As Long as We’re Alive Our Picture is Still Being Painted
And It Will Be a Beautiful Picture When It’s Finished This past Sunday was Palm Sunday. This is the Sunday before Easter and commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Mark 11:1-11 As Jesus rode into town people spread coats and palm branches on the road in front of Him. This is the way the people […]
A Good Construction Proposal Starts by Asking the Right Questions
This Proposal System Helps You to Not Overlook Things You Need to Know Another week has gone by and John’s looking forward to today’s meeting. As they wrapped up last week’s meeting, Gene indicated that they will “actually” learn the first step in the proposal system today. As John goes into XYZ Construction Company’s conference […]
How Will You Ever Get Where You Want by Walking in One Spot?
The Only Way to Get There is to Step Off the Treadmill Did you know that treadmills were designed for punishment? This explains a lot. In 1818 an English engineer named Sir William Cubitt, who was the son of a miller. Noting idle prisoners at Bury St Edmunds, he proposed using their muscle power to both cure […]
Constructing a Building is Better with a Plan, a Proposal is No Different
We’ve Discussed the Why, Now Let’s Work on the How It’s Saturday and today will be John’s third meeting with Gene. Even though there’s been no change in John’s overwhelming workload, today is the first time he’s not considered canceling. He knows the value of this information and is looking forward to opportunity to learn […]
A Journey of Faith Takes Time and is Scary
It’s Much Better When We Have the Support of Others We had another faith Sunday at church the past week. It is amazing and wonderful to hear about people’s faith journeys. Each one of us in our own unique place in our journey through life. It’s easy to be consumed by all the things going […]
Being Aware of the Common Bid Mistakes is the Best Way to Avoid Them
This is the First Step in Building a Better Proposal Even though John was still overwhelmed and his schedule was packed, he knew the only way to ever get control was to keep his upcoming appointment with Gene. John had spent a lot of time this past week considering the questions Gene had asked at […]
Be Careful About Giving Over Control of Your Actions to Your Emotions
Think Before You Act We’ve all been angry at someone and done things in the heat of the moment that we regretted later. You’ve probably heard the hunting story told by Mickey Mantle. There are several different versions, here’s one. Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin decided to go hunting on a farm owned by a […]
Action is Required if You’re Going to Accomplish Anything
A Plan is a Great Place to Start, But Won’t Build the House I don’t know about you, but I find it easier to plan than to do. Last week we discussed how overthinking things slows down our plans. The thinking part is important, but it alone isn’t going to accomplish our goals. The week […]
Our Small Actions Can Have Big Impacts
It’s Important to Remember This, Always As we’re busily trying to navigate through our own lives, we rarely think about the impact we have in other people’s. Most of the time we never even know what effect we have on those around us. These small seemingly insignificant influences can be life altering. This past Sunday […]
Being Aware of Mental Roadblocks is the First Step to Overcoming Them
Stop Overthinking Things and Do Something Last week we discussed learning as a form of procrastination. Too often, time is spent learning rather than doing. There’s less risk with learning. Doing is scary. What if I do it and nobody likes, it, needs it or wants it? Overthinking things is a form of procrastination Clarity […]