Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Every single one of us has 3 things in Universal common with one another and beyond refute:

-We are born
-We live
-We pass on

And our time here on earth and amongst one another is very limited. The first twenty some odd years is pretty much wasted on just trying to open our eyes to everything around us and take it all in. To get out of it, survive, and maybe find where we fit in all of it. By the time you figured out enough to gain a comfortable enough understanding, you're at least in your late twenties.

It's a crazy world, and if you don't know that then you need to get out more often. One of the many freedoms that we have, and something that nobody could ever take away from us however, is the freedom to choose how we spend that time allotted to us. You make conscious decisions for the direction in your life.

I'm a true believer in the axiom that NOTHING worth having will come easily. Matter of fact, I'm skeptical of anything "easy". Nothing can substitute for the satisfaction or sense of achievement one gets from aspiring towards some ideal, something beyond and better than the low hanging fruit, applying oneself with the aim of reaching that ideal, navigating the direction and hopefully, with practice and wisdom, reaching the harbour of that once dream.

Why not break the mold?

The three Universal truths I mentioned earlier are the only 3 things that I can comfortably say I know to be irrefutable facts. WHERE we came from, WHY we are here, and WHERE we go after all of this I do not know. Nobody knows. Everything else is a "belief" coupled with smaller "truths" (lower case "t").

At this point, or perhaps from the first sentence you're wondering..."Is this really a construction blog or has someone been reading too many books on Philosophy?". Well, the answer is both really. The harmony of beliefs and principles with what one does as actions. Somewhere along the line, you make a stand. Whatever you do, in your own life.

In business and in life, I have a very simple method of finding people that I want to work with. Whether I'm looking for our next Carpenter, Designer or Architect in the business, or whether I need a Lawyer, Real Estate Agent, a Cook or anything else outside of business. You find someone who loves what they do and has a very high regard for the quality that they will work with and deliver, and you will find someone that's going to deliver the best possible product for you.

People that deal in the business of quality know that quality is a principle not a mantra, it's a habit not an act, it's an imperative not a choice. It's salvation.