Swag Thank you Austin for the hoodie and t shirt. I will wear it with pride. To all the new guys do the classroom training as it is invaluable. I have noticed tons of “marketing” agencies wanting your money and with that being said my money is on owner ops. Great group of guys who respect teach and learn from each other. Due to some personal issues I will be gone for a moment but I will return. For all of you Christian owner ops say a prayer for me. Love this site. Cya soon

The hardest part of building a real business is not what you say “yes” to. It’s what you have to say “no” to. If you’re like me, “shiny objects” are real. New machines. New ideas. New services. New side business. The toughest part? You could probably do most of it pretty well. But that’s what makes it dangerous. Discipline for guys like us isn't about “waking up early” or “working hard” — that's in our DNA Discipline is this: Being able to look at all the fun, new ideas and say, “No. I’m going to fix the one hard problem in my business first.” In your business, the thing you NEED to do almost always feels harder than the thing you WANT to do. Why? Because you don’t know how to do it yet. Or maybe you kind of know what to do… but you know it will take longer than you want. So instead of addressing the "hard thing" head on, most operators: Buy a new machine or attachment Research "better" machine upgrades or HP options Start a new service (like excavation) Switch to a new service area Tinker with new software to “optimize” the backend But the truth is, we just need to be honest and ask: 1. What is actually holding my business back right now? 2. Am I spending my time fixing THAT thing? If cash is your bottleneck, you fix your prices until you make real profit If leads are your bottleneck, you learn how to market better until more leads come in If closing is your bottleneck, you call/text leads faster until you start winning more jobs Not “another project.” Not “build a house on the side.” Not “add a second business.” Not “research the latest high-flow technology” The question is not, “What else could I do?” The better questions are: “What's the bottleneck in my business right now?” “What am I not doing because I don't know how?” Step 1: Tell the truth about the single most important problem in your business that is: - taking way too long to fix, or - you really don’t know how to fix Step 2: Bite down on that problem like a log in the grapple and don’t let go until it’s in the pile.

Did anyone purchase an insurance policy before their first jobs?

Ok team been out for a couple days doing small clearing and grading job. I am doing a 20 acre site today which has clearing and building a road for the homesite. Looking for help on what to look for? Need to make a good estimate so any thoughts on what to see? Will post pics after walk with a clearer picture of what is out there?

I’m just getting started and wanted to know do I need a contractor license and what else I might need ,in which I just purchased a John Deere 333p with mk76 mulcher which is a fecon black hawk ,and I Alison have 325 g ,dump trailer,registered business name and insurance just wanna grow my business the right way ,thank you and God bless Amen.