What Are the Benefits to Having A Porch?
How Adding a Porch to Your Home Can Change Everything When talking about houses one of the things that is discussed with pride or envy is a porch. Porches will make all the difference to how your home feels before ever stepping foot inside. You’ve probably heard it said that you only have one chance […]
What Will the Cost of the Trip Be?
It’s Important to Know the Destination Before You Start Your Journey Intentional goal setting, including writing them down, is directly connected to the successful outcome of goals. For years we have heard of how often New Year’s resolutions fail. Some statistics show that as much as 60 percent of people abandon them within the first […]
The Next Chapter in “The Saga of the Grain-Bin Home”
The Hero and Her Guide Are Defeating the Evil Budget Monster As the voyage continues, Hannah and Mark trek forward on their journey toward the allusive ‘Grain-Bin Home’. An expedition like this is not for the faint of heart. It requires the passionate desire of a hero and the experience and knowledge of a trusted […]
Closeness to God Equals Increased Temptation
The Devil Isn’t Worried Until We Begin To Get Too Close To God This week was the first Sunday of Lent. Lent is a part of the Christian liturgical calendar to serve as preparation for Easter; through prayer, penance and fasting. It is to commemorate the sacrifice of Jesus during His 40 days in the […]
The Need for A Production Coordinator
And the Difficult Process of Finding One This process is difficult because I’ve UN-intentionally made it this way. I’ve discussed this problem in a couple of previous posts; Delegating – The Thing I Suck at Most of All and Sharing the Shovels. I know that if I’m going to ever reach the full level of […]
We Won’t Have Transfiguration Without Transformation
Actions Lead to Results Most of us are aware of the story of Jesus’ Transfiguration, Luke 9:28-36, where Peter, James and John went up on a mountain with Jesus. While Jesus was praying the disciples fell asleep. (They seemed to do this often while Jesus was praying.) When they woke up, they saw a transfigured […]
What Does the Customer’s Piece of The Etiquette Puzzle Look Like?
You Have A Responsibility in This Process Too The last two Weekly Solutions have been about the missing pieces of the etiquette puzzle, mostly from a business perspective. Today we are going to look at the customer’s responsibility in this. The customer’s piece isn’t much different from that of the contractor’s. Customer etiquette to the […]
Principles Are Like A GPS For Life
They Help Us Get Where We Want to Go Making our way through the difficulties of life can be hard. There are bumps, unexpected turns, detours and road blocks. When we start the journey, we think we know exactly where we’re going and how we’re going to get there. Surprise! If we just had a […]
A Missing Piece of The Puzzle
What Ever Happened to Contractor Etiquette? Last week I wrote about etiquette after a friend had a plumber spit tobacco juice in her sink while they were talking. The lack of professional conduct (especially in the building industry) baffles me. As I have been considering this topic it’s become apparent to me that this piece […]
Happiness Is An Inside Job
Too much of the time we are looking for happiness from things on the outside. Happiness is not dependent on health, wealth or food. It’s not that there is anything wrong with having any of these things. The problem is when they become our focus, ‘they have us’. What is important is our focus. It […]