Oct 2, 2024
Health, Wealth, and Wellness - Trucker Career Success!
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Health, Wealth, and Wellness are three areas all of us would like to be successful in and capturing those areas can be challenging. Focusing on these areas as a truck driver can be the key to a successful career. Bad habits can drag a person back to complacency, hey we are all human. Does achieving this mean you will be wealthy as a driver? How does your health and wealth connect to your career? Wellness is the secret to a successful career, let’s take a look.
Health
We often think that having lots of money is the secret to happiness but ask any wealthy person with health challenges and they will tell you that without your health the money doesn’t matter. The average age of life for truck drivers is 65 years of age. As I get closer to that mark I begin to wonder how much time I have left. A life of driving in a seat for hours at a time, lack of exercise time, smoking, and bad meal opportunities all contribute to a short life span. But you can change all that! Many drivers have changed their habits and working out on the road is becoming common place. Now you can even have a trainer travel with you through technology and making meals on the road are now easier than ever. Take care of your health and you will take the first step to a successful career.
Wealth
Wealth is different to everyone, for some it means being a millionaire and to others it means having a few dollars in the bank. Trucking is a great job and many do very well income wise but it can be a hard job with long hours. The wealth is in finding out what you like to do for your career and building on that to have a long successful career. Maybe you start in the driver’s seat and progress to a business owner down the road, maybe even starting your own trucking company. Maybe you will drive for a few years and move into another area of the industry such as safety, dispatch, or operations. Trucking offers the benefit of always being needed allowing you a long career no matter which area you choose. The secret is to have a good foundation in the industry and that is best as a driver as the industry revolves around that area.
Wellness
Being healthy with a job you enjoy makes for a happy person. Enjoying what you do travels throughout the rest of your life from family time to job performance and the most important thing attitude. Wellness encompasses a healthy lifestyle and good job performance hopefully bringing you happiness and income for a wonderful life. Keeping balance in these areas will offer you not only a well balanced lifestyle, but successful trucking career. I wish you luck for your career and hope you achieve that balanced lifestyle for your and your family.
About the Author
Bruce Outridge has been in the trucking industry for over 40 years. With 25 years behind the wheel across North America and now covering the industry through Lead Pedal Media he has many insights as to the state of today's trucking industry and offers tips through his podcast on how to have a good career in trucking. You can learn more about Bruce and his work at www.BruceOutridge.com
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