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Solution Building — 193 episodes

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Title
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Deciding What To Do First

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Taking Control of the Big List

3

Too Many Things To Do

4

Being Too Busy Is a Choice

5

Building a Successful Business Isn't Easy

6

Why the Savings Transfer Matters (And What You Do Next)

7

Don't Gamble With Your Business

8

Successful Business is More Than Earning a Lot of Money

9

I Don't Have Enough Money for That

10

Have You Had Money Problems?

11

What is Needed for Success?

12

Scheduling is Pretty Simple...

13

Prioritizing Is a Big Part of Scheduling

14

DIY Business Building Isn't a Good Plan

15

Building a Better Business Isn't Easy, But It's Worth It

16

Wouldn't You Like to Know How to Build a Better Business?

17

Are You Having Second Thoughts About Being in Business?

18

I Need More Help, I Can’t Do Everything

19

Firefighting Is Not a Good Way to Prioritize

20

Planning Backward Can Help You Move Forward

21

How My Experience Helped Me BUILD My Best Life

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You Need to Prioritize If You Are Going to Accomplish Your Goals

23

A Plan for Building Your Best Life

24

Small Actions Can Have Big Effects

25

Too Much Planning Is Not Good

26

Use Some Help When Chasing Your Tail

27

Too Much To Do Is Self-Inflicted

28

Tools Are Only Good If They're Used

29

The First Step to a Successful Business is Keeping it Afloat

30

Why It's Critical to Save Money in Business and How to Do It

31

A Home is More Than a House

32

How Do I Know What’s Most Important On My To-Do List?

33

How Can I Be More Productive?

34

How Am I Doing On My Goals?

35

Progress Payments in Construction Can Be Hard to Ask For

36

Don't Make Things More Complicated Than They Need To Be

37

How Do We Know What to Do?

38

Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone

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You Have to Show Up or Nothing Gets Done

40

Deciding What Your Big Rocks Are

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You CAN Be Productive by Doing Something

42

You Can't Be Productive By Doing Nothing

43

A Clock is Your Most Important Tool

44

A List, A Calendar, And A Clock

45

The Right Tools Can Improve Your Productivity

46

What Does It Mean to be Productive?

47

How You Journal Is Up to You

48

When Your Calendar Gets Hijacked

49

Why Do So Few People Journal?

50

What Does It Mean To Journal?

51

Finding the Balance in Our Busy Lives

52

What Should Be Done First?

53

The Key to Getting More Done

54

The Process for Breaking Big Things Down

55

How Do I Get From Here to There?

56

The Tool for Breaking Big Things Down

57

Breaking Big Things Down into Small Pieces

58

What Does Daily Life Planning Look Like?

59

The Next Step of the Morning Routine

60

Get Your Day Started Off Right

61

A Routine is Something That is Learned

62

Wouldn't You Like To Get More Done?

63

How to BUILD a Well-Balanced Life

64

How Busy Is Too Busy?

65

You Have More Control Than You Think

66

Be Prepared for the Changing Seasons

67

It's Never Too Late to Learn

68

There is a Limit to How Much You Can Put on a Calendar

69

How to Organize Your Daily Plans

70

What's the First Next Step?

71

Success Starts With the Superpower of Choice

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A Successful Business Starts with a Decision

73

The Next Step in Building Your Business

74

A New Year, A Clean Slate

75

It's Not Too Late to Build a Better Construction Business

76

Core Values are Where Success Begins, Part 2

77

Core Values are Where Success Begins

78

Build Your Business on a Solid Foundation

79

Knowing Your Why is the Key to Unlocking Your Success

80

Building Your Business on Solid Ground

81

A Successful Business Needs A Good Foundation

82

How Would You Like to Take Control of Your Business?

83

What Should I Do First?

84

Your Construction Business Isn't What You Expected

85

Keep Your Business Balanced and Supported

86

Riding on a Runaway Train

87

I Want To Be More Accountable

88

There's Not Enough Help for Construction

89

The Next Step in My Business Journey

90

Labor Day and My Problem With It

91

What are Your Core Values?

92

Delegating is a Part of Building I'm Not Very Good At

93

Connections Can Help You BUILD Your Business

94

Construction Customers Can Be Hard Work

95

Life Happens...The Question Is: What Are You Going to do About It?

96

What in the World is Contractor Etiquette?

97

Now What Am I Going To Do?

98

If You Don't Like How Things Are, Change Is Required

99

There's Too Much to Do and Not Enough Time to Do It

100

What are the Three Ways Heat Moves?

101

How Deep Can a Rut Get?

102

The Hits Just Keep on Coming

103

A Blueprint for Building a Better Business

104

Why is Change So Hard?

105

What Made You Start Your Construction Company?

106

Chances Are Your Construction Company is Going to Fail

107

How Having a Plan Can Help You Build a Successful Business

108

How Does the Production Tracker Help Us See the Future?

109

What Makes the Production Tracker Such an Important Tool?

110

It’s Up to You to Get Unstuck

111

Who Knew That I Was an Entrepreneur?

112

How Much is Your Time Worth?

