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Article: Get your money now! We work for far too many people who have the power to authorize extra work, but do not honor their work when it is time to pay for it. (Practical Management).
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- Plumbing & Mechanical
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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Some me of you have heard about the "old school," and there are still some of us around who lived and worked with those principles. We didn't have all of those associate degrees, bachelor degrees, master's degrees or even doctorates in building construction. In fact, many of our industry's foremen and superintendents did not even have a high school diploma or a GED. They began as helpers and laborers and worked their way up through the ranks. They earned their credentials in what we call the "school of hard knocks."
That old school had some basic common sense principles that worked:
* A man is only as good as his word.
* Give an honest day's ...