To Whom Would We Go?
Peter Has Foot-in-Mouth Disease We all have experienced cases of foot-in-mouth disease, but it seems that Peter has a severe case. There are several instances of Peter talking (or acting) before thinking. There was the time when Peter, James and John are with Jesus on the mount of transfiguration. While Jesus was praying, “the appearance […]
How to Keep Your Business from Getting Out of Balance
Be Careful with Short Legged Tables Have you ever felt like your business and/or your life were out of balance? It’s a little like a three-legged table with a short leg…kind of wobbly. I know I have felt this way and sometimes still do. You have probably heard the saying ‘feast or famine’. This seems […]
Peter’s Up and Down Journey with Christ
He Was Human Just Like Us, After All As we continue the journey to Easter, this week we’ll look at the interruption in Peter’s faith. In John 1:35-42 Peter’s journey with Christ started with his brother Andrew introducing them. Introduction is where relationships start. Like Andrew, we need to introduce others to Christ. The next […]
It’s That Time of the Year Again
Time to Protect Your Biggest Investment As I was looking at the calendar, I noticed we’re already well into March and rapidly approaching spring. This got me to thinking about home maintenance and I realized… It’s time to get out the Home Maintenance Plan. Your home is a sizable investment and regular home maintenance will […]
Living a Good Life is Not as Hard as We Make it
Learning to Live Life from the Bible Over the past couple of weeks, we been looking forward to Easter through a series of messages about Peter’s relationship with Jesus. The first week was about Peter’s introduction to Jesus (John 1:35-42) by his brother Andrew. This simple act of introduction changed not only Peter’s life but […]
Trying to Build a New Business
Why Does Everyone Tell You It’s Easy When It’s Not? Helping people in the construction industry build their businesses has been a real struggle. They say they need a better way of doing things but won’t take the time to do anything about it. They struggle with construction proposals, change orders, payment applications, saving money, […]
It’s Important to Have a Good Guide When Fishing
This is Especially Important When Fishing for People When some of my family was on vacation staying in a house on a lake, they hired a guide to take them fishing. They met the guide at the dock at 4:30 in the morning and went fishing. They were back before lunch with a nice catch […]
What Makes a Construction Proposal So Important?
It’s Like Quality Construction, It Sets You Apart as a Professional As Gene is driving to his weekly Saturday training with John, he remembers how hard it was in the beginning to convince himself to take the time to learn this system and how glad he is that he did. He thinks back over what […]
How Would You Feel if You Met Someone Famous?
Maybe It’s Easier Than You Think Meeting famous people can be exciting. We’ve all seen people fawn over some famous person. If we meet or know someone famous, we tend to drop names like we’re old friends. I know I’ve done this on occasion. Why is this? I think often it’s because we have a […]
What Makes a Construction Project Most Profitable?
It All Comes Down to Dollars and Cents It’s week six of learning the Building a Better Proposal system. As time consuming as learning new things is…Gene is beginning to see the benefits this proposal system will provide. Just like building a house uses repeated actions to reduce the need to think about how to […]