If you’re a service business owner who’s constantly busy but still broke, exhausted, and stuck in your truck, this episode is for you.In this hard-hitting episode of The Jeremy Hanson Podcast, Jeremy breaks down the “Dirty Truck Trap”—the mindset that convinces blue-collar entrepreneurs that nonstop hustle equals success, while quietly destroying margins, health, family time, and long-term business value.This isn’t hustle porn. It’s real, field-tested truth.Jeremy speaks directly to contractors, tradesmen, and service business owners who are booked out, working 60–70 hour weeks, and still wondering why the bank account feels tight. He explains the dangerous difference between being busy and being effective, why so many owners unknowingly build jobs instead of businesses, and how staying in “technician mode” keeps you trapped as the highest-paid employee in your own company.You’ll learn:Why being busy feels productive—but actually prevents growthHow the “dirty truck” becomes a prison instead of a toolThe cultural traps that keep blue-collar owners under-earningThe hidden costs of hustle on your health, marriage, and kidsWhy most service businesses collapse the moment the owner steps awayThe mindset shift required to move from technician to operatorThis episode is raw, honest, and uncomfortable in the best way—designed to challenge the beliefs that keep hard-working people stuck for decades.If you own a service business and feel like you can’t slow down without everything falling apart, this episode will help you finally understand why—and what needs to change next.dirty truck trapblue collar business ownerservice business ownertrades business growthtechnician to operatorblue collar entrepreneurshipcontractor burnoutbusy vs effectiveservice business scalingsmall business tradesself employed vs business ownertradesman burnoutservice business systemscontractor business mindsetpricing problems in tradesservice business marginsblue collar burnoutcontractor overworkedsmall service business growthworking in the business vs on the businesswhy being busy is killing my service businesshow to get out of the truck as a contractorwhy contractors work so hard and make no moneyhow to stop being the bottleneck in my businesstechnician to operator transition for tradesmenservice business owner burnout symptomshow to scale a blue collar businesswhy my service business depends on mehow to build systems in a service businesswhy hustle doesn’t work for contractorsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.