Know where, when and how to focus your attention, energy and resources.
It was a lovely spring day and I was sitting in my office relaxing after another long, hard heating season when the phone rang and shattered that peace. It was a call from an old friend who had once worked as a subcontractor for us before moving out of the area.
It had been three years since Tom had left the subcontracting business behind to work on his own jobs and create his own customer base. Back then Tom had asked me for some business advice. In particular, he wanted to go over what planning he needed to reshape his company. We spent time discussing the hidden expenses that a contractor needs to account for.