We will start today’s post with an old phrase that has been attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century essayist, lecturer and poet. It says that if you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door. This is taken to mean that if we do something better than all our competitors, then we can’t help …
Electrical Inspection: Voltage and Amperage
Most home inspection standards require inspectors to determine and report on the voltage and amperage supplied to the home. This is intended to be a basic explanation of how home inspectors can make this determination during their (visual) inspection. Most residential houses in the US are 120V/240V single phase systems. While you may see it written as 110/115/120/125V …
Unrealistic Expectations. Why Hard Work Now Equals Less Stress Later
I hope that this post finds everyone doing well, being happy, healthy and exceedingly wealthy! Great way to start a new post, right? While my wish for everyone is wonderful, and it would be great if just wishing these things could make them happen, it would be quite unrealistic of me to expect that mere wishes were truths. We are …
Is That You I Smell? Why Our Why Matters
We all experience moments of self-doubt. We all have times in our lives when we wonder what the hell we’re doing. We ask questions of ourselves; we doubt our purpose and our abilities. Even those individuals that we see every day, the ones that seem to be the most self-confident people that we’ve ever met, these people all have moments of self-doubt. It …
24/7 Marketing. How to Sell Yourself in the Modern Age
We live in a world where our senses are constantly bombarded by someone or some company’s attempt at marketing. We cannot walk down the street without seeing storefronts screaming at us; we cannot drive across town without being accosted by billboards; we cannot watch our favorite show without seeing “product placement”; we cannot even check our social media accounts without …
More, More, More. Giving More So You Get Less (Lawsuits)
I begin this post with a “quote” from a old Billy Idol song, about needing “more, more, more.” Obviously, he was singing about something different than the subject of this post, but it seems like an appropriate title for our discussion. As humans, we are programmed to always strive for more in everything we do. While this may lead us to excess, more …
Galvanize
Today I would like to introduce you to one of the brightest minds on the Internet, Seth Godin. Seth is a successful author, speaker, businessman, and marketing guru. Even though we have never met, and I am sure that he has no idea that I even exist, I like to think of him as one of my mentors. Traditionally, a mentor is …
Alone Again. Why Personal Interaction Fuels Personal Growth
As home inspectors, we are often left (alone) to our own devices. A good portion of our job is done in isolation: we walk the roof alone, we check out the attic alone, we crawl under the house alone, we spend a good portion of our inspection alone, and we typically edit and produce our reports alone. I have often …
All the World’s a Stage!
I hope that this post finds everyone happy and healthy. I would like to open today with a well-known saying: “All the world’s a stage.” Depending on how old you are (and your musical interests), you may believe that this saying originated in a song by the rock band Rush. It’s actually a phrase that begins a monologue from William Shakespeare’s play …
Protected: Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors Education Provider Evaluation Form
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