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Charles Gracie

Ralph Gracie's brother

Jan 5, 2026

26:23
Are drivers and smaller carriers treated as assets, or are they almost kind of like pawns in a corporate strategy? And how can there be more of an asset-based relationship? Like, there needs to be more of a collaboration,
26:39
right? The key word there was relationship, my friend.
26:42
So, Truck Stop had asked me for a forecast in the 2026.
26:45
Okay.
26:47
And what I had forecasted is this is going to be the year of relationships.
26:52
you're no longer going to just be able to dial a truck.
26:56
You're going to have to have relationships for freight.

10 MINS LATER

36:35
When it comes to success, How do you measure a successful 2026 given the entire landscape of our industry and space?
24:22
I can go to him for everything.
24:25
It's authenticity.
24:26
I'm not going to tell you what you want to hear.
24:29
I'm going to tell you what you need to hear.
24:30
And sometimes that's exactly what you don't want to hear.
24:33
But I'm not here to sugarcoat it.
24:35
We live in a day where sales is incorporated into everything.

12 MINS LATER

36:37
No.

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