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I n case you hadn't heard, aer more than 20 years as the chief executive officer of Truckstop.com, I was finally able to move up the ladder and get that promotion I had been working on! I now get to focus the bulk of my time on creating and refining the Internet Truckstop Group products and I am very excited about that. Since you have all continued to send in ideas and suggestions, I now have 58 major ideas on my idea board and about 40 minor enhancements. You will see these ideas appearing faster and faster as Paris Cole takes over as the new CEO and the management team and staff implements and rolls out these ideas to you faster than I could do them on my own. I won't let this promotion go to my head though. Growing up, my dad always had fun jobs for me to do. In his store counting the quarters in the pop machine and taking money to the bank were jobs I really enjoyed. Vacuuming carpets, taking out trash, stocking shelves, and moving fixtures around were lower on my fun list of things to do. Other chores like cleaning my room, weeding the garden, and scraping paint off of old shake covered houses were at the bottom of my list. Whenever Dad or Mom asked me to do the things I liked, I eagerly went and did them. When asked to do things I didn't like, I would frequently respond with, "Do I have to?" at question was frequently answered with a simple "yes" but sometimes it was answered with a roll of the eyes or a sinister smile and a laugh. Now that I have kids of my own I have found that my children oen ask me that same question, not only for chores but for different things. One time the kids had a couple of days off from school and I had a tradeshow in Orlando so I asked them if they wanted to come and go to some of the theme parks. eir response was "Do we have to?" at really surprised me. Here was something fun that they liked to do but instead of eagerly jumping at the opportunity they were questioning it. In the classic 1989 movie Parenthood starring Steve Martin as Gil, Gil is under tremendous pressure at work, from his parents, from his siblings, and from his children plus he is coaching his son's baseball team into last place. As his problems seemingly continue to mount, he gets in an argument with his wife and she asks him, "Do you have to go?" (to his son's Little League baseball game). He responds, "My whole life is have to." FROM THE DESK OF SCOTT DO I HAVE TO? "Whenever Dad or Mom asked me to do the things I liked, I eagerly went and did them. When asked to do things I didn't like, I would frequently respond with, 'Do I have to?'" continued on page 37 4 IT MAGAZINE Vo l . 1 0 , N o . 2