How Can You Best Serve Others, That’s the Real Question
We Spend Too Much Time Focused on Ourselves Rather Than Others We need to be clear on what things are most important and focus on them first. Being clear on what’s most important is the hard part. There’s always something vying for our attention. For example, how important is fixing a broken lawn mower? How […]
How Can We Raise the Bar of Construction Contractor Expectations?
With An Eye-opening Process to Hold Contractors to a Higher Standard I read a study years ago that ranked building contractors below used car salesmen. This might not be a bad thing if used car salesmen didn’t have a reputation of…shall we say…not putting the customer’s needs first. For builders to have been ranked below […]
Knowing Who We Are, is as Important for Organizations as it is for Individuals
Figure Out What Your Organizations DNA is and Be True to it DNA is three letters that get thrown around a lot these days. It is something that is commonly gathered at crime scenes and often it is used in solving those crimes. It’s also used to look back and find out who your family […]
Now I’m Beginning to See What Virtual Construction Consulting Looks Like
Just Because I Can’t Touch it Doesn’t Mean That I Can’t Help Fix it It’s amazing what has been made possible with computers, smart phones and the internet. Virtual construction consulting is just one of those things. The topic of virtual construction consulting came up several months ago when I was talking with a friend, […]
How Do You Measure Success in Your Life?
Things Almost Always Look Better from the Outside Looking In As we go through life, most of us try to present the best version of ourselves to the outside world. We want to look like we have it all together, whether we do or not. This is not to say that we shouldn’t try to […]
What if the Rafters Aren’t Long Enough to Reach the Ridge Beam?
We Explore Other Solutions, That’s What A couple of weeks ago we talked about a construction problem and what to do about it. This problem involved rafters not being attached to the ridge beam properly and a possible solution. That solution required the rafters to be long enough…which they aren’t. So, now what do we […]
Epiphany is More Than Just a Day on the Christian Calendar
It’s About Seeing What’s Going on Around Us and Doing Something Good with It The word Epiphany comes from the Greek work epipháneia that means manifestation or appearance. It’s the celebration of the awareness of the physical manifestation of Jesus. It commemorates the Magi coming to visit Him after His birth. It also celebrates the […]
The “Job List” Is One of the Foundational Building Blocks of a Successful Construction Company
Now, What’s the Purpose of This Building Block and Why Does it Matter? Recently we discussed the importance of building your construction business on a solid foundation and how paperwork is outside of most contractor’s comfort zones. I know, I know paperwork is not a very exciting topic, but neither is concrete. And we all […]
How Will You Live This New Year? It’s a Choice You Will Make
Don’t Live Your Life in a “Leftover World” There was a comic strip cartoon of a man and his wife in a new car show room. There was a year-end sale taking place. The husband was sitting in a chair looking a little tired and grumpy. Above him on the wall hangs a sign that […]
I Know That I Have a Construction Problem…Now What Do I Do?
Just Knowing That There’s a Problem is More Than Half the Battle As we go through the daily actions of living our lives, we become oblivious to things on the periphery. This is especially true of things outside of our expertise. This lack of awareness includes things like construction if you’re not actively involved in […]