Being an entrepreneur is a lonely and stressful gig. And one of the most lonely and stressful lines of work is that of a contractor. Nobody ever teaches you how to manage employees, manage customers, manage your books, manage your finances, your purchasing, your taxes, your competitors, you market. It's a big job and quite often it lands all on your shoulders alone. And nobody teaches us how to deal with it all emotionally and physically.
Jim Demeray founded Understand Us; a non-profit whose mission is to increase awareness around mental health. And one t-shirt, one cookie, one keynote at a time, Jim is normalizing the conversation and removing the stigma around speaking up about our internal struggles.
This may be one of our most important episodes yet. Have a listen. Take action.
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So You Want to Open Retail // Episode 197
Should You Tackle the Whole Backyard? // Episode 196
Protect Your Deck - Maintaining Composite Decks // Episode 195
Myth Busting - Big Box Hardware Stores: Why You Should Buy From Your Local Lumber Yard // Episode 194
Patios vs Decks - 5 Reasons Why You Should Build a Deck Instead of a Patio // Episode 193
How To Solve Common Business Fears As A Contractor // Episode 192
Why Summer Sucks For Building Decks // Episode 191
Hot Wings And Hotter Questions // Episode 190
Are you Being Seen? : The Benefits of Marketing Your Business // TUDS Media Takeover
The Future of Fortress Steel Framing // Sponsored by Fortress Steel Framing
Viewer Questions and The Worst Projects We’ve Seen // Episode 189
Top 10 Deck Boards of 2022 Season...so far // Episode 188
Unexpected Expectations of getting a deck built // Episode 187
Why these Builders Switched to Deckorators // Sponsored by Deckorators
How do Decks Fall off Houses? // Episode 186
How Camo Fasteners Help Build Better and Faster // Sponsored by Camo Fasteners
Live from Steel Sharpens Steel // Episode 185
How do You Charge What You’re Worth?// Episode 184
No Warranty, Still Worth It // Episode 183
LS Underground- Award winning 1 of a kind Decks // Episode 182
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