Setting Goals Helps You Achieve What You Really Want
Last month my Dad and I attended the annual concrete convention in Las Vegas. The general mood of our contractor friends across the country matched that of what we see in Atlanta: Optimism.
There seems to be a lot of momentum and a strong tailwind for Metro Atlanta in general, and in its construction sector in particular.
Of course, growth in construction activity always seems to be accompanied by higher costs in labor and materials. We are already hearing about hefty redi-mix concrete increases coming in the first quarter.
While at the concrete convention, I spoke to almost 200 contractors about implementing systems within their companies. This was the fourth time I’ve been hired by the convention organizers to speak at the event, which is attended by concrete contractors from around the world.
Your Goals for 2017
As I’ve mentioned here before, I set personal and professional goals at the first of each year. A year goes by so quickly that without goal setting, I’m not as likely to accomplish what I really want. Goals help keep me on track.
Here are a few goals that I’ve set for 2017:
Create More Systems.
We’ll continue to document how we do things, find ways to be more efficient, and create formal processes for the tasks we do every day. By establishing more systems in our company, we’ll be able to do more work, promote people from within, and increase profits.
Do More Work.
We are adding crews and purchasing equipment. We will be taking on more work and adding new clients. If you haven’t used our company yet, give me a call. We can chat to see if our two companies are a good fit.
Increase Employee Training. Over the last five years our labor costs have increased dramatically. Each year we devote more time and effort towards finding, hiring, training and keeping laborers. While we’ve made a lot of improvements, we will invest additional time and money in each of those areas, with an emphasis on training.
Complete an Ironman 70.3. This fall I’ll do my first half-Ironman race. The Augusta Ironman 70.3 triathlon is comprised of a 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile bike ride, and a half-marathon (13.1 miles) run. I’ll do the event – and try my best to keep up – with my friend Carl Hire and his daughters.
What have you committed to accomplishing in 2017? It’s already February…decide what you really want and keep moving forward!
To Your Success,
