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Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast

Cutting the Confusion Out of Communication - Part 2 - Special Guest: Mike Vavreck

Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast

Brian Burton & Nate Minnich

Entrepreneurship, Business, Business:entrepreneurship

5.0547 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In today’s show, we interview special guest Mike Vavreck. Not a typical trades-person by definition, Mike pursued law and healthcare before finally landing in the home services industry. This diverse background aided greatly in his ability to learn and understand the value of communication. Translating this skill now in overseeing a home services call center, Mike’s influence doesn’t stop on the phone. His ability to speak into speech goes beyond the typical advice and is directly applicable to the field.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I think probably the most important thing, Nate, is to put the responsibility on yourself

0:07.0

to make sure the communication happens.

0:09.7

So often I hear excuses of things like language barrier, they weren't there, all these different

0:16.0

things.

0:16.9

When you eliminate those excuses and you put the onus on yourself to take care of that,

0:22.6

half the battle is met.

0:24.8

People will allow you to struggle through a couple of miscommunications or miscues

0:29.6

if they know that you're trying to communicate with them.

0:37.0

Welcome to the Waste No Day podcast, a podcast specifically for and about the home services industry as it relates to plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical.

0:48.9

More than a podcast, Waste No Day is a credo, a determination, a mindset.

0:54.5

It is a never-ending discipline. It is a never-ending discipline.

0:56.6

It is a refuse to lose pursuit.

0:59.1

It is a wake-up call every morning to waste no day.

1:03.1

Now here's your host, Brian Burton and Nate Minnick.

1:17.3

Hey. Hey, welcome to another episode of the Waste of the Day podcast.

1:18.3

I'm your host Nate.

1:19.6

I'm your host, Brian.

1:22.4

And we have an exciting new interview for you.

1:28.2

As we did in part one, we're breaking down the topic of cutting the confusion out of your communication.

1:33.7

And in this particular case, we have a new interview with Mike Vavrick. He is the call center manager with us here at one hour heating and air conditioning in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,

1:38.1

and helps answer the calls for Ben Franklin and Mr. Sparky as well. But before you tune out,

1:44.0

because he's not a technician,

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