Taking The Hire Road

What's your New Year's Resolution?? In a 2024 episode, Karen Smerchek, President of Veriha Trucking, Inc., shares with Jeremy Reymer that her #resolution was NOT to order another book off Amazon until she finishes the ones on her shelf. Karen proceeds to highlight 4 great books that have been inspirational to her as a leader: 1️⃣ Atomic Habits - James Clear 2️⃣ Dare to Lead - Brene Brown 3️⃣ Principles - Ray Dalio 4️⃣ 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership - Dethmer, Chapman, & Klemp Excellent recommendations! In most episodes, an inspirational book recommendation from the guest is part of the conversation. That's an important part of improving, of growing, and of leadership. What books would you add to this list?

✴️ The biggest challenge for a CDL driver trying to be #healthy on the road?? Shaun Lezer, professional CDL driver, shares his perspective with Jeremy Reymer on a recent episode of Taking The Hire Road. 👉 Check out the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/eRRhivZU 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: Career Now Brands | DriverReach | Lanefinder | Rockerbox | Appcast, Inc | TruckSuite LLC | PROJECT 61 Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | Seated Social | Leoforce #TakingtheHireRoad #truckingpodcast #cdldrivers #driverhealth #TruckerLivesMatter #NothingWithoutTrucking

EVERYBODY HAS A WHY. 🎬 Shaun Lezer, professional #cdldriver shares his WHY with Jeremy Reymer on a recent episode of Taking The Hire Road - why he's made changes to his life in order to be healthier (mentally and physically). Shaun's traumatic experiences over the past 5 years - the loss of his son, as well as both parents - led him to a dark place. He was able to find the resolve, as well as the help necessary, to navigate through that period and focus on being better for himself, his family, and for others. 👉 Watch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/eRRhivZU 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: Career Now Brands | DriverReach | Lanefinder | Rockerbox | Appcast, Inc | TruckSuite LLC | PROJECT 61 Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | Seated Social | Leoforce #TakingtheHireRoad #driverhealth #mentalhealth #NothingWithoutTrucking #TruckerLivesMatter

🤔 Can you touch your toes?? 🎬 Shaun Lezer, professional CDL driver who joined Jeremy Reymer on a recent episode of Taking The Hire Road, shares about his journey to improve his health to the point where he now has the ability (and flexibility!) to touch his toes! 💪 👉 Watch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/eRRhivZU 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: Career Now Brands | DriverReach | Lanefinder | Rockerbox | Appcast, Inc | TruckSuite LLC | PROJECT 61 Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | Seated Social | Leoforce #TakingtheHireRoad #cdldrivers #TruckerLivesMatter #driverhealth #NothingWithoutTrucking

📽️ ICYMI: The latest episode features professional #cdldriver 🚚 Shaun Lezer with In-N-Out Hamburger as he shares with Jeremy Reymer the significant help he had with friend of the show, St Christopher Truckers Relief Fund, in making the necessary lifestyle changes to improve his health and wellness. The three areas of improvement that Shaun highlighted: 1️⃣ WALKING - goal of 10,000 steps / day 👟 2️⃣ HYDRATION - drink enough water throughout the day🚰 3️⃣ PORTION CONTROL - don't eat until you're stuffed! 🤢 👇Catch the full episode in the LINK BELOW👇 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: Career Now Brands | DriverReach | Lanefinder | Rockerbox | Appcast, Inc | TruckSuite LLC | PROJECT 61 Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | Seated Social | Leoforce #TakingtheHireRoad #NothingWithoutTrucking #driverhealth #TruckerLivesMatter

🎙️ Shaun Lezer, professional CDL driver with In-N-Out Hamburger, joins Jeremy Reymer on the latest episode of Taking The Hire Road. 🎬 In this clip, Shaun shares how he addressed the health challenges inherent in being a #cdldriver in order to break the chain of diabetes in his family that took the lives of his parents and grandparents. ➡ Check out the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/eRRhivZU 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: Career Now Brands | DriverReach | Lanefinder | Rockerbox | Appcast, Inc | TruckSuite LLC | PROJECT 61 Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | Seated Social | Leoforce #TakingtheHireRoad #driverhealth #TruckerLivesMatter #truckingpodcast #NothingWithoutTrucking #diabeteskills

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉 🎙️Tune in this Thursday at 1:30p ET for the first episode of 2025 as Jeremy Reymer is joined by professional CDL driver Shaun Lezer to discuss the challenges of physical and mental health that drivers all deal face. Shaun shares what motivated him to make some critical decisions to improve his health, and discusses the importance of taking small steps in the right direction. 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: Career Now Brands | DriverReach | Lanefinder | Rockerbox | Appcast, Inc | TruckSuite LLC | PROJECT 61 Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | Seated Social | Leoforce #TakingtheHireRoad #driverhealth #driverrecruiting #driverretention #NothingWithoutTrucking

Jeremy Reymer and the rest of the team wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ❤️🎄 Taking The Hire Road has some new and exciting changes for you in 2025! More details to come after the first of the year! 🌟 In the meantime, we'll be off through the holidays to enjoy some important and intentional time with family and friends! Be on the lookout for the next episode - the first of 2025 - on Thursday, January 9th! 🗓️ #TakingtheHireRoad #driverrecruiting #driverretention #compliance #trucking #NothingWithoutTrucking #truckingpodcast

🎙️Tune in this Thursday (Dec 19) at 1:30p ET for the latest episode as Nick Darman, Founder and CEO of Alvys, joins Jeremy Reymer to discuss his entrepreneurial journey into trucking - from starting a trucking company to creating Alvys, a world-class transportation management system (TMS) to help fleets maximize efficiency and utilization. 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: The National Transportation Institute | Career Now Brands | DriverReach | Lanefinder | Rockerbox | Appcast, Inc | TruckSuite LLC | PROJECT 61 Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | REPOWR |Seated Social | Leoforce #TakingtheHireRoad #trucking #NothingWithoutTrucking

The industry has made great strides. It's easy to lose sight of that. Tracy Rushing, CDS shares with Jeremy Reymer her gratitude and pride in receiving the Women In Trucking Association 2024 Influential Woman in Trucking Award. 🏆 🚚 "To have thought that 29 years ago that there would be females at every level of an organization - not just filling those roles, but THRIVING there!" 👏🏼 Special thanks to the show’s AMAZING SPONSORS!! 🏆 Premier Sponsors: The National Transportation Institute | Career Now Brands | DriverReach | Lanefinder | Rockerbox | Appcast, Inc | TruckSuite LLC | PROJECT 61 Promotional Sponsors: Asurint | Trucksafe | Seiza | F|STAFF On Demand Truck Drivers | Drive My Way | REPOWR | Seated Social | Leoforce #TakingtheHireRoad #trucking #NothingWithoutTrucking #WIT2024