Herman Polonski

Literally in this boat right now. It’s a daily mental battle. Scared of losing my clients, the relationship with them, my routine, etc. Even though I’ve already experienced long term clients stopping and life moves on. In my mind, once I find my partner it’ll make the sacrifice worth it haha

The difference between a $500K home service company and a $2M one is almost never the marketing. It's the owner getting out of the truck. I see it constantly. Guy is the best technician in his city. Five stars across the board. Customers love him. He's booked out 3 weeks. And he's absolutely miserable because he's running every single job himself while trying to answer the phone between appointments and doing invoices at 11pm on his kitchen table. He'll tell you "nobody can do the work as good as me" and he's probably right. But here's what he's not seeing. Every hour he spends on a $200 service call is an hour he's not spending on the stuff that actually grows the business. Hiring. Systems. Partnerships. Sales. You know what happens when you finally hire your first tech and let them run jobs without you? Your revenue doesn't go down. It goes up. Because now you're free to answer every lead call on the first ring. You're free to go shake hands at the supply house. You're free to actually look at your numbers and realize you've been undercharging your most profitable service by 30%. The guy doing $2M isn't a better plumber or a better electrician than you. He just figured out sooner that his job isn't to do the work. His job is to build the thing that does the work. Your truck is comfortable. I get it. But it's also a cage. And the longer you stay in it the harder it gets to climb out. Get your first hire and Train them to 80% of your skill level. Watch what happens.

@BlackhawksFocus Didn’t watch the third but saw highlights. Frondell looks great offensively but he cost us 2 goals defensively. Can’t really blame him 5 games in. Blash needs to establish some more physicality across the entire group.

Blackhawks lose in overtime. Takeaways?

Good to see the boys being much more physical today. Offense is still one and done on dump ins. Defense played really well. We have a solid blue line so we just need blash to develop a good system for the boys on offensive dump ins. Should be easier to do with Frondell next season.

Blackhawks WIN in Minnesota. Takeaways?

We’re really bad at board battles and forechecking outside of a few guys. Vlasic needs to rally the D men and encourage them to take more shots from the point like he has been. Franky needs to lose the butterfingers. Yeah he scored, but he could’ve had a hatty. I think frondell will show a lot of our forwards what a power forward looks like and we will hopefully have some physicality next season.

Blackhawks lose in overtime. Takeaways?

Also, why do I feel like we’ve had like zero rebound goals? You look at the top 3 in the central and yes they all score dazzling goals, but they also suffocate defenses with constant point shots, rebounds, physicality, etc.. I’m happy to have a mid ranked PK next season if it means our guys are creating some O zone chaos

I remember when blashill got hired the only accolade that stood out were the defensive stats (goals against, PK). He’s shown to establish that in Chicago, but we need offense too. We have no semblance of a forecheck, powerplay, D men shooting from the point, net front presence. Overall, this was a solid season for the boys, but I want to see some offensive flare next season. Bedard plays his heart out even at 4-0, but he won’t keep this up if he sees that the coach is doing nothing to develop the offense.

Blackhawks get shutout in Vegas. Takeaways?

If you take away Bedard and Kaiser, our third best guy is Micky and that’s a problem😂. Commesso seems very poised and I felt comfortable when Utah was pressuring us towards the end of the 3rd. Rinzel is charmin ultra soft. Nazar is not allowed to celly that hard after fumbling a breakaway from our blue line. Good game

Blackhawks WIN in overtime. Takeaways?

@BlackhawksFocus Funny how Bedard scored from the point to tie it. None of our dmen take quality point shots. The young guys who are supposed to lead this team are still scared so i literally think it just comes down to maturing

Blackhawks lose in OT. Takeaways?

@ProducerDrew_ Carolina vs Colorado. Would be an electric fast paced series

What's the Stanley Cup Final matchup you want to see this year? I'd love a Sabres v Avalanche series

Mangiepaine is definitely cursed. Dude made a great wrap around and had a wide open net and waited too long. If he puts that in it’s a 4-4 game and we definitely at least grab a point. Bedard looks incredible. I really hope one of our top prospects is a gamer who has that “it” factor.

Blackhawks lose. Takeaways?

@BenPopeCST On the flip side, we’re being outplayed and deserve to lose these games by 3 goals. Our team is so young. Give Bedard the C and maybe that’ll uplift the young guys to play meaningful hockey.

Tonight marked the NINTH time this season the Blackhawks have allowed a game-tying/game-deciding goal in the last 4 minutes of the 3rd period. That's a huge factor holding them back from being a bubble team.

@BlackhawksFocus Burky had the Olympic break to reset and he’s shown nothing. Nazar is fast but predictable. Levshy needs to shoot. Rinzel is soft. Really hoping frondell and kantserov can develop quick

Blackhawks lose in Nashville. Takeaways?

@BellaBaddie__ Prison break. Seen it 3 times through now😂

What was the first series you were completely addicted to? The series that paused everything?

Hear me out…. We know Panarin only wants to play in major U.S. cities. He signs a 2 years hiatus deal in LA so the Blackhawks can finish up their rebuild. 2028-29 he signs a 3-4 year deal in Chicago with prime Bedsy, Franky, Kansterov, Frondell. We 3 peat and Panarin takes the first flight out to Moscow. #Blackhawks

@BlackhawksFocus Blash needs to just have our guys work on board battles all practice (except micky line lol). If we win battles, get more point shots, we will get bounces & confidence. Look at every top team and their top lines work the corners.

Blackhawks get shut out. Time for the break Takeaways?

@WallMaz35 I feel for Murph. He’s been to the playoffs once. Give the young D a chance and let murph go for a run.

If Kaiser is out long term (which I believe is likely), does that change what the #Blackhawks do with Murphy at the deadline?

@BenPopeCST Watching us lose every board battle is pathetic

Columbus now leading 3-0 tonight. They've outscored the Hawks 34-12 over the last seven meetings...

Give the Norris trophy to Darren Raddysh

@BlackhawksFocus Just positive vibes all around. Micky and his line were incredible. Good to see rinzel get a tally. Hopefully that motivates Levshy to get his gear back.

Blackhawks take down the Sharks Takeaways?

@BlackhawksFocus Are we ever gonna see Kaiser run PP1. The guy can single handedly do some entries too😂

#Blackhawks power-play units at practice: PP1: Bertuzzi Bedard-Nazar-Teravainen Rinzel PP2: Greene Burakovsky-Donato-Moore Grzelcyk