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Solution Building — 193 episodes
Deciding What To Do First
Taking Control of the Big List
Too Many Things To Do
Being Too Busy Is a Choice
Building a Successful Business Isn't Easy
Why the Savings Transfer Matters (And What You Do Next)
Don't Gamble With Your Business
Successful Business is More Than Earning a Lot of Money
I Don't Have Enough Money for That
Have You Had Money Problems?
What is Needed for Success?
Scheduling is Pretty Simple...
Prioritizing Is a Big Part of Scheduling
DIY Business Building Isn't a Good Plan
Building a Better Business Isn't Easy, But It's Worth It
Wouldn't You Like to Know How to Build a Better Business?
Are You Having Second Thoughts About Being in Business?
I Need More Help, I Can’t Do Everything
Firefighting Is Not a Good Way to Prioritize
Planning Backward Can Help You Move Forward
How My Experience Helped Me BUILD My Best Life
You Need to Prioritize If You Are Going to Accomplish Your Goals
A Plan for Building Your Best Life
Small Actions Can Have Big Effects
Too Much Planning Is Not Good
Use Some Help When Chasing Your Tail
Too Much To Do Is Self-Inflicted
Tools Are Only Good If They're Used
The First Step to a Successful Business is Keeping it Afloat
Why It's Critical to Save Money in Business and How to Do It
A Home is More Than a House
How Do I Know What’s Most Important On My To-Do List?
How Can I Be More Productive?
How Am I Doing On My Goals?
Progress Payments in Construction Can Be Hard to Ask For
Don't Make Things More Complicated Than They Need To Be
How Do We Know What to Do?
Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
You Have to Show Up or Nothing Gets Done
Deciding What Your Big Rocks Are
You CAN Be Productive by Doing Something
You Can't Be Productive By Doing Nothing
A Clock is Your Most Important Tool
A List, A Calendar, And A Clock
The Right Tools Can Improve Your Productivity
What Does It Mean to be Productive?
How You Journal Is Up to You
When Your Calendar Gets Hijacked
Why Do So Few People Journal?
What Does It Mean To Journal?
Finding the Balance in Our Busy Lives
What Should Be Done First?
The Key to Getting More Done
The Process for Breaking Big Things Down
How Do I Get From Here to There?
The Tool for Breaking Big Things Down
Breaking Big Things Down into Small Pieces
What Does Daily Life Planning Look Like?
The Next Step of the Morning Routine
Get Your Day Started Off Right
A Routine is Something That is Learned
Wouldn't You Like To Get More Done?
How to BUILD a Well-Balanced Life
How Busy Is Too Busy?
You Have More Control Than You Think
Be Prepared for the Changing Seasons
It's Never Too Late to Learn
There is a Limit to How Much You Can Put on a Calendar
How to Organize Your Daily Plans
What's the First Next Step?
Success Starts With the Superpower of Choice
A Successful Business Starts with a Decision
The Next Step in Building Your Business
A New Year, A Clean Slate
It's Not Too Late to Build a Better Construction Business
Core Values are Where Success Begins, Part 2
Core Values are Where Success Begins
Build Your Business on a Solid Foundation
Knowing Your Why is the Key to Unlocking Your Success
Building Your Business on Solid Ground
A Successful Business Needs A Good Foundation
How Would You Like to Take Control of Your Business?
What Should I Do First?
Your Construction Business Isn't What You Expected
Keep Your Business Balanced and Supported
Riding on a Runaway Train
I Want To Be More Accountable
There's Not Enough Help for Construction
The Next Step in My Business Journey
Labor Day and My Problem With It
What are Your Core Values?
Delegating is a Part of Building I'm Not Very Good At
Connections Can Help You BUILD Your Business
Construction Customers Can Be Hard Work
Life Happens...The Question Is: What Are You Going to do About It?
What in the World is Contractor Etiquette?
Now What Am I Going To Do?
If You Don't Like How Things Are, Change Is Required
There's Too Much to Do and Not Enough Time to Do It
What are the Three Ways Heat Moves?
How Deep Can a Rut Get?
The Hits Just Keep on Coming
A Blueprint for Building a Better Business
Why is Change So Hard?
What Made You Start Your Construction Company?
Chances Are Your Construction Company is Going to Fail
How Having a Plan Can Help You Build a Successful Business
How Does the Production Tracker Help Us See the Future?
What Makes the Production Tracker Such an Important Tool?
It’s Up to You to Get Unstuck
Who Knew That I Was an Entrepreneur?
How Much is Your Time Worth?
