Solution Building
By Mark Eastman
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Helping construction contractors and customers FIND SOLUTIONS for building dreams with better business systems, quality construction projects and life lessons through coaching, consulting and constructing.
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Too Much Planning Is Not Good
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Use Some Help When Chasing Your Tail
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Too Much To Do Is Self-Inflicted
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Tools Are Only Good If They're Used
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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The First Step to a Successful Business is Keeping it Afloat
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Why It's Critical to Save Money in Business and How to Do It
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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A Home is More Than a House
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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How Do I Know What’s Most Important On My To-Do List?
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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How Can I Be More Productive?
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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How Am I Doing On My Goals?
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Progress Payments in Construction Can Be Hard to Ask For
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Don't Make Things More Complicated Than They Need To Be
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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How Do We Know What to Do?
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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You Have to Show Up or Nothing Gets Done
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Deciding What Your Big Rocks Are
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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You CAN Be Productive by Doing Something
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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You Can't Be Productive By Doing Nothing
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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A Clock is Your Most Important Tool
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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A List, A Calendar, And A Clock
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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The Right Tools Can Improve Your Productivity
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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What Does It Mean to be Productive?
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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How You Journal Is Up to You
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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When Your Calendar Gets Hijacked
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Why Do So Few People Journal?
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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What Does It Mean To Journal?
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Finding the Balance in Our Busy Lives
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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What Should Be Done First?
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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The Key to Getting More Done
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May 26, 2025 |
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The Process for Breaking Big Things Down
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May 19, 2025 |
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How Do I Get From Here to There?
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May 12, 2025 |
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The Tool for Breaking Big Things Down
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May 05, 2025 |
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Breaking Big Things Down into Small Pieces
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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What Does Daily Life Planning Look Like?
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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The Next Step of the Morning Routine
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Get Your Day Started Off Right
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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A Routine is Something That is Learned
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Wouldn't You Like To Get More Done?
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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How to BUILD a Well-Balanced Life
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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How Busy Is Too Busy?
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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You Have More Control Than You Think
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Be Prepared for the Changing Seasons
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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It's Never Too Late to Learn
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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There is a Limit to How Much You Can Put on a Calendar
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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How to Organize Your Daily Plans
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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What's the First Next Step?
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Success Starts With the Superpower of Choice
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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A Successful Business Starts with a Decision
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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The Next Step in Building Your Business
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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A New Year, A Clean Slate
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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It's Not Too Late to Build a Better Construction Business
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Core Values are Where Success Begins, Part 2
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Core Values are Where Success Begins
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Build Your Business on a Solid Foundation
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Knowing Your Why is the Key to Unlocking Your Success
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Building Your Business on Solid Ground
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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A Successful Business Needs A Good Foundation
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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How Would You Like to Take Control of Your Business?
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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What Should I Do First?
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Your Construction Business Isn't What You Expected
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Keep Your Business Balanced and Supported
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Riding on a Runaway Train
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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I Want To Be More Accountable
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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There's Not Enough Help for Construction
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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The Next Step in My Business Journey
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Labor Day and My Problem With It
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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What are Your Core Values?
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Delegating is a Part of Building I'm Not Very Good At
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Connections Can Help You BUILD Your Business
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Construction Customers Can Be Hard Work
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Life Happens...The Question Is: What Are You Going to do About It?
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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What in the World is Contractor Etiquette?
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Now What Am I Going To Do?
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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If You Don't Like How Things Are, Change Is Required
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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There's Too Much to Do and Not Enough Time to Do It
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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What are the Three Ways Heat Moves?
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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How Deep Can a Rut Get?
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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The Hits Just Keep on Coming
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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A Blueprint for Building a Better Business
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Why is Change So Hard?
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May 28, 2024 |
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What Made You Start Your Construction Company?
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May 22, 2024 |
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Chances Are Your Construction Company is Going to Fail
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May 14, 2024 |
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How Having a Plan Can Help You Build a Successful Business
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May 07, 2024 |
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How Does the Production Tracker Help Us See the Future?
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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What Makes the Production Tracker Such an Important Tool?
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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It’s Up to You to Get Unstuck
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Who Knew That I Was an Entrepreneur?
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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How Much is Your Time Worth?
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Ideas Without Actions Aren’t Any Good
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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How to Keep Your Business from Getting Out of Balance
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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It’s That Time of the Year Again
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Trying to Build a New Business
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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What Makes a Construction Proposal So Important?
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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What Makes a Construction Project Most Profitable?
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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What is a Construction Scope of Work and Why Do You Need One?
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Do You Want to Do a Good Construction Proposal?
