Looking for Good People? Here’s a Classified Ad for Employment.
Are you a gracious host and entertainer? That may seem like a crazy question to ask when the job is basically lift-and-carry. But if you’ll read a little further, you’ll understand why I need to ask it.
Are you a happy, upbeat person? Do people like to be around you? Do you have that cheerful, get-it-done type of grit and determination?
Would you like to work for a company that believes in you and has big plans for your future?
I dropped out of college when I discovered what I wanted to do. What I’m about to say may sound crazy, but I was waiting in the drive-thru line at McDonald’s when everything around me began to glow. It was that famous moment you always hear about. You know, when the angels start to sing and you suddenly know the answer to every question.
It began when I saw an old pickup truck with the words Junk Hauling and a telephone number spray-painted on the sides of the bed and I said, “I could do that.”
My life changed forever in that moment.
That’s the sort of moment I want you to have.
1-800-GOT JUNK? is the world’s largest full-service junk removal company. We’re in every important city and town in the US, Canada and Australia. Dozens of millionaires have made their fortunes in our company. I want that to happen to you, too.
Don’t worry. I’m not trying to sell you anything. You don’t have to pay for any classes or buy any motivational tapes or anything goofy like that. I just want to give you a job. I just want to be part of your future.
You’re still reading? Excellent!
I’m feeling better and better about you.
A few months after my McDonald’s moment, I had 5 trucks and 11 employees! We were making plenty of money but I wasn’t happy. Not even a little bit. The company I saw in my mind that day wasn’t the company I was running. Each morning I woke up a little more bummed out than I was the day before. Finally, I went all alone to a little cabin at the lake to see if I could figure out what was wrong.
I experienced my second big moment at that lake when I wrote down on a sheet of paper exactly what I had seen in my mind: Clean, shiny trucks. Proud drivers with bright eyes wearing snappy uniforms, shirttails tucked in, super-professional. And when they knocked on people’s doors, they were smiling! And the people who opened those doors were smiling, too!
After my wilderness experience at the lake, I went back to my business and fired all 11 of the people who worked for me. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done because I really liked every one of them. But they weren’t the people I had seen in my mind. The people I saw in my mind were people like you.
Are you beginning to understand my opening question, “Are you a gracious host and entertainer?” A gracious host is a person who makes everyone feel comfortable. An entertainer is someone who works hard to make sure everyone is having a good time. These are the people who make other people smile.
If you’re one of those people – and I think you are – here’s what you need to do next:
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I want everything around you to begin to glow.
I want you to hear angels sing.
Brian Scudamore,
CEO, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?
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