by The Alpha Dawg | Mar 3, 2015 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts, NADA
I am writing this month’s column a few short days after the conclusion of the best, biggest and most upbeat and optimistic National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) convention I have attended in 10 years — and several hours after the most incredible, competitive,...
by The Alpha Dawg | Feb 5, 2015 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts
I’ve been working on this article off and on most of the day, and rivers of sweat and tears are running down my face. No, it’s not from the hard work. It’s the hot sauce. A few minutes ago, Debbie brought me a bowl of her wonderful, homemade-from-scratch chicken...
by The Alpha Dawg | Oct 8, 2014 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts
If I were asked to describe the soundtrack playing in the background of my life, it would have to be “Party Rock Anthem” by LMFAO. You might recognize it from Kia’s “Hamsters” commercials a couple years back, or the oft-repeated chorus: “Party rock is in the house...
by The Alpha Dawg | Sep 13, 2014 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts
The 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger blockbuster “Total Recall” (and its underwhelming 2012 remake) is a futuristic fantasy trip centered around Rekall, a company that sells dreams so real they become actual memories. In the original, after a virtual trip to Mars goes awry,...
by The Alpha Dawg | Jul 31, 2014 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts
We’ve always known Bob Dylan was a friggin’ genius, but nobody ever realized his early song lyrics would double as cutting-edge future-casting commentary about the state of the retail automotive industry 50 years later. We find ourselves working in an...
by The Alpha Dawg | Jul 16, 2014 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts, Seminars
“Whatever you think is gonna happen may not be the way it turns out.” I think Batman might have said that to the Joker once. Perhaps it was a Dirty Harry quote. Or maybe it was a one-liner subliminally recalled from a late-night rerun of Pee-Wee’s...
