This Podcast Is Episode Number 0230 And It Will Be About Contractors Make Decisions Every Minute Of Their Day  Making Decisions Never Ends For Construction Contractors Like You One of the basics of good decision making is being adaptable Think of decision making is being in a bumper car. You are constantly driving and trying to avoid the other bumper cars. If you hit one you back up and go again (reminder this is the only safe place to hit other cars). Rest of the time life as a contractor feels more like the Indy 500. You are driving as fast as you can, passing other cars, making pit stops, and scrambling to make it to the finish line. Translate this back to the real daily life of a Construction Contractor For Construction Contractors like you the paper work, processes and decision making are never ending. The concept of time is all about 10 minutes. Your coffee brews in less than 10 minutes.   Take a shower in less than 10 minutes.   Load the dishwasher in 10 minutes.   Take out the trash in less than 5 minutes.   Read your email in less than 5 minutes. Decice what bills to pay in less than 5 minutes. Process Automation Is Freedom From Chaos By Becoming "Process Dependent Not People Dependent" Are your employees work based on "Time Served" rather than "Results Achieved? Time to start and a time to stop. Now do are your expectations for those same employees to work faster (Indy 500)? Do you expect the job to be done efficiently, completely and beautifully (better quality than the homeowner can do themselves)?   How many jobs are completed where the final punch list takes longer than the actual job? Common practice with employees got the job done Fast (beating their previous time) There is done and not done. I can think of several examples. Is there trash left all over the job? Is the living space dirty and need to be professionally cleaned for the client? Is there a zillion things the homeowner needs to do before they can reclaim their space? The job is not done until the final punch list is completed, the customer has paid, the check has cleared the bank. There are a zillion steps from the initial call to meeting the potential customer, creating an estimate, doing the work, collecting the money and paying the bills. I repeat and cannot say it too often, for Construction Contractors like you the paper work, processes and decision making are never ending. Contractors most common questions are I saved all my paperwork, now what do I do with it? Who will call my suppliers, create tax forms, pay all my bills and taxes? Will you do everything? I just want to do the work. You say you want all of your employees to enter into the QuickBooks their receipts, invoice customers, it is a wasted step for me, as the owner to handle all of the paperwork all over again. You are the Contractor (THE OWNER) I want to point out that your employees are just that employees. On larger projects, it makes sense for them to track their jobs (talking about the Project Managers, Construction Supervisors, Lead Staff) using a Project Management Software, not QuickBooks. Keep It Simple: Start with an Electronic Timecard.   We recommend T-sheets. T-sheets is affordable, works on all brands of Smart Phones, with support for those will the old fashioned flip phones. Fantastic about helping you and your staff use the product.   Reports can be pulled by date range, by staff, by the project. It works for both field and office staff. Of course, the GPS feature not practical for office staff but very practical for your field workers. Are your employees where you expect them to be? Who is in your QuickBooks? Experience has found that “Too Many Cooks In The Kitchen Ruin The Meal” and too many people in QuickBooks leads to a financial disaster and more often than not meltdown and bankruptcy business and personal. Does everyone need to be in the Accounting System?  Having all your staff know more about your...