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• Profit in the Modern World

  Times are changing. Is your profit model keeping up with the times?

• Don't Believe the Hype: People Matter More Than Metrics

  Michael Anschel offers a reminder: Despite the platitudes that business leaders have been spouting off for eons, it really is the people who matter the most, both inside and outside your company.

• Ethical Association Gap: Why are the remodeling associations in favor of the RRP opt-out?

  Michael Anschel questions both the NAHB and NARI for their views on the RRP opt-out positions.

• MICHAEL ANSCHEL: Dust in the Wind

  What is your plan? Not your business plan, but your intention and purpose -- knowing why you are here doing what you are doing and where you are headed.

• Occupy This! It's Time to Stop Playing the Blame Game

  MICHAEL ANSCHEL: A call for remodelers to do more than passively complain; it's time to become a force of change.

• The Winner Takes It All: Marketplace Selection in Action

  MICHAEL ANSCHEL: In design competitions, you have to demonstrate why you're the best. The same attitude is key for business success.

• Pure Folly: Deep Energy Retrofits

  MICHAEL ANSCHEL: Are deep energy retrofits all they're cracked up to be? And what, exactly, constitutes a safe deep energy retrofit?

• The Folly of Deep Energy Retrofits

  MICHAEL ANSCHEL: Are deep energy retrofits all they're cracked up to be? And what, exactly, constitutes a safe deep energy retrofit?