• WFH—Where is Your Workspace?

    Did you know WFH stands for work from home? WFH is when a company employee skips the office and decides to complete their tasks from the comfort of their house or apartment. Usually, this is temporary, perhaps a day […]

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  • It Takes Two to Tango 

    More than one of my friends over the past couple of months has informed me their personal relationship was at a crossroads, and the other party wanted out. When sharing their stories, they had already taken the presumed route […]

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  • Will You Help Me Celebrate?

    Celebrating Success as a First-Time Author If you subscribe to my blog, written weekly for the construction industry, or follow me on social media, then you might already know that on February 23rd of this year, I launched my […]

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  • Stinking Thinking

    Managing Workplace Thoughts and Attitudes In the book I am currently reading, the author shares: Sow a thought, reap an act. Sow an act, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Certain things accompany certain roles within […]

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  • Are You Lonely?

    We rarely think of the workplace as a lonely place. Yet feelings of loneliness can occur at any time, wherever we are in our careers. Workplace surveys often confirm the executive adage “It’s lonely at the top,” and the […]

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  • Construction Industry Job Market: Perception vs. Reality

    A multitude of options seem to be available to construction management professionals in today’s workforce, which bolsters the notion that those seeking new employment are in the driver’s seat over employers trying to hire. Is this perception accurate? And […]

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  • How Are You Wired?

    In electrical work, the colors of the wires represent their usage. For commercial applications, black, red, and orange wires are hot wires with electric currents of 110, 220, and 240 volts, respectively, that constantly flow through them unless the […]

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  • Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder

    Have you ever met a couple that is together and wondered why? The term “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” literally means that the perception of beauty is subjective. You or I can have differing opinions on what […]

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  • Are You a Titlist?

    Golfer or not, you most likely know the name Titleist and its simple, elegant script logo. The history, dating back to 1932, of the brand, the logo, and the parent company’s ability to stay in the number one spot […]

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  • What Might Look Different

    Taking our Christmas tree down this year—because if we didn’t, it might fall itself from being surely past its time—we both commented on how much we enjoyed it this year. That was immediately followed in unison by how we […]

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  • TikTok Truth When It Comes to Your Career

    TikTok, owned by a Beijing, China, company called ByteDance, is filled with people sharing stories about their employment woes. We first heard about Quiet Quitting, a topic I addressed for Labor Day last year. Now a term has appeared […]

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  • Taking a Step Back

    Sitting outside, doing some work on my laptop, I looked up to see a cable hanging down on the outside of the house. When inquiring into what it was, I discovered the contractors working on the outside of our […]

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