113

Ideas Without Actions Aren’t Any Good

114

How to Keep Your Business from Getting Out of Balance

115

It’s That Time of the Year Again

116

Trying to Build a New Business

117

What Makes a Construction Proposal So Important?

118

What Makes a Construction Project Most Profitable?

119

What is a Construction Scope of Work and Why Do You Need One?

120

Do You Want to Do a Good Construction Proposal?

121

Building Anything is Better When You Start with a Plan

122

Being Aware of Bid Mistakes is the Best Way to Avoid Them

123

It’s Time for the First Meeting

124

Are You Kidding…I Don’t Have Time to Plan for the New Year!

125

What’s it Take to Build a Successful Construction Company?

126

What is “Business Clarity” and How Do You Find It?

127

Procrastination is Not a Good Plan for Making Changes

128

Why Are People in Construction so Bullheaded?

129

How Can I Ever Get Everything Done?

130

Nothing Can be Built Without Action

131

It’s Important for You to Have the Right Tool for the Job

132

How Do You Choose the Right Construction Contractor?

133

How Your Home Building Experience Can Feel Like the Holidays

134

Why Choose Trick over Treat…Isn’t Treat the Better Choice?

135

Information, Instruction, and Implementation…This is Where the Real Work is Done

136

Why is it so Hard for Construction Companies to Stay in Business?

137

Why Understanding is Critical to BUILDing a Successful Construction Business

138

What’s the Number One Problem Construction Companies Struggle With?

139

Getting Signed Construction Proposals, What’s the Best Number for You?

140

Poor Communication is the Number One Reason for Disagreements, Part 2

141

What is it About TOOLS That Building Contractors Love So Much?

142

How to Build the Construction Company of Your Dreams

143

How Do I Decide What’s Most Important on My "To Do List”?

144

How Can You Protect that Big Investment in Your Home?

145

Big Projects Are Made Up of Thousands of Small Pieces

146

Clarity of the Plan is Key to Knowing What to do and How to do it

147

What Should be Included in Your Company’s Standard Operating Procedure?

148

How Can I Prepare a Standard Operating System for My Company?

149

The Time Spent on Clear Communication is Worth Every Second

150

How Can I Determine Which Thing on the List Should Be Done First?

151

How a Business Plan Can Help You Keep Your Business from Crashing

152

How Building Your Business Is Critical to The Success of Your Business

153

How Using the Payment Application Tool Communicates Clearly with Construction Customers

154

How Our Payment Application Tool Works to Help Build a Better Business

155

The Payment Application is Another Important Tool in the Business BUILDing Toolbox

156

A Proposed Change Order for a Construction Project is as Important as a Proposal

157

How to Bring a Construction Proposal to a Conclusion with a Contract

158

Having the Right Tool and Knowing How to Use It Can Make Things Much Better

159

How to Build A “Rainy Day” Fund for Your Business

160

Why It’s Critical to Save Money in Business and How to Do It

161

Having the Right Builder Can Help Protect Your Home Investment

162

Your Home is One of Your Biggest Investments

163

Learn How to BUILD the Construction Business of Your Dreams

164

You Need the Right INFORMATION to BUILD the Construction Company of Your Dreams

165

Wouldn’t You Like to BUILD Your Construction Company into Your Dream Business?

166

What Do You Need to Know to Run a Successful Construction Business?

167

How Implementing a Plan Can Help Us Build a Successful Business

168

How Does the “Job List” Help Us See the Future of Our Construction Company?

169

The Final Step in Raising the Construction Contractor Accountability Bar

170

Why We Need Numbers to Help Construction Contractors Achieve Excellence, Part 4

171

The Next Step in Raising the Bar of Construction Contractor Accountability, Part 3

172

An Eye-opening Process to Hold Contractors to a Higher Standard, Part 2

173

How Can We Raise the Bar of Construction Contractor Expectations?

174

Now I’m Beginning to See What Virtual Construction Consulting Looks Like

175

What if the Rafters Aren’t Long Enough to Reach the Ridge Beam?

176

The “Job List” Is One of the Foundational Building Blocks of a Successful Construction Company

177

I Know That I Have a Construction Problem…Now What Do I Do?

178

Why is One of the Most Important Parts of a Construction Business Avoided So Much?

179

Why It’s Critical to Build Your Business on a Solid Foundation

180

An Update of Our Progress on the Blog Post to Podcasting Journey

181

The Benefits of Combining Your Calendar and To Do List

182

Goal Achieving is a Better Plan than Goal Setting

183

It’s Time for the First Meeting

184

Learning How to Get a Construction Project Started Out Right

185

What is “Business Clarity” and How Do You Find It?

186

The Conclusion of The Construction Proposal Is the Contract

187

How To Put The Pieces Of The Construction Proposal Together

188

How To Price A Construction Project Proposal

189

How To Prepare a Scope of Work for A Construction Proposal

190

How to Be Sure You Don’t Overlook Something

191

An Overview of the “Blueprint for Building A Better Proposal"

192

How To Build a Better Proposal

193

The Bulk of The Communication Responsibility Lies on The Contractor