
Delegating is a Part of Building That I’m Not Very Good At
Working on the Business is Not The Same as Working In It Even after being in business for more than forty years and all that

Working on the Business is Not The Same as Working In It Even after being in business for more than forty years and all that

And You Never Know Where Those Connections Will Come From The first couple of years as a self-employed construction contractor were a lot different than

As a Contractor What Did you Expect? As someone who has been in construction for more than forty years, I’ve worked for my share of

Flexible Rigidity Is a Good Plan Today (7/26/24) was one of those days. You know the ones. You have it all planned and then…everything gets

…And What Does Etiquette Even Mean? It means treating others the way you want to be treated. I had a conversation with a friend once

The Bottom of the Rut is Gone It’s been a tough few weeks. With the truck transmission needing to be replaced and the customer shorting

This Can Sneak Up on You Last week we discussed project numbering. I shared how it started as a simple spreadsheet called the Job List,

It’s So Much More Than Just a Number A few weeks ago, I shared that it takes a lot of different tools to build a

This Goes for Building a Business Too It takes a lot of different tools to build a construction project. Just think about it. There are

It Starts with Clear Expectations Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve discussed how difficult hiring can be. It’s one of the most challenging responsibilities

It’s Less About Skill and More About Who They Are Last week, we discussed how difficult it can be to hire good people and reviewed

Isn’t This a Question We’d All Like Answered One of the hardest parts of running a business is hiring people. We have too much to