6/4/2025-On This Day…shopping carts. (You read right.)

On this day in 1937, the world’s first shopping carts were introduced at Humpty Dumpty grocery stores in Oklahoma City.

Alleluia.

Carts hold STUFF…more stuff than your arms can hold.

Sales is about MORE. Shopping carts = MORE.

Commission checks…MORE stuff you can buy.

More solutions for your customers?? …more stuff for them and you.

What about more effort? …more strategic thinking by you? Where does that all fit?

Physical or online…shopping carts are cool.

Buy some stuff today.

It doesn’t matter if you shop at Dollar General, Target, Amazon, or BMW — buy something today.

Use a shopping cart to boost the economy and get that money flowing.

Some days are savings days, others are buying days.

Today, promote your profession and be a buyer. Do you feel the motivation kick in after you hit the "confirm" button?? …goooood!

Money is a pretty intriguing, eh? Everyone needs it, everyone wants it, everyone loves it.

For sellers, money has even more interesting implications than the average bear.

Sellers are driven by the almighty pursuit of commissions, and while that can drive healthy consumerism, all sellers worry about the day in the future when buyers stop buying. And that creates a deep motivation to save and invest.

Can you have it both ways? Can you scratch the "I want it now" itch while putting moolah away for a rainy day?

Darn right, you can.

It takes work, but you must figure out a balance for throwing your credit card around like a Nerf ball, and trading your commission checks for stocks and real estate.

The "how much?" and "what are my long-term financial goals?" are up to you. But if you over-index on one side or another, feelings of unfulfillment will set in.

Find your balance.

Shopping carts can turn ordinary people into devils, as you’ll see in this SNL skit named "Supermarket Spree" featuring Melissa McCarthy. (She’s at her finest!)

(Remember what it was like when your mom plopped you in a shopping cart and wheeled you around the store? No? C’MON!! …you missed out.)