This blog is not about my golf game! I use the example of my never making a putt because it’s true that when I don’t think a putt is going in it never does. And the point is that as long as you allow negative thoughts about what you really don’t want to hang around [...]
"Al stresses that 'If it's not written, it's not real.' We now live by this. Without the simple business procedures Al introduced us to, I couldn't get my company to the next level or expect my company to run itself."
Matt Morse
President
Precision Plumbing
Carol Stream, IL
Archive for the 'Free Advice' Category
In a recent free 30 minute consulting call, I was speaking with a contractor who is going to be 60 years old and he now had concerns on what he should be doing next in his life and what that means for his business. It made me reflect on how often I’ve heard this same [...]
I was 25 years old and my dad’s instructions to me and to my older brothers was to go have an estate plan done and for all of us to put together a buy-sell for our family business. My wife was really upset because she thought it was ridiculous for someone so young to go [...]
Every person in a business may as well be related, since it turns into a family — regardless of last name. Growing up in a family business, dinner conversations were peppered with as much talk about jobs and the business as they were about the New York sports scene. Working in my family business for [...]
Take time at the end of each workday for yourself — it will make a difference in your business and your personal life. Many years ago, Dan Holohan called me at the end of a very long workday. He said, “Al, what business are you really in?” I answered, “I’m in the heating business.” Dan [...]
