Trailer Ride to Success: Experiences in Life and Business - Tapa blanda

Born in the thick of the Depression, Bill J. Bernhardt’s life began in the most modest way possible, on a sharecropper’s farm in Tampa, Kansas. But while shocking wheat and harvesting grain, Bernhardt learned everything he would need to succeed in his personal, family, and business life. After an impressive military career, he acquired a small business, Sooner Trailer, for $60,000. When he sold it, twenty-five years later, it had 420 employees, forty million dollars in gross sales, and a worldwide reputation for excellence. Most importantly, he achieved his success by remaining true to his core values: family, reputation, vision, and quality. In these pages, Bernhardt shares his secrets, the life lessons that could help anyone succeed. Written with down-home charm, modesty, and wit, readers will be enchanted by this American success story, and the simple wisdom he found on the farm and carried with him for the rest of his life.