How Can We Be Prepared for Unexpected Situations?
We Can’t Know Everything That’s Going to Happen, But We Can Still Be Prepared Getting ready for things that we weren’t expecting or wanting can be hard. Like a kid that’s told to get ready. What they hear when they’re told, “We’ll be leaving in five minutes.” is… Get undressed, start a finger painting and […]
Virtual Construction Consulting…What’s That Even Going to Look Like?
Pretty Much the Same as In Person, Except For the “In Person” Part Virtual construction consulting…that’s an interesting idea. What is virtual construction consulting anyway? Let’s start with construction. What is construction? Construction is the act or process of constructing. The art, trade or work of building. Construction is a pretty straight forward concept. Most […]
A Successful Life Is More Than Just a Big Pile of Stuff
Where Your Heart is…That’s Where You’ll Find Your Treasure Success looks different to each of us. We need to remember that success is so much more than just accumulating things. Not that there is anything wrong with having nice stuff. Real success comes from where our focus is. Is it on the stuff or fulfilling […]
Disruptions To My Routine Can Really Upset the Apple Cart
After This Past Week…I’m Trying to Get the Apples Gathered Back Up Something happened this past week that has never happened before. Since I started writing weekly blog posts in October of 2015…I’ve never missed a week. When I started, I committed to myself that I would write and post weekly. The question is…should I […]
How Do You Know If Your Servant’s Heart is Focused in the Right Place?
It’s Pretty Simple Really…It’s All About What Your Focus Is On If you have siblings or children, you know how things typically progress with each new child. With the first there is a level of inexperience that leads to caution and overzealous instruction. With each following, things seem to relax. A woman with five siblings […]
What Kind of Jar Do You Want to Use?
This Needs to Be Determined Before We Start Putting the Rocks In Most of us are familiar with the time/priority analogy of putting rocks in a jar. I first became aware of this in Steven Covey’s book, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. If you’re not, here’s how it goes: One day this expert was […]
Asking Questions is Often the Best Way to Answer Questions
How Can I Help You? is a Good One to Start With Asking questions is a great way for us to learn and expand our thinking. This is pretty uncommon in today’s world. People tend to be set in their ways and not interested in hearing different thoughts. In the Bible Jesus asks a lot […]
Construction Projects (Like Life) Don’t Have to Be Overwhelming and Daunting
Both Are Within Our Control, But It’s Up to Us to Exercise the Superpower of Choice Overwhelming and daunting is one thing that construction projects and life have in common. Both are big and full of opportunities to make mistakes. This fear of mistakes causes us to drag our feet and not make decisions. Hesitance […]
What Is It That You Want to Be Remembered For?
It’s Better to Answer This Question Sooner Rather Than Later Too often the driving force behind our actions is selfish and inward focused. Even when we’re doing good work that helps others, we turn that around to being about us. In Luke 10:1-20, Jesus sent people out to share His message. When they came back, […]
Independence Is a Good Thing…If it Isn’t the Only Thing
Finding Our Balance as We Walk This Tightrope Called Business As we celebrate our country’s independence on this coming Monday, we need to stop and give thought to what this day means. John Adams wrote this to his wife, “This will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to […]