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Shall we discuss? For context ~~ 🏎️The Beast had to go to an IRF [independent repair facility] He blew out a coolant hose & vomited white smoke everywhere. 🤷🏼‍♀️Unfortunately, the local dealerships wouldn’t work on him….he’s an old man. 🫥So I didn’t have a choice… This is posted right when you walked in the door at the reception area. It caught me off guard. 🤔I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this posted anywhere else… Not in this much detail. You? #automotive #irf #independentshop #dealership #fixedops

📌Ever feel locked into one way of thinking? You really don’t have to be… You have permission to change your mind Every. Single. Day. 👉🏼You’re not "married" to any opinion 👉🏼You can process new information 👉🏼Let it change how you feel There’s no shame in that. 🔥I think it’s a strength. Don’t fall for groupthink. You deserve to be challenged. You should be surrounded by people who think differently than you. ➡️ How else will you grow? ➡️ How else will you learn? So yup - change your mind. ☕ Don’t be afraid to challenge your thinking. It might just be the best way forward. 💫 & that's how I feel about things. #automotive #tuesdaythoughtprocess #growthmindset 📸 Death Valley National Park / Badwater Basin Salt Flats

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➡️If you’re not David Marlow - keep scrolling….. 🤩DAVID it’s here! IT’s here! IT’S HERE!! As of five minutes ago, it’s here! 📖I’m so excited to see this come together for you! 😊So happy to be a part of the journey with everyone on #LinkedIn that has gotten so much from your posts. Marlow’s musings make people think of things in a way that I don’t think they’ve ever thought before. ✨Thank you for that. Making tea RIGHT NOW because I already know what I’m doing this evening…. 📚READING. ++++++++++++++++++ Hey! Are you not David but you’re still reading? That’s OK… I’d be curious too. You can check it all out at ikiquest.substack.com ✨He’s a good dude. You’ll like him. I promise. #findyourway#questwell #purpose

An open note to Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify: Daniel, You’re a father. You have two daughters. A wife. Imagine, for one moment, that it was them. Imagine a man like Andrew Tate bragging about how he manipulated, exploited, and trafficked them. Then turning that horror into a business model. Now imagine your company giving him a platform to profit from it. This isn’t just about policies or profits. It’s about real people. Girls and women who have suffered because of the very tactics he teaches. You have the power to take this down. So do it. Before more damage is done. Everyone else still here? Men on LinkedIn - this isn’t a “women’s issue.” ✅ Use your voice.  ✅ Sign the petition.  ✅ Report it.  ✅ Cancel your Spotify. Silence is complicity. These are your daughters, your nieces, your aunts, your friends. AND if you are a person [male or female] who listens, hangs out with, and gives space to a man like this... Then you can fcuk off. ALL. THE. WAY. OFF. and yea, it's real. So real it's frightening. https://chng.it/bZJrmJD9fS

💕Rick Case Automotive Group gives back in so many ways – it’s wonderful to see the impact they make… 👉🏼Every day ✅Every week ➡️Every month 🔥Every year #automotivegivesback #community #dealership #nada National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA)

☕ I'll make sure to apologize now. I did it. Put down your coffee, 'cause you might just spit it out... I totes blame Kaylee for this one & Ariel Lee inspired her. Brilliant. All day. Every day. 🔥 Of course I had to take it a step further~ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭: 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠... aanndd here we go... 👉 "𝘖𝘏 𝘔𝘠 𝘎𝘖𝘋, 𝘓𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘕. 𝘠𝘰𝘶—𝘺𝘰𝘶—𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 “𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯” 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘕𝘰, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘛𝘏. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦…𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳—𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘣 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘸𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘕𝘌𝘌𝘋 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴—𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘖𝘌𝘔 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴—𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘉𝘚 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘰-𝘉𝘚 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬—𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬—𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘧𝘧. 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺? 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭. 𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬?🍸" 🤣 Then I let it know that "it" was drunk on Tequila and not Vodka ~ check the goods on that. Let's just say that ChatGPT thinks "you don’t just say stuff. Nooo, you know stuff." 💁‍♀️ I'm sorry but am I REALLY sorry? 🔥 Nah, not when it's this real. AND it knows about Tacos El Gordo & In-N-Out Burger...just sayin' #Automotive #DealershipLife #IndustryInsights #NoBS #TequilaWisdom #whathappensinvegas

