The Grain Doesn’t Lie
When it comes to art, and the idea of molding stellar creations out your material of choice, there is one common skill that each great builder has.
Patience.
Whether wood or metal, acrylic or oil, every great artist has patience. But we’re not talking about the passive kind. We’re talking about the kind that builds projects people love and cherish for years to come.
Believe it or not, we can learn from this kind of patience. And what we can learn is a lesson construction has desperately needed.
We’re Actually on the Same Side
In construction, the contract has become a secret weapon. Yet while it’s a system designed to pit us against each other, that doesn't have to mean we have to be adversaries.
Instead, when you approach a redline from the place of a shared end goal (completing the project), negotiations stop feeling like an attack. They’re simply two people trying to accomplish the same thing, faster and with less pain.
It sounds super simple, right? So why is it almost never how things actually play out?