On the hit show from the Discovery Channel, Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe made famous the following expression: safety third. For those who enjoyed a good laugh, it was obvious why the show was a hit.
But in the real world, safety is no laughing matter. And when we put safety third, we are really eliminating safety altogether. Here’s how our priorities often go: [Read more…]
While there are general marketing principles that all businesses would be smart to follow, the specifics of how you should be marketing your particular business will depend on quite a few different variables. One of those variables is the industry that you’re working in. So to help ensure that those of you who are working in the construction industry are able to make the marketing progress that you’ve been searching for, here are three tips that will help you market your business within the construction field. [Read more…]
When you buy something, you expect it to work as advertised. When you have a medical procedure done, you expect it to create the desired result. You do not expect defective products. And you do not expect malpractice from medical professionals. If you do run into them, that’s when you have to learn to fight for your right to compensation. [Read more…]
Talking about financial debt is probably not something that you typically look forward to on your average day. Debt usually means stress. Debt usually means a struggle of some sort. But, it can’t be avoided, particularly if you have already put yourself in circumstances where it’s beginning to affect your standard of living. That’s why you should always attempt to approach it from a practical standpoint. [Read more…]
So many businesses never reach this point. But you have managed to beat the odds and outgrow your coworking space, your office share, your desk hoteling, and whatever else such arrangements are being called these days.
Congratulations! You made it. And now you have another challenge. You seriously need new office space. It is time to move into your own building. One of the big decisions is whether to take over an existing property or build new. Existing buildings have the following challenges [Read more…]