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Best-selling author Rory Vaden discusses your dealership’s most expensive cost

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By CBT News Editorial Team November 28, 2017
Procrastination is the most expensive invisible cost of business today. In fact, it’s the biggest challenge facing businesses everywhere, according to Rory Vaden, self-discipline strategist and co-founder of Southwestern Consulting and also a New York Times best-selling author of Take the Stairs. He spoke with CBT CEO Jim Fitzpatrick about how procrastination breeds failure at dealerships.

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