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10 years. We don't have to deal with a lot of turnaround. If you want good people, you've have to work with what works for them too. So what does your typical day look like? My days are getting longer now and a lot of that's come because I've raised our kids already. My day is definitely starting by 7 a.m. if not earlier. I do that because that's when I can get the most part of my day going. It usually means by that point I'm meeting with the printing department because they're in there early and then I'm working with getting the deliveries out for the day, and then I allocate a certain amount of my time every day for billing. en I meet with staff members and hope- fully by late morning I've actually started selling sporting goods. I'm constantly either on the phone, sending out email, sending out texts. Not as much face-to-face as I used to have to, but again, I still allocate a certain amount of my time to get out and see customers. My days are long, but that's okay. at's sort of what fuels me. It's like most ownerships, you just balance a lot of things each and every day. What are you looking to accomplish this year? Certainly with this new building, it's sort of energized a guy who's been in it for a long time. I think it's going to energize our staff. I'm excited to get into this new facility, getting the sales staff folks in their own offices where they can be more efficient themselves and having a better warehouse with more inventory to where we can turn orders even faster. Even though we've scaled down our retail, it's a much more modern looking retail showroom now. My hope is that we'll regenerate some of that retail business. What about new opportunities in 2025? We're hoping we're going to recreate ourselves just a little bit, but yet still stick to what we've always done and try to do well. I'm constantly excited about the corporate side of the business because some days I feel like there's so much we could get out of there, but not enough time in the day to see it all. We're fortunate that we have multiple avenues of business to go aer. And for you personally? We hope this gives us a new vision for years to come. I'll be 57 this coming year. I like to think I've got another good 10 years in me. I hope my health stays in there, but I still have a good group of folks that's been with us a long time that still want to carry it on. I'm just I'm optimistic with this new venture. 2024 was as good a year as we've ever had, so I'm looking for 2025 to be even better. n teaminsightmag.com January/February 2025 ~ Team Insight • 13 A look inside the recent expansion that will allow Sports Spectrum to be more efficient in serving both its team and retail customers in 2025 and beyond.