Why Do We Make Managing Time as Complicated as Rocket Science?
When in Reality, It’s as Simple as One, Two, Three I’ve shared before about some of the great discussions we have in our masterclass. This week’s was no different. The question that got the gears in my head spinning was this – When self-employed and working from home, how does one schedule time and determine […]
Open Your Eyes and Ears…You Don’t Want to Miss Out
Use Your Observances and Experiences to Build a Better You You know how children’s curiosity is on the go nonstop. It’s runs wide open with no parameters. This is why as adults we have to keep them from touching a hot stove or chasing a ball into the street without looking. On the other side, […]
The Most Important Question Always Seems to be the Last One Asked
That’s Because the Answer to the “How Question” is Going to Require Work Last week I listened to a Belay, One Next Step podcast interview with David Horsager. David is the CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute and best-selling author of The Trusted Leader, The 8 Pillars of Trust. In this interview they discussed these […]
Salt is a Preservative That Makes Things Taste Better
It’s Amazing…Kind of Like a Multipurpose Tool Most of us are familiar with multipurpose tools. A multi-tool is a hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single unit. There are a variety of different kinds, but all have one thing in common…this one tool can perform multiple tasks. Basic Multi-Tool – usually includes […]
What is Your Motivation for Being in the Construction Business?
Having the Wrong Motivations Gives the Rest of Us a Bad Name I’ve written before about situations where I’ve been involved in resolving issues between contractors and customers where they’ve gotten crossways with each other. How poor communication leaves both sides with unrealistic expectations and sometimes ends in legal battles. Once again, I’ve been asked […]
It’s Jesus Inside of Me That Makes Me Want to Do This
What Does Jesus Working in You, Make You Want to Do? Now there’s a question for you to think about. Pastor Lee shared a story about Trevor Ferrell, who at 11 years old was moved to help homeless people in Philadelphia in the 1980s. His story garnered a large public support and Presidential recognition. In […]
Competition vs. Cooperation, does it Have to be One or the Other?
Finding the Balance of These Two Things is Like Walking a Tightrope On the surface, competition and cooperation seem to be opposites. I think they are two different things pulling in opposite directions providing the tension needed to keep the bridge of negotiation held up and safe to cross. Most people see negotiation as a […]
Questions Lead to Thinking and We Could Sure Use More of That
Never Stop Asking Questions You know how kids go through that stage in life where they ask why…why…why…why… Parents get so tired of this non-stop asking they find ways to subdue these questions. Ultimately this squelches the appetite for learning. Then at some point we just quit asking. This suppression of questions has led to […]
It’s That Time of the Year Again and I Don’t Mean Football Season
The Importance of Having a Plan and Executing it It’s September. Labor Day has come and gone. And the 2021 football season is underway. It’s hard to believe that Fall is less than a couple of weeks away, with temperatures in the nineties. You don’t think football teams just show up to the first game […]
Doing YOUR BEST is More Important Than Being “The Best”
It Takes Radical Commitment to Accomplish Excellence Doing our best requires attention to detail. Pastor Lee told a story of a restaurant that was striving for excellence in the workplace. They had a regular customer that ordered the same soup every time he came in. One day after his soup was brought, he asked the […]