Paul Arpin was a mentor to may people, especially the last 20 years or so of his life. He found his biggest reward by helping drivers grow and learn and own their own agencies.
He would spend hours every day and at all times of the day just discussing how to improve and how to profit and manage.
I watched him start people out that had very little management skills or no prior experience on running their own business and turn them into successful independent business men.
Being a mentor was what he was born to do.
Paul Arpin was a self made multi- millionaire at a very young age. When he was married he and his wife, Peg, bought their first house with cash. Paul did not believe in loans. He worked hard for every dollar he owned and saved for what ever it is he wanted to purchase. Even in the work place, Paul bought his trucks and trailers out right. He build a company from a few million dollars a year to over 200 million.
And yet toward the end he would tell you that mentoring, helping others, was where he loved to spend his time and where he felt most fulfilled.
I know that he made a difference in my life. I try to listen and follow his example as best I could, even today.
Being a mentor is part of giving back and paying it forward.
Mr. Arpin lives on every day in the hearts and minds of people that he helped and cared for and mentored.
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