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When Minds Close

A guy I don’t know emailed me a question. I get a lot of that because I’m easy to find on the internet. He wanted to know if it’s true that all manufacturers stopped maki...

Published on 10/16/2019 10:59 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Thermostat Adventures

Twenty-five years ago, I wrote a story for this fine magazine I titled it, "Only Gus Touch." Over the years, many people have told me they still remember that tale and as...

Published on 09/18/2019 10:10 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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To Teach Is To Sell

A contractor friend decided to take on a part-time job teaching at a local technical school. He had never done this before. “Teaching is hard,” I said.

Published on 08/29/2019 4:14 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Dopey Decisions

Here on the Isle of Long, if you throw a stick you’ll probably hit a Target store. I don’t have a problem with that because I really like Target stores. They usually have...

Published on 07/30/2019 6:49 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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It's Not Easy Being You

A question asked on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com caught my attention and had me thinking of you. Here ‘tis: When you are doing a job, how do you find the best prices for p...

Published on 04/15/2019 1:10 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Phone Choices

I’m concerned about what our phones are doing to the way we think and the way we work. I was having lunch with three industry friends and we talked about how it was back ...

Published on 03/26/2019 9:44 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Why My Hair Is Brown

I’m 69 years old and my hair is as brown as it was when I was a teenager. A bit of it, mostly around my ears and the back of my neck, sneaks in as gray, but some Russian ...

Published on 03/20/2019 2:04 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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The Project-Budget Myth

A project budget is sometimes a loose thing. It begins with great intentions but can get torqued out of the way when someone arbitrarily decides what something should cos...

Published on 02/27/2019 10:52 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Pricing Is Perception

We live on The Isle of Long, which means that if you throw a rock you’ll hit a large, chrome-plated diner. These palaces of gastronomy have just about anything you could ...

Published on 02/20/2019 2:06 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Bailey’s Great Experiment

It was the spike in the cost of paper that eventually led to Bailey’s Great Experiment. The printer blamed the 50 percent increase on El Niño and lousy weather in the Pac...

Published on 01/29/2019 9:51 AM
Posted in The HVAC Business