Leadership begins when you decide to direct attention rather than drift with requests. Every yes requires time, energy, and reputation. The essentialist asks which effort will produce the highest contribution if executed flawlessly. Instead of trying to be everywhere, you design a smaller arena where excellence becomes likely. Clarity about the vital few enables you to focus on the essential few, allowing you to ignore the trivial many. Choice is power, and you must exercise it daily or others will exercise it for you.

Begin with a simple test. Write one sentence that names your essential intent for this quarter. If a task does not advance that sentence, decline it or negotiate the scope. Replace vague commitments with clear boundaries and transparent criteria for a yes decision. Protect sleep, reflection, and deep work time, because without these, you make poor bets.

Each selective choice creates momentum. Fewer lanes increase speed. Less clutter reveals the signal. Choose less today, perform better.

Write essential intent, decline one nonessential task, schedule deep work, protect sleep, and review commitments nightly.

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Florida construction teams gain clarity as Sunshine 811 shares how its Education and Safety Liaisons guide safe digging across the state. Four regional specialists are ready to educate, troubleshoot, and meet with crews onsite or during team meetings, delivering practical presentations tailored to real projects. Their mission is simple yet powerful: to make the process smooth, keep schedules moving, and protect people and buried lines from costly strikes and injuries.

They are relationship builders as much as trainers. By partnering early, liaisons help refine the ticket entry, interpret Positive Response messages, and prevent unnecessary renewals before a shovel hits the soil. They also introduce excavators to utility owners, operators, locators, and local governments, allowing issues to be resolved together rather than after damage occurs. The goal is to achieve smoother starts, fewer stoppages, and improved communication that spans from pre-construction meetings to the final day of restoration.

Training can cover the essentials of 811, including Positive Response, accurate ticketing, marking standards, potential membership, low-impact marking rules, tolerance zones, and the differences between public and private facilities. Four regional contacts serve the state, covering the West, North, Central, and South regions, and are ready to visit job sites or present during office and virtual sessions statewide today. Sessions fit busy construction schedules.

Shovels flashed beside the Rio Grande as Los Lunas and state partners kicked off construction of the Interstate 25 Second Interchange and Los Lunas Boulevard. Crews began moving dirt this week, launching a new east-west route from Interstate 25 to New Mexico 47 that the village says will cut gridlock and speed emergency response.

Phase one involves building a full-width diamond interchange at Morris Road, a new bridge over the river, and intersections at Sichler Highway, 314 Edeal, and New Mexico 47. One lane in each direction with shoulders opens first, along with protected sidewalks and a multi-use path that links to the Rail Runner and channel trails.

Funding for Phase One totals $169 million, including significant support from the state and the Federal Highway Administration, as well as village and matching funds. The bid is roughly $159 million before taxes. Work is scheduled to continue through summer 2029, aiming to reduce Main Street congestion by approximately forty percent.

Residential building pay is cooling as paychecks stay solid. NAHB says average earnings reached $ 39.35 in June, up 3.5 percent, which is far below the 9.3 percent pace seen last June. Wages sit 11.4 percent above those in manufacturing and 25.3 percent above those in transportation, while being 2.3 percent below those in mining and logging. Open positions in construction continue to drift down with the slowdown.

For homebuilders, slower pay growth has a broader impact than just payrolls. Bids stretch farther on labor-intensive scopes, such as framing and drywall, and crews may be easier to retain without the need for sign-on bonuses. Subcontractors facing steadier pay lines can hold quotes longer, reducing the scramble to lock trades in a single week.

Use the breathing room without pausing skill-building. Expand cross-training for weather days, add in-house inspections to trim rework, and pilot tools that lift output per hour. If rates ease this autumn and traffic returns, firms that have kept apprentices advancing will start faster and maintain their schedules, while rivals restart hiring.

Introduction
Good morning, Team! Today’s toolbox talk covers blocking and cribbing for jacking equipment, setting trailers, and supporting heavy components.

Why It Matters
If supports crush, split, or settle, a load can drop suddenly, causing fatal crush injuries and significant damage. Stable support is as critical as the lift itself.

Strategies for Safe Blocking & Cribbing

Discussion Questions

Conclusion
Strong materials, proper box‑crib builds, and incremental lifting keep loads stable and people safe.

Build it solid, then trust it.

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