Measuring Up

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There are a lot of great, conservative working class folks who manage their life and money well.  However, there are also a lot of working class folks who have a lot of drama, are frequently short of money and life-plan poorly.

One problem in cutting price is that you cut price on customers who will buy the job anyway.

Always look for potential employees the same way that you're always looking for jobs.

Your new-construction customer won’t change, so you must change how you manage your business.

To have a profit and loss statement that makes sense, use a format that matches your estimating logic.

Help potential customers determine the difference between you and your competition.

Contractors should always be hiring the same way they are consistently looking for more work.

Difficult people are not necessarily incompetent or lazy, they are just difficult.