The Folklore: Everyone has heard the old saying, “Everything looks like a nail if your only tool is a hammer”. That kept dinging around in my head over the last few months as we have been working with a potential customer-friend to design a new system for him, his company and their investors. For a […]
Read MoreThese are two words that really do not have much to do with one another. Humility is being humbled, realizing you are human, or realizing that your piece of the world is just that… a small piece of a much larger pie. Humidity, that sticky, steamy, aggravating element of a Southern summer is considered “Man’s […]
Read MoreDate line: Maiden, NC. No, this isn’t another story about Apple’s big solar farm or another expansion, quite the opposite. This is a glimpse into what totally amazed me last week when a co-worker and I went to Maiden to sit and discuss an upcoming project with the owner of an electrical contracting firm. Here […]
Read MoreJim Rohn used to say, “There are only a very few things that truly matter within any given thing.” He was speaking in general terms. Basically, you need to boil stuff down until you get to the few parts that really make or break a deal, a sale, a relationship, or just about anything else […]
Read MoreBusy? Really? 8,760. That is how many hours each of us have in any given year. Plus or minus for the whole leap year deal, which I still haven’t totally understood at this point in life. The difference between how you spend those precious hours is the difference in your through-put. At least that’s what […]
Read MoreAirTight University provides live continuing education for Mission Critical HVAC Systems. Classes are free and are held regularly in Charlotte, NC. You can see the complete schedule here. AirTight is a North Carolina based specialized contractor with a heavy emphasis on Mission Critical HVAC systems as well as general Comfort Cooling & Heating systems. Since […]
Read MoreToday we are all are facing a common dilemma: Where do we get the next generation of workers and staff? Yes, the military is turning out young heroes coming home and looking for careers and yes, the technical schools are doing a good job of prepping some of the younger generation to move into the […]
Read MoreRecently I was reviewing my personal notes from the first quarter of this year. Working through them seems to help me, and AirTight at-large, stay on target and keep our focus. Understanding ourselves goes a long way in being able to serve our customers at a very high level. Digging through some of the information […]
Read MoreSometimes we have to sit back for a minute and really think about what we expect out of our business relationships. There’s the basics: Timeliness, professionalism, details on invoices, accurate orders, etc… Oh, and don’t forget, pick up the phone! These are the price of admission to the dance. But, in our mind, the meat […]
Read MoreSeveral years ago the buzz around the news media world was “embedded”. A news outlet would connect to their embedded reporter via satellite to get a real-time view of our “boots on the ground”, also a popular term at the time. The reporter would travel with, eat, sleep and dodge bullets right alongside our US […]
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