Are you a Big Thinker?

My beautiful black car was filthy from driving cross country, so thanks to YELP, I found Troy's Detailing was close and had the best reviews.  I pulled up expecting to see a brick and mortar business and what I saw was one of those self service car washes that has multiple bays where you pay quarters to get soap and water.  

I thought to myself, is this some kind of joke? And that's when I saw at the far end of the open bays was a vinyl sign that said Troy's Detailing $12.00.  

I drove over and was met by the three guys there and about an hour later, they returned my car to me in quite possibly the cleanest it's been since I drove it off the showroom floor.  

I was stunned! What a great idea! Troy, an unassuming 40 year old with a mortgage and a can-do mentality, lost his business in 2008 like so many other people.  Instead of wallowing in his loss, he has created a lucrative business with minimal overhead except for the quarters in the machine, the interior cleaners he brings, and the money he pays his employees.   

As a Verbal, it never would have occured to me to set up shop in a self service car wash and clean other people's cars, heck I didn't want to even detail my own!  His friends told him he was crazy and to just go get a "real job".  Troy is a Physical and knew that if he was going to make that mortgage and pay for his son's college he had to play to his strengths.  As I watched them work it was obvious, he had hired Physicals as well.  They didn't speak much, just did their work quickly, paying close attention to detail. 

Physical people are big thinkers, not big talkers nor big listeners, but big thinkers. That's not to say that other proclivities can't have big ideas, but because Physicals aren't big talkers and not afraid of hard work, that they have ideas other people don't.    

As I paid for my $12.00 car wash, I was reminded that people really never have money problems, people have resourcefulness problems.  

Physicals are big thinkers, Verbals are big talkers, Audibles are big listeners and Visuals are big observers what about you?  In 2008, Troy's future seemed pretty bleak, but your future is not what you do tomorrow, your future is what you do today. What are you building today that you will have to live in tomorrow?

Do you agree that Physicals are big thinkers? Share why (or why not!) in the comments!