Financial Problems in Landscaping Businesses

Financial problems in landscaping businesses

Yesterday Gene Martin, one of our star salespeople (I prefer to call them problem solvers), sent a Slack message to our team that has had me thinking ever since. And inspired this blog article. The gist was on how incredibly much pain we’re willing to bear before we get out of our own way and take action to solve the problem. In other words, it was about fixing financial problems in landscaping business.

Gene was sharing it from the context of how much financial pain and problems people are willing to bear in their landscaping business, and still agonize over taking action on it.

A problem he sees and deals with every day, in his work of trying to help in fixing financial problems in landscaping businesses once and for all.

Here’s what he had shared with the rest of us:

Don’t be like the Old Hound Dog Duke with financial problems in landscaping businesses.

A fertilizer salesman was making his rounds to the farmers in the area when he stopped in to chat with Farmer Jones.

While they were standing on Farmer Jones’s front porch, Farmer Jones’s old hound dog Duke let out this screeching, painful-sounding howl.

The salesman looked at the dog for a second a little shaken and then continued on with his conversation with Farmer Jones. After a few minutes, Duke let out another screeching, painful-sounding howl. Again the salesman was shaken for a moment but continued on with the conversation with Farmer Jones.

Farmer Jones was paying absolutely no attention to Duke.

After another five minutes or so, Duke let out a third screeching, painful-sounding howl.

The salesman could take it no longer.

He asked Farmer Jones what was wrong with his dog.

Farmer Jones politely answered that there was nothing wrong with Duke, it was just that there was a nail sticking up through the floorboards where Duke was lying and it hurt.

The salesman asked Farmer Jones why the dog just did not get up and move.

Farmer Jones answered that it must not hurt enough to move, just enough to whine about it!

Many people unfortunately are like Farmer Jones’s old hound dog Duke.

Their financial situation bothers them enough to complain about it every chance they get, but not enough to do something about it.

Do not be like Duke.

Sometimes in the journey of helping contractors, we bump into folks who like to whine about their situation, but the pain isn’t bad enough to take action.

Take action to solve your financial situation! You can do it! Others with less ability than you have, so you absolutely can! Make it happen for yourself! You deserve it!