Ideas Without Actions Aren’t Any Good
How to Keep Your Business from Getting Out of Balance
It’s That Time of the Year Again
Trying to Build a New Business
What Makes a Construction Proposal So Important?
What Makes a Construction Project Most Profitable?
What is a Construction Scope of Work and Why Do You Need One?
Do You Want to Do a Good Construction Proposal?
Building Anything is Better When You Start with a Plan
Being Aware of Bid Mistakes is the Best Way to Avoid Them
It’s Time for the First Meeting
Are You Kidding…I Don’t Have Time to Plan for the New Year!
What’s it Take to Build a Successful Construction Company?
What is “Business Clarity” and How Do You Find It?
Procrastination is Not a Good Plan for Making Changes
Why Are People in Construction so Bullheaded?
How Can I Ever Get Everything Done?
Nothing Can be Built Without Action
It’s Important for You to Have the Right Tool for the Job
How Do You Choose the Right Construction Contractor?
How Your Home Building Experience Can Feel Like the Holidays
Why Choose Trick over Treat…Isn’t Treat the Better Choice?
Information, Instruction, and Implementation…This is Where the Real Work is Done
Why is it so Hard for Construction Companies to Stay in Business?
Why Understanding is Critical to BUILDing a Successful Construction Business
What’s the Number One Problem Construction Companies Struggle With?
Getting Signed Construction Proposals, What’s the Best Number for You?
Poor Communication is the Number One Reason for Disagreements, Part 2
What is it About TOOLS That Building Contractors Love So Much?
How to Build the Construction Company of Your Dreams
How Do I Decide What’s Most Important on My "To Do List”?
How Can You Protect that Big Investment in Your Home?
Big Projects Are Made Up of Thousands of Small Pieces
Clarity of the Plan is Key to Knowing What to do and How to do it
What Should be Included in Your Company’s Standard Operating Procedure?
How Can I Prepare a Standard Operating System for My Company?
The Time Spent on Clear Communication is Worth Every Second
How Can I Determine Which Thing on the List Should Be Done First?
How a Business Plan Can Help You Keep Your Business from Crashing
How Building Your Business Is Critical to The Success of Your Business
How Using the Payment Application Tool Communicates Clearly with Construction Customers
How Our Payment Application Tool Works to Help Build a Better Business
The Payment Application is Another Important Tool in the Business BUILDing Toolbox
A Proposed Change Order for a Construction Project is as Important as a Proposal
How to Bring a Construction Proposal to a Conclusion with a Contract
Having the Right Tool and Knowing How to Use It Can Make Things Much Better
How to Build A “Rainy Day” Fund for Your Business
Why It’s Critical to Save Money in Business and How to Do It
Having the Right Builder Can Help Protect Your Home Investment
Your Home is One of Your Biggest Investments
Learn How to BUILD the Construction Business of Your Dreams
You Need the Right INFORMATION to BUILD the Construction Company of Your Dreams
Wouldn’t You Like to BUILD Your Construction Company into Your Dream Business?
What Do You Need to Know to Run a Successful Construction Business?
How Implementing a Plan Can Help Us Build a Successful Business
How Does the “Job List” Help Us See the Future of Our Construction Company?
The Final Step in Raising the Construction Contractor Accountability Bar
Why We Need Numbers to Help Construction Contractors Achieve Excellence, Part 4
The Next Step in Raising the Bar of Construction Contractor Accountability, Part 3
An Eye-opening Process to Hold Contractors to a Higher Standard, Part 2
How Can We Raise the Bar of Construction Contractor Expectations?
Now I’m Beginning to See What Virtual Construction Consulting Looks Like
What if the Rafters Aren’t Long Enough to Reach the Ridge Beam?
The “Job List” Is One of the Foundational Building Blocks of a Successful Construction Company
I Know That I Have a Construction Problem…Now What Do I Do?
Why is One of the Most Important Parts of a Construction Business Avoided So Much?
Why It’s Critical to Build Your Business on a Solid Foundation
An Update of Our Progress on the Blog Post to Podcasting Journey
The Benefits of Combining Your Calendar and To Do List
Goal Achieving is a Better Plan than Goal Setting
It’s Time for the First Meeting
Learning How to Get a Construction Project Started Out Right
What is “Business Clarity” and How Do You Find It?
The Conclusion of The Construction Proposal Is the Contract
How To Put The Pieces Of The Construction Proposal Together
How To Price A Construction Project Proposal
How To Prepare a Scope of Work for A Construction Proposal
How to Be Sure You Don’t Overlook Something
An Overview of the “Blueprint for Building A Better Proposal"
How To Build a Better Proposal
The Bulk of The Communication Responsibility Lies on The Contractor