Communication skills are improved during brainstorming sessions as participants articulate their thoughts and feelings. Keeping track of this output is important. If ideas are not written down they are too easily forgotten. Seeing ideas together can lead people to see how two or more may work in conjunction with another. Many useful ideas are generated that may not be used for current project but could prove useful for later consideration or with other endeavors.

Brainstorming is wide open to interpretation and experimentation - let your mind play with ideas rather than fighting them or applying too much logic. Make replies to specific questions short - simply convey main idea. After several rounds have taken place, group ideas into categories and then start pursing how they can best be used.

Sessions using these brainstorming practices can be looked at with a sense of pleasure and productivity if handled in spirit of people at all levels working together. Generating additional thoughts gets flow going towards creation and implementation of whatever you are working on, dreaming of, or playing with.

Instead of making one line resolutions for new year - try brainstorming for more options and possibilities to achieving that which you seek. May each year bring you even more success, fun, and synergistic projects and relationships.

Because this customer thought she had expensive transmission trouble, she would probably be happy with a bill for $350 and she will also think shop did her a favor. Her first mistake was to diagnose problem herself. I wonder if she goes to her dentist and tells her which tooth to pull or if she thinks it is time for another root canal? You take your car to repair shop to have someone else diagnose and repair your car; so let them do their job. Her second mistake was to tell shop how much she was willing to spend.

Most of mechanics and service writers that I know of work on commission, and in example above, an additional $150 would sure be a nice tip. I see this happen all time and it is so easy to prevent. Sometimes it is better to simply describe symptoms to service writer, remain quiet about your budget dollars and let shop diagnose problem with your car and how much it will cost to repair.

If problem you are having with your car will require a test drive for mechanic or service writer to hear make sure you ride in car with them at time you drop off your car for repairs. If they can't hear it or feel it they can't fix it, and you will probably just get frustrated and discouraged by them not being able to repair problem you want them to fix. Have you been over-paying your mechanic?

Sincerely,

Austin C Davis ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Austin Davis comes from a family that has been in the auto repair industry for over 64 years. Austin has written a book “What Your Mechanic Doesn’t Want You To Know”. His book is about how to find an honest mechanic, and the simple steps to keep them honest. Austin points out that it is usually what the customer says or does that can cause them to be taken advantage of by a repair “professional.”