Working Like an Owner

Success in anything significant can never be guaranteed, but there are many things you can do that will nearly guarantee failure.

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This applies for your life, relationships, career, business, and sports.  

Leadership Tools: Working like an owner will not guarantee career advancement including ownership.

If you do the following consistently for five years, without any expectation in return, I can nearly guarantee that you will see opportunities open for you that few have.  After ten years, you will have opportunities that only one in a hundred people have. After twenty years, your life will be undeniably great.  





Project Income Projections
For a contractor to be effectively involved in the early stages of a project beyond understanding the whole project development budget, they must also understand the financing and cash flow of the project.
Definitions for The Business of Building
Building a project requires knowledge and skill in using thousands of construction specific definitions, acronyms, and metrics. Building a business including the development of people has its own vocabulary that forms the foundation of communication.
The Cost of Specializaton
Learn the right balance between specialists and generalists. Specialization is great and is what has allowed all of us to continually experience improved lives for generations. However, when taken too far, specialization can become a liability.