Let's be honest. I don't know that most kids, when asked what they want to be when they grow up, would respond by saying they want to be a truck driver. Please, don't take that as a slight to the profession, or to the men and women who perform such jobs. But I mean, I can remember when I was a child most of the other kids would say they wanted to be a firefighter or a doctor, or even an astronaut. Me? I wanted to be a stand-up comedian, an actor, or a professional baseball pl...

A simple "thank you" will never be enough. What can really be said to the men and women who spend hours, days, weeks, and months away from their families while keeping America's gears grinding in a forward motion? This is Driver Appreciation Week, September 15th through the 21st. It's a week where we, as the transportation industry, recognize the collective trucking and driving community as a way of saying thank you for the jobs they perform on our behalf every single day. I'...

Over twenty years ago, I began a career in television as a sports producer - a far cry from where I've found myself in recent years, working in the trucking industry in several different capacities. One of those capacities, and most recently, as the host of two different podcasts available on ExpeditersOnline.com (Industry Outlook and State of the Industry with John Elliott). In each of these instances, however, I've enjoyed both ventures and have garnered a good amount of wo...

As with anything in life, there are always going to be ups and downs. Many folks resort to the notion of rising and falling tides, you know, life's ebb and flow. Personally, and as I've learned through years of my own rising and falling, I now have a better understanding of what this mindset means. As we experience the highs in our lives, we also should be preparing for the moment when the bottom inevitably drops out from underneath us. Likewise, when we are in the midst of d...