyone they could who had any notable experience with flight - then they tried to replicate what worked for others…
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Episode 51 - Trucking Beyond Driving...
So many times over the years I have seen driving careers end before the driver was ready. Usually when a driver fails a physical, and other times for other reasons. But in such cases when people are not prepared and ready their lives become chaos immediately. Everything is now in complete crisis....
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Be The One In The Arena And Not Just A Spectator In Life...
There are always critics - and not a damn one of them matters... What matters is that you are the one in the arena and slugging it out toward achieving what you set forth to achieve. Figure out what you want to do. Figure out how to do it - then go do it! There are plenty of classes and training....
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Episode 49 - Is Trucking The Right Opportunity For You?
Trucking offers massive opportunities for some people and bitter disappointment for others. The question is what would it mean to YOU right now? With decent jobs still hard to come by for millions - trucking may be the perfect solution if you are looking for a new opportunity - if you can handle…
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Episode 48 - Where Did You Put Your Eggs?
If They Are All In Somebody Else's Basket Then You Best Beware! The reality of life these days is that companies don't really give a damn about their employees. Not the vast majority anyway. In fact, employees are seen as little more than a necessary evil and as just a means to an end toward...
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