Sam Carpenter is the owner and president of Centratel Answering Service, which processes after-hours, weekend and overflow calls for hundreds of service-type businesses throughout the United States. He has a background in engineering, construction management, publishing and journalism. Carpenter can be reached at [email protected] or [email protected]. Visit workthesystem.com and thesystemsmindset.com.

Carpenter is offering free hardcover copies of the February 2021 edition of his first book, �Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less,� to Butane-Propane News readers. To receive a complimentary copy, email your mailing address to [email protected]. 

In your request, please reference �Butane-Propane News.� (Postage paid within the U.S. One book per person. Limited to the first 100 requests. Offer ends March 1, 2022.) Carpenter�s second book, �The Systems Mindset: Managing the Machinery of Your Life,� is available for free download at thesystemsmindset.com.