For the past several months, I have been watching a show on HGTV named, “Holmes on Homes.” The premise of the show is for a contractor, “Mike Holmes” to go into peoples residences to repair and correctly finish their “Home” that a previous contractor had incorrectly remodeled or walked away from before the job was done, costing them big dollars. When you watch this show, it’s hard to believe that anybody could treat their customers this poorly and show this much lack of character, but I guess it happens.

Mike Holmes is like a savior to these people and I like him. I like him because he believes in hard work. He believes in being fair and doing the best job, not just an average job. He takes great pride in what he does for a living and I wish we saw more of that in America in general. Any job worth doing is worth doing it well.

Every time I watch this show, I think of my team at Big Wheel. I see the care and pride in producing good work and doing it right. I see how much it means to everyone to make a project a success. Most of all, I see the passion and endurance that takes a project from the beginning all the way to the end – which is just about the most crucial part of the process, especially in the t.v. show referenced above. If you can’t cross the finish line, don’t even bother to start the race.

So cheers to you in 2010 and the delivery of the Big Wheel promise of doing “The Hard Work.”

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