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The Five Minute Foreman – Book Review
I ran into the author, Mark Breslin, at a conference in February 2024. Well, to be more specific, we sat at the same table. I struck up a conversation, and the next 10 to 15 minutes were a back-and-forth about … Read the rest
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New Ways Forward
Another Musing at The Wealthy Ironworker I have been talking about the growing labor shortage in the skilled trades for a long time, now. What’s more, that shortage, in the next decade, will grow significantly larger – … Read the rest
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What Are You Thankful For?
I’ll start out by asking a fairly simple but nuanced question: what are you thankful for? As I write this, my wife is making pie crust (from scratch – like everything else she does) while one of my daughters is … Read the rest
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2023 Goals – October Review
2023 Goals – October Review If you are new here, I wanted to take a second and give you the 411 on this review series. I establish goals at the beginning of the year and reevaluate them every month. For … Read the rest
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2023 Goals September Review
2023 Goals – September Review If you are new here, I wanted to take a second and give you the 411 on this review series. I establish goals at the beginning of the year and reevaluate them every month. For … Read the rest
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Reevaluating Your Budget
The Budgeting Series *NOTE: This is part 4 of a series on budgeting.* If you have missed the previous articles in this series, I encourage you to read them before moving forward – they are in … Read the rest
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Happy Labor day 2023
“Young men are putting themselves, six feet in the ground, cause all this damn country does, is keep on kicking them down…” Happy Labor Day, my friends – I hope this article and the day find you well. Whatever … Read the rest
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2023 Goals – August Review
2023 Goals – August Review If you are new here I wanted to take a second and give you the 411 on this review series. I establish goals at the beginning of the year and reevaluate them every month. For … Read the rest
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2023 Goals – July Review
2023 Goals – July Review If you are new here I wanted to take a second and give you the 411 on this review series. I establish goals at the beginning of the year and reevaluate them every month. For … Read the rest
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2023 Goals – June Review
2023 Goals – June Review For 2023, goals were established following 2022 – and I’m posting a monthly review to see how I’m doing. This gives me some accountability and provides a framework for others. IF you aren’t establishing goals … Read the rest