
It’s Important to Have the Right Tool for the Job
And There’s More to the Right Tool Than Meets the Eye For those of you that remember the TV sitcom “Home Improvement” you’ll remember Tim

And There’s More to the Right Tool Than Meets the Eye For those of you that remember the TV sitcom “Home Improvement” you’ll remember Tim

What to Do When Faced with Something You’ve Never Been Taught When faced with things that we aren’t proficient in, there’s really only three options.

Having a DeLorean Time Machine Would be Helpful I’ve been fighting more dragons than normal over the last few weeks. When speaking of dragons, I’m

Saying No Is Hard, But Often the Best Answer Just Say NO was an anti-drug advertising campaign from the 1980s. This campaign was aimed at

That’s Okay…I Think They Want to Know Too Last week I wrote about making construction proposals better. I shared some of the problems caused when

The First Thing is to Figure Out What You’re Doing Wrong As a building contractor that has been involved in construction for over forty years

The Payment Prior to Starting It can be hard to invoice large construction projects in a way that is fair to both the customer and the contractor. Random payments at the

Let John Show You How After Gene got the signed proposal from Burford’s, he needed to figure out how to set up a payment plan.

You Also Need a Good Teacher Back in February, Gene was having second thoughts about being in business. As he whined to his friend David

How Do You Invoice to Prevent That? Construction companies shouldn’t get paid just when they finish a job, especially if it’s a big one. They

If It’s Done for the Right Reasons Over the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about business-building tools for construction companies. We’ve discussed how good

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,