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I am currently 16 years old, I've been doing mechanic work most of my life, I work at a lawnmower repair shop as a tractor mechanic currently, but my passion is in dirtbikes and motorcycles. My goal is in a few years to open a performance shop. What do you look for in a quality shop?
The Shop
But great communication goes a long way. Keep your clients informed. Don't ignore calls/emails/texts. If you say you're going to do something, do it. Don't put it on the back burner and come up with a bunch of excuses as to why it wasn't done.
Don't take more work than you are capable of doing.
Ring people back,
do stuff when you say your going to do it,
and charge people what you said you were going to charge them
its much easier to ring someone first than be on the back foot when they ring you after a missed deadline,
1. Keep your word
2. Underpromise and Overdeliver
3. Set Goals both short term and long term
4. Get up and show up!
Do you plan on going to college after you graduate?
Pit Row
You will do all of this and your day will still be blown to bits with walk-in rush jobs.
Lastly ... no alcohol on premise.
There is a lot of great advice on here, but the best may have been no alcohol on the premises.
Good luck!
College isn't a necessity, but as pointed out, you could get an associates degree in small business administration or something similar from a community college which will help you run a business and be a fallback if you decide to go a different route.
Best of luck to you.
EG You might start out thinking “porting heads” might be your passion and the bulk of your work.
But find head repairs are the greater demand.
Or, even though, like me, you are a bike man; if Banshees/karts/snow mobiles are where this years money is, consider going that route.
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