FREE PREVIEW — CHAPTER ONE

YOU'RE EITHER A TECHNICIAN, AN OWNER, OR
AN INVESTOR IN YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

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"It was a spectacular sunrise on Mount Rainier. I'm somewhere above 13,000 feet above sea level. My crampons are biting into glacial ice. I've been climbing for hours and my body is wrecked... The summit has looked close for three hours and it keeps not arriving. One climber turns around. Then another. The voice in my head has been making the case for quitting since leaving Camp Muir at 3:00 am."

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That's Chris Knuth, seven years before he understood why his shop was killing him the same way that mountain almost did. Chapter One — "The Three Mindsets" — is free to read right now. No download, no waiting on an email. Just enter your name and email and it opens on the next page.

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THIS CHAPTER IS FOR YOU IF -

Your shop doesn't run without you in it, and you already know that's a problem.
You're a great technician who somehow ended up doing everything else, too.
You've thought about walking away from your own business more than once.
You want the real story before you decide whether the book is for you.

Chris Knuth

Founder, Star Motors · Author, The Owner's Manual

Chris built and nearly lost a European auto repair shop before rebuilding it into a business that runs without him. He now coaches shop owners making the same transition, through Shop Mastery OS. The Owner's Manual publishes September 9, 2026.