Influence Can be Good or Bad
It’s Up to You to Decide Which it’s Going to Be As we continue our journey through the Old Testament this week, we look at Jacob and Rachel leaving Laban and the continued disfunction within this family. Previously we talked about Jacob, with the help of their mother, cheating his brother Esau out of Esau’s […]
Being Aware of Bid Mistakes is the Best Way to Avoid Them
This is the First Step in Building a Better Proposal Even though Gene was still overwhelmed, and his schedule was packed, he knew the only way to ever get control was to keep his upcoming appointment with John. Gene had spent a lot of time this past week considering the questions John had asked at […]
The People in the Bible Were Human
Just Like Us As we’ve been going through the Old Testament these past couple of weeks, one of the things that has become obvious is how human these people were. We seem to have a preconceived notion that the people in the Bible were near perfect. As we look at the people of the Bible, […]
It’s Time for the First Meeting
And Gene’s Not Sure He Can Squeeze It In It’s Friday, and Gene is in his normal state of overwhelm. He’s supposed to be meeting with John tomorrow afternoon to go over the Building a Better Proposal system, and he doesn’t know how he can fit it in. There are still so many things that […]
Are You Kidding…I Don’t Have Time to Plan for the New Year!
That’s a Luxury I Just Can’t Afford Here we are, already a week into the new year, and I’m not done with my annual planning yet. This is something that every year I intend to do before the end of the year, but it rarely gets done on time. I know I’m not the only […]
Welcome in the New Year
It Doesn’t Have to be Scary Here we are at the start of another new year. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2024 already. It’s amazing how quickly a year goes by. It seems like it was just yesterday that we welcomed 2023. The unknown of a new year can be scary. Wouldn’t it be […]
What’s it Take to Build a Successful Construction Company?
Gene’s Excited About His Meeting with John As usual, Gene had been on the go, nonstop, trying to keep construction projects moving forward, collecting money, paying bills, and meeting with new potential customers when he realized he still had six projects needing proposals. As he thought about this, he realized it had been more than […]
For God So Loved the World…
That He Made a Promise to Us Probably the most well known Bible verse ever is John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.” Eternal life sounds like a good deal, and all we have to do is […]
What is “Business Clarity” and How Do You Find It?
You Start with a Plan Once again, Gene was alone at the office late on a Saturday night working to get at least one more proposal done, before going home. He had promised four different customers their proposals this week. If all goes well, he’ll have this second one finished before midnight. As Gene crunched […]
We All Come from Someone, Some Place, and Some Thing
These All Contribute to Who We Are We are continuing through the Roots Advent study this week. Last week was about the “someone”. We discussed Jesus’ family and the imperfect people that were a part of His family. It showed us that neither us nor our family have to be perfect to be used by […]