Routines Are a Good Thing
That is, If the Routine Includes Doing Good Things A routine is doing tasks, chores, or duties at a regular or specific interval or time. It is a habitual procedure constantly repeated. Prayer is a good routine to have. This is part of the Jewish religion. The Jewish Law calls for praying three times daily. […]
Life Happens…The Question Is: What Are You Going To Do About It?
Flexible Rigidity Is a Good Plan Today (7/26/24) was one of those days. You know the ones. You have it all planned and then…everything gets turned upside down. Here’s how my day was planned: Recurring 9:00 daily virtual meeting with my assistant, Emily. Writing this week’s solution. Follow up on construction projects. Friday’s week ending […]
How You Deal With Adversity is Up to You
Nobody Said It Would be Easy Life is full of adversity. It comes in all shapes and sizes. We all deal with it differently. The important thing to remember is that we don’t have to do it alone. Most of us will never experience the amount of loss that Job in the Bible did. He […]
What in the World is Contractor Etiquette?
…And What Does Etiquette Even Mean? It means treating others the way you want to be treated. I had a conversation with a friend once about an experience they had with a plumber. While they were standing in the kitchen talking about the project… The plumber spit tobacco juice in the kitchen sink. Not once […]
Being on the Winning Team
It’s Nice When Our Team Wins The 2024 Summer Olympics are just around the corner. The Olympics are a sports fan’s dream come true. There are all kinds of different sports to watch. You can root for your favorite team and/or individual as the competition proceeds. We like it when our team wins. Not so […]
Now What Am I Going To Do?
The Bottom of the Rut is Gone It’s been a tough few weeks. With the truck transmission needing to be replaced and the customer shorting Gene $1000 dollars for the garage windows, Gene has felt like he’s stuck in the bottom of a muddy rut. Even with all the problems, Gene has had a lot […]
Good vs. Evil…It’s a Choice
It’s Up to You to Choose Wisely Reading the book of Psalms is like riding an emotional roller coaster. One-minute things are going great. The writer is on top of the world. The next thing you know they are wallowing in the mud with everything going wrong. This shouldn’t surprise us. The theme throughout the […]
If You Don’t Like How Things Are, Change is Required
Or You Can Just Keep Doing What You’ve Been Doing The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. This common quote is attributed to a lot of different people. It doesn’t matter who said it. What matters is what it says. I think this quote is so […]
For Such a Time as This
The Question is: What Are You Going to Do About It? It’s Independence Day 2024. This is when we in America celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the 56 delegates who later became known as the nation’s founding fathers. This declaration explains to the […]
There’s Too Much to Do and Not Enough Time to Do It
This is Where Delegation Comes in Having too much to do and not enough time to do it is a common situation. This is especially true for people in construction. Chasing my tail and trying to keep up is a good description of how this past week was for me. There were four different construction […]