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How to Tell When You're In Over Your Head

Wayne Rivers
By Wayne Rivers
8 minutes
Last Updated May 28, 2025

“In over your head?” Doesn’t that describe almost every contractor every day? Well, yes and no. Contractors are about the hardest working people around, but when does busyness metastasize into something more worrisome and potentially even dangerous?

Please tune in this week as Wayne cobbles together tips from Jim Baker, Craig Groeschel, and even himself from Feb. 2022 to outline seven ways to determine when busy isn’t just busy anymore and six tips for getting out of the danger zone. What did Wayne leave out? What do you recommend to your people and peers when they think they might be crossing over into “over your head” territory? Please email us your thoughts at [email protected]

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