Take on more work even though you are way behind on receivables and never properly job-costed previous job to understand profitability.Hired your brother or your cousin, or your son. We are running around, spinning in circles, a slave to an over-heated market, the client, to the employee, to the sub, to the vendor.Īnd we just want it to STOP. Just for a second so we can catch our breath. Talked to a custom builder in Kentucky two weeks ago who said, “I’m actually looking forward to a market slowdown.” I was waiting for lightning to strike. You had a grueling week, and then you have a Saturday where you are fired up about a late breakfast where you are going to eat donuts, cinnamon rolls, pancakes, bacon, cheese grits…then after you’re done you turn on a game on tv watching world-class athletes and think, “I need to work out!”Ĭhaos can often translate to unhealthy habits because we are vulnerable. In the chaos of the market, we tend to rest in the cash flow, while KNOWING that we are neglecting the discipline of purpose, process, and systems that will create a long-term FIT-ness for us, our team, and the mission we are on in our business. I’ve seen it reported recently that both Quarterback Russel Wilson and basketball megastar Lebron James each spend over $1 million on the health and fitness of their mind and body.Ī friend of mine, Chad Jeffers is the lead Dobro player for Carrie Underwood. He was passing through Columbia, SC a couple of years ago as we were in town and we had coffee in the lobby of the downtown hotel he and the other band members were staying at. I asked Chad a simple question that I had never asked, “what is it like to play in front of all of those people?” His response was sobering. He mentioned that most nights he forgets where he is at, and that the “repetition of the event” can get quite boring.
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