David J Pollack

CEO @techsbook_inc | Building the coordination OS for field services. Better data for better decisions. Telematics connects vehicles. We connect technicians.

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The world has a funny way of pointing out your disadvantages, but maybe that’s the point.

Maybe the world is built to keep you small. Not because you are, but because it’s easier to control people who don’t know how powerful they really are.

What if you’ve been lied to your whole life?

What if the very things they said would hold you back… were actually your advantages?

Guess what…They are, and I’m proof.

I’ve been overlooked, underestimated, and written off, not because I wasn’t capable, but because people made their perceptions, their reality.

They saw someone rough around the edges. Someone they thought wasn’t “refined” enough. Someone that didn’t have the proper education or the proper background. Someone they assumed couldn’t reach certain levels of wealth or influence, or impact.

And that’s fine.

Let them misread you. Let them doubt you. Let them stay blind to what you’re becoming.

But don’t you dare believe their version of you.

Take action. Get sharper. Train your mind, your character, your instincts. Learn what matters for where you’re going, not where you’ve been.

Because if you keep growing, their perception won’t be the only thing to shift; the whole game will.

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@EWErickson The money doesn’t get taxed twice. Your investment you get back in full, your gains get taxed at exit.

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@TiffanyFong Beyond

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A telematics company just claimed 96% of new vehicles come with factory-installed tracking.

Their conclusion:

Aftermarket installs are becoming obsolete.

That’s a production statistic, not a fleet statistic.

The average vehicle on the road is nearly 13 years old.

Commercial trucks are staying in service longer than planned.

Heavy equipment often operates for decades.

New vehicles aren’t the fleet.

The fleet that’s actually generating revenue still needs hardware.

If you’re making strategic decisions based solely on new vehicle production, you’re looking at the wrong market.

#Telematics #FleetManagement

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200+ technicians nationwide.
Not employees.
Not names on a spreadsheet.
Technicians.

People climbing into vehicles before sunrise.
People tracing wires in parking lots.

People solving problems when the install doesn't go according to plan.
For years, telematics focused on connecting vehicles.

We focused on connecting the people who make those vehicles work.
Today, Techsbook has officially surpassed 200 technicians across the United States.

Every one of them strengthens the network.
Every completed job makes the system better.
Every install proves the same thing:

Connected vehicles mean nothing until the last mile is connected.
To every technician who's trusted us with their work, their reputation, and their customers...

Thank you.
Telematics Connects Your Vehicles. Techsbook Connects Your Technicians.

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@anitanair_ Maybe finding the connector helps you find the watcher quicker.

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1/How to read a room before you say a word:
Every room has the same cast of characters.
Learn to spot them and you'll understand an organization in 5 minutes that takes most people a year.

2/The Loudest Person

They dominate early. Most people assume they hold the power. They usually don't.

Research shows informal leaders; the ones with no title, score higher than formal leaders in every measurable category. Vision. Communication. Trust. Watch who the room looks to after the loud person speaks. That's who actually matters.

3/The Oblivious Worker

Head down. Checked out from the politics. Just doing the job.

Don't write them off. Studies show dissent is actually a form of engagement. They're not disengaged, they've stopped performing and started working. They also leave first when things get dysfunctional.

4/The Connector

Not the loudest. Not the most senior. But somehow everyone knows them. This is informal leadership in action. Their power comes from trust and reputation, not a title.

Information flows through them. Decisions get shaped by them before the meeting starts.
Find them first.

5/The Protector

They redirect. They deflect. They change the subject at very specific moments.
Note what triggers it.

Organizational research is clear, people protect what exposing it would cost them. Whatever they're guarding is usually where the real problem lives.

6/The Watcher

Quiet. Observant. Says little but misses nothing.
Research finds that employees without formal authority often exercise more adaptive leadership than those at the top.

Most dangerous person in the room. Most valuable one too. Usually both.

7/Most people walk in thinking about what they're going to say.

Walk in looking for who's playing which role. Once you know the cast, the agenda takes care of itself.

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@amuse Same video

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😂😂

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@Mappy6984 8.8 tracks

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@ShemekaMichelle That first recovery tho 😂

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Can’t wait until ai replaces lawyers. This will be the greatest achievement of mankind.

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What an incredible time to be a builder

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@aiedge_ This is assuming people were actually thinking before ai.

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@folaoftech The smart ones.

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@RepLuna @realannapaulina Got my support.

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@rom1trs Arcads

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@AlfieJCarter Claude

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Skip the conference. Book the flight.
Most business events I've been to felt like Night at the Roxbury. Big names, big followings, big ticket prices, but I could never fully buy in.

Last weekend I flew to Canada to link up with a friend. We mapped business inputs and outputs and poked holes in the math. I walked out measuring different things and felt sharper for it.

My point is, your advisors aren't on a stage. They're on the other end of a phone call. Find those people. Keep them close. That's the network that matters.

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@dejavucoder Every swing not taken is a swing missed… at least it’s trying

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@Codie_Sanchez No lies detected