Look Backwards to See the Path Forward

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This time of year can be difficult as a small business owner. It’s so easy to ruminate about the past year and what hasn’t gone right, what hasn’t worked well, and what you would do differently.

It’s just as easy to look back and give yourself a pat on the back for what went right, what worked, and what you did well.

But, maybe instead of the pats on the back or the ruminations, we should look back at how we handled each failure and each success?

Life and business begin again with the start of every new year. There will be new hurdles to overcome, new failures to endure, and hopefully even greater successes to celebrate.

That’s what keeps life interesting.

It’s how you allow yourself to react to new obstacles that makes for a good or bad year.

So, let’s look forward, not to wins and losses but instead to growth. Growth through the lessons learned by looking back at the obstacles we faced and how we faced them.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Michael and Patty Pollaci of Contractor Websites Plus and 610 Merchant Services.

Til next time…
CHEERS!
Michael 🙂

P.S. Here are some great ways I can help you grow your business right now:

Contractor’s Success Call: We’ll talk about the concerns you have with your brand and website to see if we’re a good fit to get you moving in the right direction.

Builder’s Brand Schematic: Let’s get started on creating the plan for your new brand and website. When we deliver your plan, you can break ground on your own or hire us as your design-build team to take care of it for you. It’s like hiring an architect for only $595 (NAHB, HBAV, and FABA members receive a $100 discount).

After more than 25 years swinging a hammer helping contractors is near and dear to my heart. I’m here to help.

Michael Pollaci

I know you are just looking for someone who you can trust. But, how do you know? Truth is you can never know. You have to trust your gut on this.

What makes me different and why should you trust me? Unlike most of the techies in this industry, I started swinging a hammer when I was very young. In the late 70’s I was installing aluminum storm windows with my grandfather in Brooklyn. I knew how to bend aluminum on a brake when I was twelve. I spent my teens and 20’s building decks. I spent my 30’s on a roof or on a pick and pump jacks and my 40’s in some kind of construction management capacity. I have held just about every position possible in construction from residential home improvements to large scale and phased commercial construction.

I left construction in 2007 during the market crash and had to reinvent myself. I have completed approximately 150 websites and or projects in varying industries (mostly contracting) and with varying results. To be perfectly frank, the first website I did for a plumber came out horrible. I did it for $500! The point is, I constantly improved my skill set just as I did in construction – from apprentice using a yankee screwdriver to install storm windows in Brooklyn to a project manager managing multimillion dollar projects in Manhattan.

Simply put. I know your business, your day to day struggles and more importantly, your customers. If you are looking for someone who can talk the talk and understand the lingo. Someone who understands your customers. Someone who has been through the trenches. Someone you can communicate with. I am your guy.

If you are looking for just another flash in the pan or someone who will kowtow to you, move on and save us all some time. I am here to work with serious people and produce real results.

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