Be careful with short legged tables.

Have you ever felt like your business and/or your life were out of balance? It’s a little like a three-legged table with a short leg…kind of wobbly.

Listen to this week's podcast to hear about how easily your business can get "out of balance" and what you can do to fix it!

Time to protect your biggest investment! As I was looking at the calendar, I noticed we’re already well into March and rapidly approaching spring. This got me to thinking about home maintenance and I realized… It’s time to get out the Home Maintenance Plan. Your home is a sizable investment and regular home maintenance will help extend the life of your home and that investment.

Why does everyone tell you it’s easy when it’s not?

Helping people in the construction industry build their businesses has been a real struggle. They say they need a better way of doing things but won’t take the time to do anything about it. They struggle with construction proposals, change orders, payment applications, saving money, communication, etc.

I know because they tell me this all the time. Not to mention, I was there too once so to totally understand!

It’s like quality construction, it sets you apart as a professional.

Gene’s getting excited as he pulls up to the SMR Construction Company office. Today they are going to put all the pieces together, creating a finished proposal!

Listen to this week's podcast to see Gene's proposal go from blueprint to reality!

It all comes down to dollars and cents.

It’s week six of learning the Building a Better Proposal system. As time consuming as learning new things is…Gene is beginning to see the benefits this proposal system will provide.

Just like building a house uses repeated actions to reduce the need to think about how to do things, this proposal system does the same thing when bidding construction projects.

Listen to this week's podcast to hear the final steps of the Building a Better Proposal!

Clear communication is critical to happy customers.

Last week John explained to Gene what project information needed to be gathered… This week they’re going to take the information gathered and turn it into a Scope of Work. This will be the foundational form of communication between everyone involved in the process, i.e., customer, contractor, sub-contractors, employees, etc.

Listen to this week's podcast to learn more!

It starts by asking the right questions!

Another week has gone by and Gene’s looking forward to today’s meeting. As they wrapped up last week’s meeting, John indicated that they would “actually” learn the first step in the proposal system today.

Listen to this week's podcast to walk through the first step of the proposal system with Gene and John!

So wouldn’t you like a plan for doing construction proposals?

It’s Saturday, and today will be Gene’s third meeting with John. Even though there’s been no change in Gene’s overwhelming workload, today is the first time he’s not considered canceling. He knows the value of this information and is looking forward to the opportunity to learn more from his mentor.

Listen to this week's podcast to hear Gene and John explore the steps of the Building A Better Proposal system!

This is the first step in Building a Better Proposal. Even though Gene was still overwhelmed, and his schedule was packed, he knew the only way to ever get control was to keep his upcoming appointment with John. Listen to this week's podcast to hear about Gene's second meeting with John and learn about the top 7 bid mistakes that contractors make!

And Gene’s not sure he can squeeze it in. It’s Friday, and Gene is in his normal state of overwhelm. He’s supposed to be meeting with John tomorrow afternoon to go over the Building a Better Proposal system, and he doesn’t know how he can fit it in. There are still so many things that need to be done.

Sound familiar? Listen to this week's podcast to hear about Gene and John's first meeting and their discussion of the Building A Better Proposal system.