🙄 I don’t need a spa day. I need a damn conference worth attending.... Okay let me back up~ Recently, I thought I would give this label people want to slap on me - "Woman in Automotive" thing another look. I mean, TECHNICALLY I am a woman IN automotive. 👀 If I'm being honest with myself, I've been a bit closed minded about it. For those new here.... I identify as being in automotive and I happen to be a woman. 🤨 But have I been looking at it wrong? Should I explore a different perspective? More on that later… So, I looked at a few women’s conferences across industries & thought ~ maybe I’ll check them out. Then I saw the agenda. 💆‍♀️ Spa day. 💖 “Self-care” workshops. 😌 Learning to “manage your emotions.” Hard stop. Manage my emotions? I like my emotions mismanaged thank you. 🤔 Where was the real content? ➡️ The business strategy? ➡️ The decision making? ➡️ The actual career growth? If I wanted a pink washed girl's weekend~ I’d book one. If the goal is to advance women in business...ANY business… Maybe - JUST MAYBE - focus on business. 🛑 I don’t need fluff. ✅ I need substance. 🛑 I don’t need feel good sessions. ✅ I need real conversations. 🛑 I don’t need empowerment. ✅ I need competence to matter. If we want more women in ANY business, maybe start by treating them like business professionals. Act accordingly. #womenmakebusinessmoreprofitable #automotive #hireforcompetence #overit

International Women's Day 2025…Another year of slogans & selfies. Are we ACTUALLY changing anything? ➡️For years, I carefully planned every word I said, for fear that another woman in our org would publicly berate me, as she so constantly did with pleasure to other women. ➡️Despite having the skills & experience, I’ve been passed over for opportunities. Because someone thought I “wasn’t ready.”Their words, not mine. ➡️Male peers have been applauded for “thinking outside the box” on ideas I had pitched eons before. Apparently, they said it better. Will telling you parts of my story change anything? 😞Nope. So what now? Time to cut the Bullsh*t 🚫 Stop undermining other women while pretending to uplift them. 🚫 Stop using “supporting women” as a tool to further your own agenda. 🚫 Stop protecting the same broken systems that hold the best talent back. Theme this year is…”Accelerate Action” with Popeye poses. Hard pass. 💥How about donating to an organization that actively helps women instead. 💥 Instead of using a hashtag…mentor a young woman in your industry. 💥 Instead of sharing corporate crap, advocate for policy changes that improve women’s working conditions. Instead of flexing for the camera, let’s ✅ Advocate for women overdue for a promotion. ✅ Call out bias when we see it. EVEN when it’s uncomfortable. ✅ Support women owned businesses. We don’t need more women at the table just for the sake of a quota. We need the RIGHT people in the RIGHT seats. Wanna fix the problem? ✅ Promote talent. ✅ Reward results. ✅ Stop hiding behind performative empowerment. Strength isn’t in a pose. It’s in the action we take. Make #IWD count today and EVERY DAY. Think we’ll fix this by slapping on a slogan? 🙅‍♀️Thought so. Act accordingly. #womenmakebusinessmoreprofitable #IWD2025 #automotive #recognizetalent And yes, I know that IWD is March 8th. But everyday is Woman’s day when I look in the mirror. #LFG

💉 An oil change for humans? Well yea, sorta…. Today I pushed up my sleeve & donated blood with the American Red Cross. Unlike my car - I don’t get a dashboard warning light when I’m due for a fluid top off - but maybe I should? 🙄ugh just yesterday the coolant hose broke free, spewed coolant all over my engine resulting in a vomit of white smoke EVERYWHERE…. That gave me LOTS of lights But I digress… 🥰Back to why it matters ~ 
🩸The average red blood cell transfusion takes 3 units of blood.
🩸A single car accident victim may need 100 units 🩸The Red Cross supplies 40% of the nation’s blood BUT only 3% of eligible donors actually donate. We don’t think about blood until we OR someone we love needs it. But hospitals do. ➡️Every. ➡️Single. ➡️Day. It takes less than 10 minutes AND it can help save lives. 🙋🏼‍♀️So if you can- consider rolling up YOUR sleeve. Oh and btb, THEY have SNACKS! 🍪 LOTS OF SNACKS #giveback #blooddonation #redcross #donatetoday 🥰Thanks to the Meridian Group at The Boro - Tysons for making it happen!