What Are the Best Construction Questions?

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    The Ones That Are Actually Asked     Last week I shared the list of questions asked by a group of Scouts. This week I’ll begin to answer them. As I pointed out last week, due to the number of questions I’m going to divide them into different topics to keep the posts […]

Finding the Balance of Confidence and Fear

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    Don’t Let Fear Be the Boss     While at a school dance a young woman found herself in an awkward situation. Across the room she spotted a young man whom she was attracted to. While talking about him with her girlfriends, she knew exactly what she was going to say. Once she […]

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Little boy sitting on the ground surrounded by the question, "Why?"

        If We Could Just Get Adults to Be More Curious Like Young People     Nine months ago, I met with a fine group of Scouts on a job site to answer their questions about construction and business. If adults would ask more questions like this…there would be less confusion between […]

Happiness Is…A Choice

"Choose Happiness"

      Choose to Be Happy   As the new year begins, we start filling up our already busy lives with more things to do. I think reviewing the past and looking to the future is a great plan and the new year is a fitting time for this. What we need to be […]

Figuring Out How to Accomplish Goals

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      The Focus Needs to Be on the Accomplishment, Not the Setting     We all have visions of what our dream life will look like and it can be frustrating and depressing when things don’t turnout like we planned. In my last post I referred to Hallmark movies and how people tend […]

God Cared Enough to Send the Very Best

      We Should Do Nothing Less in Return   Hallmark Christmas movies are on at our house a lot this time of year. Typically, people either love these movies or can’t stand them. I’ve discussed this multiple times with different people over the past several weeks.   I think the dislike comes from […]

The Conclusion of The Construction Proposal Is the Contract

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      Putting A Period at The End of The Proposal Communication   The discussion of “Building a Better Proposal” began with the problems that arise from poor communication. We talked about this being the responsibility of the contractor and some of the reasons this is a problem. Over the last several weeks we […]

Anticipation Can Be Stressful or Exciting

It’s Up to Us to Decide Which It Will Be Christmas has come and gone for another year. That’s okay because we will look up in a few days and it will be here again. Some people find the Holiday season stressful. The busy, rushed and harried pace can get overwhelming, but it doesn’t have […]

How To Put The Pieces Of The Construction Proposal Together

The Last Piece Is Always the Most Fun If you’ve ever done a jigsaw puzzle, you know how frustrating it is to get to the last piece…and you can’t find it anywhere. This is the same frustration a customer feels when they don’t have the full picture of what is to be included in their […]