Transferring to Family or Employees

Options for Transferring to Family or Employees When considering your options for exiting your business, many owners look to transfer to family members or existing employees.  The desire to leave a legacy for those who have been with you all along may outweigh your...

Learning From Other People’s Mistakes

Learning From Other People’s Mistakes A long time ago, a smart person told me that I needed to “learn from my own mistakes”.  I thought that was pretty solid advise until I heard a better version from an even smarter person that told me to...

New Year’s Resolutions: Do They Work?

In my opinion, New Year’s resolutions are pretty worthless.  I can’t tell you how many years I’ve “committed” to dropping weight, eating better, saving more, working harder, blah, blah, blah.  Why was it that these well-meaning...

Did 2018 end the way you hoped?

Did 2018 end like you wanted? Are you any closer to your “end-game” than you were 1 year ago.  This is a common theme for most contractor business owners.  We are crazy-busy all year long than scratch our heads at the end of the year and say, “where...

Is a Coach Necessary?

Do I Really Need a Coach? I’ve been in the mechanical contracting business now for over 33 years. Holy Crap am I getting old? Despite my advancing age (stuff’s not falling off yet), I realize every day how many smart people are out there that know a whole...