What Should be Included in Your Company’s Standard Operating Procedure?
Like Everything Else in Your Business, the Answer to That Question is Up to You Last week we talked about preparing an operating system for businesses and how it can help you build a successful construction company. I pointed out that a standard operating procedure is a set of detailed step-by-step instructions that describe how […]
The Right Soil Makes All the Difference in How Things Grow
But Regardless, Nothing Will Grow if Nothing is Planted The property where my wife and I live was my grandparents when I was a little boy, and my grandpa farmed it. Then as I got a little older my dad began farming it, and I was privileged to drive a tractor and work the ground. […]
How Can I Prepare a Standard Operating System for My Company
Why Building a Successful Construction Business Requires Having a Plan Over the past few weeks, we’ve discussed how building your business is critical to the success of your business and the importance of keeping your business in balance. After more than forty years of construction experience, I tend to view most things from a “building […]
How Do I Change My Perspective…Because I Want to Know the Truth
Our Perception of Things Depends on What Lens We Chose to Look Through How we see things is too often something that we don’t give much thought to. We drift through life assuming things we hear and see are reality, when in fact they may not be. Doug Miller made a statement in Sunday School […]
The Time Spent on Clear Communication is Worth Every Second
So, if it’s Worth It…Why is it Not Done? You probably guessed it already; this week’s topic is COMMUNICATION and the all-too-common lack of it. Because poor communication is such a big issue, I’ve written about it a lot. In a production meeting with a customer yesterday I was once again reminded of the importance […]
Repentance is More Than Just Saying “I’m Sorry”, It’s a Commitment to Change
Saying “I’m Sorry” is a Lot Easier Than Actually Living It Out Changing is not an easy thing to do. It’s a lot easier to say the words than it is to really change. Words come out of our mouths and roll off our tongues like warm butter on a hot biscuit. Then we move […]
How Can I Determine Which Thing on the List Should Be Done First?
It’s Amazing How Things Become Clear with a Limited Amount of Time The discussion in our mastermind group this past week was around productivity and how to be more productive. It started with the question of, what does productivity mean and what does it look like to be productive? What is productivity? Now there’s a […]
There is a Time and a Season for Everything Here on Earth
God Knows What He’s Doing, Get Onboard or Get Out of His Way Many of us don’t like change. We’re comfortable with a “This is the way we’ve always done it” attitude. A few weeks ago, I told you about changes happening in our church. We discussed that change is inevitable whether we embrace it […]
How a Business Plan Can Help You Keep Your Business from Crashing
It’s Hard to Keep Your Business in Balance Without a Plan Most of us who are self-employed spend way too much time feeling like our businesses are out of control. We started our businesses with grand ideas and dreams. Then one day we woke up and wondered what in the world we were thinking. Last […]
Having a Plan for Building Something isn’t Any Good if You Don’t Use it
The Bible is a Blueprint for Building Our Best Life We live in a world of idea bombardment, and it’s hard to sort through it all to know what is real. We see things on the news, social media, the internet, and TV programs. We hear things from our family, friends, neighbors, and community. So […]