What’s the Explosion That Can Still Be Felt 2000 Years After it Happened?
Life Changing “Explosions” Often Happen When We Least Expect Them Life is full of unexpected things happening every day. Often our plans or expectations aren’t what actually happen. Some of these things can be pretty big. Something that you can count on is big explosions in James Bond films. So big in fact that the […]
Learn How to BUILD the Construction Business of Your Dreams
The Final Building Blocks in the 5-Step Foundation of Your Business Dreaming big has always been my nature. Early in my life I had some really big dreams. The problem arose when these dreams didn’t come true. That’s when disappointment and a sense of failure set in. This discouragement is why over 60% of US […]
We Should Be Willing to Take a Risk Because it’s the Right Thing to Do
It’s All About Believing in the Right Thing and Having Faith Do places have a memory? Have you ever felt connected to a place through memories. These could be your memories or others. I have this kind of connection at home. The house I live in was built in 1916 by my great grandfather. My […]
You Need the Right INFORMATION to BUILD the Construction Company of Your Dreams
Next, You’ll Need Some INSTRUCTION on How to IMPLEMENT This INFORMATION Most of us in the construction business started out with a vision in our minds of what our dream company would be like. We see those successful companies out there and there’s no reason we can’t do the same thing. After all, we’re really […]
How We Deal with Suffering is a Decision That is Up to Us
It Helps a Lot When We Decide to NOT do it Alone There is a lot of suffering out there, whether it’s illness, abusive relationships, someone taking advantage of someone else, or death. As hard as it is, these things are all a part of life. It’s easy to get caught up in the struggle […]
Wouldn’t You Like to BUILD Your Construction Company into Your Dream Business?
This Requires an UNDERSTANDING of your Problems and Having Solutions to Fix Them Last week we talked about the high number of construction companies that fail and some of the reasons this happens. None of these companies were started hoping that they would go broke and go out of business. So why is it that […]
Starting a Conversation with Someone Can Be a Scary Thing
Why Do We Find This Simple Act to be So Terrifying? Most of us are uncomfortable in situations when we are surrounded by people that we don’t know. It can be hard to start a conversation with people in these kinds of circumstances. I know that I find this hard. For me, I often feel […]
What Do You Need to Know to Run a Successful Construction Business?
It Has More to do With Business and Less to do With Construction There’s something exciting about the thought of starting your own business. It seems like a great idea initially. The problem is that most people don’t realize what it takes to operate a successful construction company. We’ve all seen construction companies get started […]
How Can We Best Help in Times of Disaster?
We Naturally Want to Help, But Sometimes This is the Second Disaster Pastor Lee was on vacation this past week, and we were blessed with Rev. Bob Baer and his wife Cherri in his place. Their message was about ministering in times of disaster. These two have been involved in disaster response through UMCOR (United […]
How Implementing a Plan Can Help Us Build a Successful Business
The Five Remaining Areas of the “Job List” Building Block Back in December we started discussing the importance of building your business on a solid foundation and why people in the construction industry avoid doing it. Then we talked about how a reporting process like the “Job List” can be an important building block in […]