Asphalt Paving Driveway Maintenance Tips

Written by Brett S. Lane


Asphalt paving or Hot Mix Asphalt is typically what one thinks of when installing driveways of new homes. It is by far one ofrepparttar least expensive methods for paving a surface in new home construction sites. Properly installed asphalt paved driveways have a life expectancy of about thirty or more years. These asphalt paved driveways consist of rock particles, sand, and asphalt cement, which make it flexible and durable atrepparttar 138426 same time. New asphalt is by farrepparttar 138427 most flexible because it still retains many ofrepparttar 138428 lighter hydrocarbon oils that make up its DNA structure. Crushed gravel makes uprepparttar 138429 foundation on whichrepparttar 138430 asphalt is laid, to promote stability ofrepparttar 138431 asphalt structure. By laying five to eight inches of gravel beneathrepparttar 138432 asphalt you are ensuring a greater life expectancy for your asphalt driveway. Also by having your asphalt paving company install your asphalt finish at least one foot beforerepparttar 138433 asphalt coversrepparttar 138434 gravel, you are allowing your asphalt driveway to not crack when visitors drive torepparttar 138435 edge ofrepparttar 138436 finished surface. This will give greater flexibility and

What Do Your Clients REALLY Think of You?

Written by Laurie Hayes


Know Thyself - Socrates

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I'd like to start this article with a test …

What do you get when you cross a Northern Canadian male, a 4x4 truck and heavy rain?

You guessed it! … Mud Bogging!!!!

That is how I spent my morning. My husband's new truck was too shinny, so he felt he had to get it dirty again just so he could wash it forrepparttar fourth time this week.

Of course, I won't say no to adventure so I hung up my leather coat and pulled out my bush jacket. Put away my fashion footwear and pulled on my rubber boots.

Then we hitrepparttar 138349 trails! I bit my tongue, possibly dislocated a shoulder and lost my sunglasses,repparttar 138350 whole time yelling, "Yahooooo!"

We made it home in one piece but I think our mechanic is going to make some real easy money inrepparttar 138351 next couple of days. :0)

What does this have to do with business you ask? It's called balance … and if you don't have balance, work and business are a whole lot tougher and a lot less fun.

This week I created a rather enlightening assignment for myself. My coach and I were discussingrepparttar 138352 importance of knowing what kind of an image we portray torepparttar 138353 world.

How we think others see us and how we are actually perceived may be worlds apart.

Being a successful business owner, or achieving success in any endeavor, has a strong connection to how others regard us.

Building a solid, successful business is highly dependent onrepparttar 138354 relationships we build with our clients and customers.

You can provide a top quality product or service, but if a potential buyer does not feel comfortable with you or a sense of trust or caring on your part, it doesn't matter how good your product is.

In order to measure how I was portraying myself to others, I created a questionnaire and distributed it via e-mail to my family members, friends, peer coaches, clients, and acquaintances.

I asked for feedback from people I have known for only a few weeks, and some who have known me for years.

I wanted to capture a good cross-section that would coverrepparttar 138355 many different relationships over varying time periods.

I asked them to list for merepparttar 138356 first five words or images that come to mind when they hearrepparttar 138357 name, Laurie Hayes.

The results came quick and I received close to 90 different answers. Many answers were alsorepparttar 138358 same and this greatly assisted me in determining whatrepparttar 138359 top five images were.

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