Tired of Putting Out Fires? Get Proactive!

Shout out to all firefighters! You are awe-inspiring! You stare danger in the face and take action. You don’t let fear stop you from doing what needs to be done. Firefighters are much in the news these days with the wildfires in the Appalachian Mountains. So when...

Why Use Pictures?

Connect the Dots Memories: Use Pictures to Make Your Bid the One Clients Accept   Quick – how do each of these pictures make you feel?                      We all know the impact a picture can have – more so than words alone and much faster. Pictures trigger...

Make a Memorable Bid – Put Your Picture on It

Use a Picture to Connect the Real-life You with the Paper Version We talk with a lot of people who say they really like to spend time with their clients – that’s how they make an impression. You’re right: new clients will remember your personality and the impression...

Tricks of Successful Problem-Solvers

Problem? What Problem? When an issue arises, how do you react? Do you take immediate action? Impulsive. Do you make a list of possible solutions? Analytical. Do you ignore the problem and hope that it will resolve itself? Passive. I’m an impulsive problem-solver. I...

Organize Your Estimate by Areas

A couple weeks ago I wrote about the problems with multitasking and how we can all be more productive if we focus on one task at a time. (Check out that post here.) Now that I’m hyper-aware of multitasking I see it everywhere! We do a lot of multitasking when we...

Why Should We Stop Multitasking?

It has come to my attention that I’m distracted. The one task I gave myself this morning was to write this blog. But in the 45 minutes since I sat down to focus on writing, I got a phone call, a couple of text messages, and 5 emails that needed quick responses. Then I...