Welcome back to another midweek modern craftsman. We are going to hop right into it this week,

coming in extremely hot. But this podcast is going to be on transparency as a foundation for business success.

I use full transparency, all aspects of my business, budgeting, invoicing, costing, scheduling,

I find that it builds trust and it is essential for maintaining a good and successful

client relationship. We will touch on the fair compensation mindset that I have. I want to get

compensated for my time, my resources, all of my subcontractors and my

vendors, but I'm not looking to seek excessive profit or compensation from my clients.

I will touch on detail project management, how a well-defined scope schedule budget, transparent billing,

typically biweekly keeps my clients informed, eliminates ambiguity about project progress,

and associated cost. Adaptability through clarity. So my transparent practices, the model that I use for my business allows for immediate adjustments

to scope, adapting scope, budget, schedule when issues arise so that we can discuss that with

the client. It enhances my profitability and reduces my stress because essentially I'm

getting paid for whatever work we're putting in place as long as it's not a huge screw up on my

behalf. Again, I'm not looking to get compensated more than the work we're putting in place. So it

ensures that I'm meeting my numbers.

It also promotes trust and collaboration between my partners, my clients, if we're value engineering,

if we're determining how to address something that comes up as far as scope,

schedule budget, so we can bring all people

on board for that and work through it and value engineer it it helps continue the

improvement and confidence within my business within my numbers within my sales pitch

because I'm not hiding anything. I'm not loading numbers.

So when I go to pitch something, when I go to sell something, I'm fully transparent. I'm not

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