Recap with Dan Dowdy: Dig Into A 4th Generation Business Owners

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In this episode of the Built for the Trades podcast, host Dan Dowdy recaps his recent interview with Bret Barnhart of Barnhart Excavating. Bret’s favorite core value in his business is to have no regrets, and in this recap, Dan shares the seven steps to live your life with no regrets.

As Bret’s number one core value, living with no regrets carries over from his personal life to his business. It is vital that each decision made in the business is made to ensure the employees and the customers never have regrets when working with Barnhart Excavating.

How do you do that? Listen to this episode for these top tips:

  1. Find out the four core values Bret Barnhart lives by in his business.
  2. Uncover the one thing you can control, despite all the changes in the world.
  3. Learn the seven steps to living your life with no regrets.

“If we don't like what we do, take ownership of it and do something about it. If you don't like where you're at in your business, take ownership and make a change because we are in complete control of our lives.” - Dan Dowdy

Bret shared so much good value for leaders, business owners, and family men out there that are wanting to better their lives in a way they won’t regret in the future, and we hope this episode provided you with the steps to ensure you can live a regret-free life as well.