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The Seven Behaviors Contractors Need to STOP!

Wayne Rivers
By Wayne Rivers
8 minutes
Last Updated May 7, 2025

Last week, we discussed the top seven habits of successful contractors. If you’re going to make room in your incredibly busy life for practicing successful habits, it stands to reason that there are some behaviors you must STOP DOING to create the necessary space. What are the top seven behaviors contractors engage in that present barriers to more personal and professional prosperity? Once again, the PCA consulting team stepped in to offer the benefit of their hundreds of years of cumulative business experience.

Please tune in this week as Wayne delineates the top seven unproductive behaviors in which contractors engage. What’s your opinion? Did Wayne and the PCA team nail it? Or did they leave out some obvious things? Please share with Wayne via email at [email protected]

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