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April 28, 2018

When Day is Done

The warm days of spring and bonus hours of daylight make this the ideal time to take to the friendly skies. Many people will make plans to travel to where ever their mother is for Mother’s Day, while others will mark with pride, the somber memories Memorial Day brings – especially if it will be the first time you observe the holiday after the passing of your beloved veteran. There is always something deeply moving about hearing Taps played at a veteran’s funeral. When the bugle plays, one’s thoughts turn to how many times the dearly departed heard it played…

April 21, 2018

Finding Balance to be Effective and Efficient in Business

(Image Credit: olegdudko / 123RF Stock Photo) Efficient and effective are two words that business people hear often, and many assume that they mean the same thing. While both words are adjectives and touch on similar concepts, they have entirely different meanings. A summary of the dictionary definition of effective is putting in effort that produces the expected results. The word efficient describes the ability to perform a task while wasting as little time and resources as possible. To summarize the distinction, effectiveness means doing things correctly while efficiency means doing correct things. Arguments in Favor of the Importance of…

April 20, 2018

Use These 4 Tips to Get a Personal Loan with Less than Perfect Credit

Applying for a personal loan can be very stressful. It is even worse for people with subpar credit. The good news is that you can still qualify for personal loans with a credit score under 600. However, getting approved will usually be more difficult. You also probably need to pay a higher interest rate. According to go banking rates, the average APR on personal loans for people with credit score under 620 is 17.99%. However, this rate could lower if you shop around. If you can build your credit, you can find a better lender that will offer loans with…

April 16, 2018

Business Growth – How To Rapidly Expand Your Construction Crew

Truly, there is a long list of reasons why you should expand your construction crew. Most of them have to do with the fact that construction is a booming industry right now, and your business is probably taking off as a result of the amount of growth within the industry. Obviously, there are many ways of finding new crew members who would like to work for you. But, that isn’t really the question. Instead, our question deals with the logistics of expanding your crew and being able to take on more work, all while making sure this new growth won’t…