Many think because they are not scientists, PhDs or engineers that they cannot join a think tank. This maybe true for some elitist think tanks, but not for all think tanks. Take a small business entrepreneur for instance; they know how to get things done and therefore lend them selves well to creative, innovative and problem solving type thinking. Innovations, research, inventions, prototypes and progress is made possible by the Entrepreneurs of the World. I am in the car wash business and that is most likely on first glance a very off the wall place for a think tank member, however if you think about it we have to deal with water conservation, robotics, business, water recycling, lighting, crime, automobile technologies, construction, etc.

I talked with a Ph.D., she asked why someone who washes cars is trying to solve the world's problems and why I would be involved in a Think Tank? I thanked her for the intriguing line of thought and questioning. I have never been asked before what Car Washing or someone who washes cars has to do with a Think Tank or why someone who washes cars thinks so much? It may appear as if car washing has nothing to do with thinking. My standard answer, which I did not use, is very trite so I spared her such. "When we are done cleaning up all the cars, we are going to clean up the World." However on further review, I offer a much better line of thought.

What does feeding starving Africans and finding a cure for AIDS have to do with software? (Gates)

What does getting rid of land mines have to do with the record and Airline Industry? (Branson)

What does Multiple Sclerosis have to with Comedy? (Lewis)

What does Pizza Delivery have to do with architecture and the Catholic Church? (Monahan)

What does the QSR business have to do with Parents needs that have kids who are being treated with terminal diseases? (Kroc)

What does online computer sales have to do with Children's Health Insurance? (Dell)

What does the computer peripheral business have to do with historic archeology in the Middle East and Birth Control in the West? (HP)

What does spaghetti sauce, salad dressing and kid's education funds have to do with race car driving and acting? (Newman)

What the history of aviation have to do with Janitorial services? (Cavanaugh)

What do low calorie submarine sandwiches have to do with micro-loans? (DeLuca)

What do truck washes have to do with exotic animals? (Walker)

What does the President of the United States have to do with building houses for the homeless? (Carter)

What does hot foundries have to do with libraries? (Carnagie)

What does oil have to do with history of architecture and art? (Getty)

What does a car washing have to do with fixing the world and keeping mankind on the leading edge? (The Car Wash Guy )

I Thank the Ph.D. friend for posing this question, it was the most intriguing question posed to me thus far this year. Keep the questions coming people. Love it. Now my question for you is; What do you do for a living? Shouldn