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Building Anything is Better When You Start with a Plan
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Being Aware of Bid Mistakes is the Best Way to Avoid Them
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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It’s Time for the First Meeting
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Are You Kidding…I Don’t Have Time to Plan for the New Year!
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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What’s it Take to Build a Successful Construction Company?
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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What is “Business Clarity” and How Do You Find It?
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Procrastination is Not a Good Plan for Making Changes
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Why Are People in Construction so Bullheaded?
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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How Can I Ever Get Everything Done?
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Nothing Can be Built Without Action
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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It’s Important for You to Have the Right Tool for the Job
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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How Do You Choose the Right Construction Contractor?
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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How Your Home Building Experience Can Feel Like the Holidays
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Why Choose Trick over Treat…Isn’t Treat the Better Choice?
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Information, Instruction, and Implementation…This is Where the Real Work is Done
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Why is it so Hard for Construction Companies to Stay in Business?
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Why Understanding is Critical to BUILDing a Successful Construction Business
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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What’s the Number One Problem Construction Companies Struggle With?
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Getting Signed Construction Proposals, What’s the Best Number for You?
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Poor Communication is the Number One Reason for Disagreements, Part 2
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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What is it About TOOLS That Building Contractors Love So Much?
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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How to Build the Construction Company of Your Dreams
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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How Do I Decide What’s Most Important on My "To Do List”?
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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How Can You Protect that Big Investment in Your Home?
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Big Projects Are Made Up of Thousands of Small Pieces
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Clarity of the Plan is Key to Knowing What to do and How to do it
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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What Should be Included in Your Company’s Standard Operating Procedure?
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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How Can I Prepare a Standard Operating System for My Company?
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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The Time Spent on Clear Communication is Worth Every Second
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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How Can I Determine Which Thing on the List Should Be Done First?
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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How a Business Plan Can Help You Keep Your Business from Crashing
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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How Building Your Business Is Critical to The Success of Your Business
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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How Using the Payment Application Tool Communicates Clearly with Construction Customers
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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How Our Payment Application Tool Works to Help Build a Better Business
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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The Payment Application is Another Important Tool in the Business BUILDing Toolbox
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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A Proposed Change Order for a Construction Project is as Important as a Proposal
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May 31, 2023 |
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How to Bring a Construction Proposal to a Conclusion with a Contract
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May 31, 2023 |
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Having the Right Tool and Knowing How to Use It Can Make Things Much Better
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May 17, 2023 |
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How to Build A “Rainy Day” Fund for Your Business
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May 09, 2023 |
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Why It’s Critical to Save Money in Business and How to Do It
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May 02, 2023 |
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Having the Right Builder Can Help Protect Your Home Investment
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Your Home is One of Your Biggest Investments
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Learn How to BUILD the Construction Business of Your Dreams
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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You Need the Right INFORMATION to BUILD the Construction Company of Your Dreams
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Wouldn’t You Like to BUILD Your Construction Company into Your Dream Business?
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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What Do You Need to Know to Run a Successful Construction Business?
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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How Implementing a Plan Can Help Us Build a Successful Business
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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How Does the “Job List” Help Us See the Future of Our Construction Company?
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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The Final Step in Raising the Construction Contractor Accountability Bar
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Why We Need Numbers to Help Construction Contractors Achieve Excellence, Part 4
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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The Next Step in Raising the Bar of Construction Contractor Accountability, Part 3
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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An Eye-opening Process to Hold Contractors to a Higher Standard, Part 2
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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How Can We Raise the Bar of Construction Contractor Expectations?
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Now I’m Beginning to See What Virtual Construction Consulting Looks Like
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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What if the Rafters Aren’t Long Enough to Reach the Ridge Beam?
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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The “Job List” Is One of the Foundational Building Blocks of a Successful Construction Company
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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I Know That I Have a Construction Problem…Now What Do I Do?
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Why is One of the Most Important Parts of a Construction Business Avoided So Much?
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Why It’s Critical to Build Your Business on a Solid Foundation
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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An Update of Our Progress on the Blog Post to Podcasting Journey
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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The Benefits of Combining Your Calendar and To Do List
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Goal Achieving is a Better Plan than Goal Setting
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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It’s Time for the First Meeting
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Learning How to Get a Construction Project Started Out Right
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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What is “Business Clarity” and How Do You Find It?
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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The Conclusion of The Construction Proposal Is the Contract
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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How To Put The Pieces Of The Construction Proposal Together
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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How To Price A Construction Project Proposal
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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How To Prepare a Scope of Work for A Construction Proposal
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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How to Be Sure You Don’t Overlook Something
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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An Overview of the “Blueprint for Building A Better Proposal"
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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How To Build a Better Proposal
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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The Bulk of The Communication Responsibility Lies on The Contractor
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Nov 02, 2022 |