It Doesn’t Require A Big Building for The Dream to Be Big
Another Big Dream in A Small Package My Timber Creek Construction web site is ten years old and just like a building, it needs some updating and remodeling. Earlier this week I met with Stacey and Shaunna from Custom Internet Services to discuss ideas about the project. One of the things that I’m looking to […]
How Important Is an Experienced Guide When Building Your Dream?
Been There Done That, Now Let Me Help You We all have areas in our lives in which we are more skilled and knowledgeable than others. These areas of talent are fewer than the more common areas of our lives. This is why it’s important to find those qualified professionals to guide […]
We Can Choose to Be Thankful
But It’s Up to Us to Decide Yesterday was the Thanksgiving holiday for US. This brings the topic of giving thanks to the forefront of our thoughts. These discussions are every where and for a variety of reasons. Some are as simple as to remind us to be thankful. Some are […]
5 Ways to Stop Over Promising and Under Delivering
Asking Questions and Finding Answers to Help You Schedule Better Things taking longer than we expect them to. This is a topic of way too many conversations. Just in the last few days I’ve had this very discussion, in some form or another, with customers, subcontractors and family members. Not to mention it’s […]
Good Communication Is Not A One-Way Street
Remember That I Have Two Ears and One Mouth In January last year I wrote about my core values and how I use them as a life filter. In that post I told you that I would go into each one in more detail. In this week’s solution we will dig into another […]
Building A House Can Be Scary, But It Doesn’t Have to Be
Get Excited About Building Your Dream and Enjoy the Thrill With Halloween season there is a lot of ‘scare in the air’. This includes haunted houses, spook walks, movies, TV shows and a whole assortment of scary costumes. People deal with being scared differently. Some love it while others hate it. Most Halloween scares aren’t […]
How to Simplify A Complicated Business System
Focusing on One Shovel Full of the Mountain at A Time With my years of construction experience, I tend to view things from a building perspective. The things needed to build a good structure are the same for building a good business. These things are: • Purpose – The why, the reason for building […]
Move the Mountain One Shovel Full at A Time
The Size of Your Shovel Is Not Important I had a conversation with Brett at Engineered Door Products earlier this week about how busy he was. He told me how he was working late into the evening and coming in early of a morning in an effort to keep up. I could feel his frustration. […]
How to Dream Big in A Small Space
The Strength of More Than One A few weeks ago, I wrote about creating realistic expectations for customers and how important it is for the builder to honestly manage those expectations. In that conversation I spoke about Hannah’s project of building her home using grain bins. This is going to be a dream project for […]
The Value of a Professional Builder
What’s It Worth to Hire A Professional? I was talking with my wife, who’s a realtor, earlier this week. She was telling me about an individual that had been trying to sell their house themselves and not having any luck. Reluctantly they are now considering listing their house with a realtor. Her question was why […]