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created_time: 2026-02-06T22:04:00.000Z
title: 02-06 Briefing: Sales Pressure, Tile Workflow Optimization, and Family Logistics
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Speaker 1 00:00:55
Hello. Hey. Hey, how's it going? Good, how about you? Uh, it's going okay. Just trying to like kind of work through like my feelings, Um like my senses versus like what is reality versus what is truth and whatnot. So Like I have a lot of people Um just because like so you know, hanging out with Joe Joe was like kind of. Kind of, you know, obviously like I told you, Like the one thing I was concerned about was Joe kind of giving me a lot more behind the scenes knowledge on what I really wanted. And so I tried to like guard myself from that and like tell him, but obviously I knew it. You know? And he's close with Tony Kral, who is one of like the leaders in our industry. And he's now been pulled on to Tony. Kral is like he's huge. She's a big deal and he is like a consultant.
Speaker 1 00:01:47
So, but he's on our sales meetings. And so when it came to me talking, Tony and Joe are close. And so Tony like singles me out and goes, Ashley, What are we going to what can I do to help you to get some numbers on the board for you? And it just feels like it put me on the spot. It made me and not that he made me uncomfortable, but I got uncomfortable and it felt like I got anxious. You know? And I still continue So it's like you know, I feel So all of a sudden it's kind of like, it goes from, "Hey, he's like we're you know we're two months in and I'm thinking," he's like two months into the year now. We got to get some numbers on the board for you. And I'm just kind of like well in my mind. I want to be like, "I was just out of my territory." You know like they took me away for two separate trade shows. You know in the last month. And the first week was off. You know like so it's frustrating for me you know to to. 
Speaker 1 00:02:45
To be back kind of in this like activist. I don't think that, I don't think that Tony, I actually think that Tony's trying to help and I'm sure that him and Joe talk a lot. And so Joe has probably been like, "I want to help actually. Let me get," you know. So I think that that's where that's coming from. But for me, you know, it's like, I feel very like from Tamimac. So and I do need to get things going, you know? And I am getting things going, but my gosh, it feels like it's like just never enough. So, anyways, that's it. I don't have a ton of time to talk about it. Um, I do need to get back to work,
Speaker 2 00:03:27
But just called to say hi.
Speaker 1 00:03:29
So okay. Um, hey, did you get? Uh, did you get? Thank you. By the way, did you get? Eric said? They CC'd me on an email to Justin, but I never saw that email. And then I had him check; he said it was on there, but I didn't look at the spelling of it. Did you get CC'd on the email? I did. Okay, so at least you are seeing it. So if Justin writes back, Then just forward it to me, please so I know what to do, because I am not on it if there is any actionable items.
Speaker 2 00:04:02
I am trying to find it right now maybe he sent my. 
Speaker 3 00:04:11
Hmm.
Speaker 1 00:04:51
So you saw it though.
Speaker 2 00:04:53
Yeah, yeah. Um, I just got to figure out where I saw it because. It's. 
Speaker 4 00:05:01
Uh. Here we go.
Speaker 3 00:05:12
Here we go.
Speaker 1 00:05:16
Whose email is can you read my email?
Speaker 2 00:05:19
I'm looking at itum. 
Speaker 2 00:05:24
He sent it to your Fullerton Rangers email. That's really funny. It must have just auto populated and he, Ashley. She just went with it? Yeah. Okay.
Speaker 3 00:05:39
So, well if Justin writes back, And you? Yeah, yeah of course. Forwarded over to me if there's any actionable things that I need to know about.
Speaker 1 00:05:52
Your day going good?
Speaker 2 00:05:54
Yeah, it's been uh I'm kind of under the gun to to get something done. You know that same thing that I was working on last night for Corey. But it's like it didn't go the way that I wanted to, so I'm behind on it. And then I had a already a breakfast plan with Sean, so I'm like I'm now a little bit behind. But yeah. 
Speaker 2 00:06:22
Everything's working out well at that pool that we were starting up. Working out well at the one that we're working on right now. So, I think more than anything, I just got to get this thing done for Corey and then I'm good. All right.
Speaker 1 00:06:43
Cool. Well, I'm going to get going here, but uh if you need something you'll call me back later? Yeah. 
Speaker 2 00:06:51
Yeah. Um, we don't do we have anything planned tonight? I think I've got my happy hour.
Speaker 1 00:06:58
Yeah, And then I think I'm gonna try to pull Ben and Eric to to do a a weightlifting workout with me today. That would be good. Ben hasn't done anything really.
Speaker 2 00:07:09
Yeah, I talked to him about working out yesterday and he's like," I still have a cough," and it's like.
Speaker 1 00:07:13
Oh my gosh, he's such a bull crapper. Unfortunate.
Speaker 2 00:07:19
Unfortunately, with Ben, it's like you know.
Speaker 1 00:07:23
Any excuse to not work hard.
Speaker 2 00:07:25
Yeah, but but when we when we ignore him, you know then he goes down for the count. Right. So I'm trying to so I was like, okay, well, I'll get him to work out with me because Eric's been asking me to stop running and I was like, you know, it's like, look, dude, you can do whatever you want, you know Right.
Speaker 1 00:07:46
I know again why are we doing this, Why did you start running? What is it for?
Speaker 2 00:07:51
Yeah, I mean, so but I mean, if anything, you know, you need to be tracking this stuff. You need to be evaluating this stuff. Like you don't even know if you've gotten better or not. If this is working. So, you are just kind of going well, I am still running and I haven't, you know, am not seeing the results I want. It's like what results did you want? How are you defining that? What is going on? Is it is it not, Easier for you to run now. I mean, you couldn't even complete these runs when you first started, and now, you know. And so he's like, "Well, that's true." So, you know. And then I said it But I said," You know," I think you should start if you don't want to do this. You should start like working out. You know and kind of making your legs stronger or whatnot. And his eyes got big as like I'd love to do that." And I was like okay. You know. 
Speaker 2 00:08:46
So, I think today we'll do a uh. We'll do some pull ups, we'll do some bench presses and then do some ab work. And I'll show you how to do that. You know, if they want to. Do anything else that they can. I might make a run too, who knows? Yeah. So, thanks. All right, Get back to work um just wanted to make sure that we don't have anything. Tonight, That I get home and think that I have when I going one way and you're like, no.
Speaker 1 00:09:20
No, the only thing I didn't no. The only thing I didn'tum put in the calendar yet. Is that birthday party for Ben, which is tomorrow. So from eleven in Orange from eleven to three. So I need to put that one in, or i'll do that in a minute.
Speaker 2 00:09:36
Um so wait am i can i drop him off a little bit early?
Speaker 1 00:09:41
Yeah, I think, I mean, would you mind not dropping him off too early, but like ten minutes early? Yeah, That's like, can you come a little bit late? Can you text with the space and say," Hey, can we meet at like eleven fifteen?" Sure. Is that okay? Like I, it gives you like a little bit of a cushion in between, and then doesn't have to get dropped off so early.
Speaker 2 00:10:01
Yeah it's it's fine. It was just like, oh, you can take them on your way down to Orange. And then now I am like you know day before I am I am uh I am not knocking you. Please don't hear this, but it sounds I am sure. It sounds like I am. Um, that that there's a there's an aspect of like frustration that goes through my, that I'm that I'm trying to deal with right now. That's not necessarily you know your fault. But I'm explaining the frustration that I am, you know, and I'm trying not to like treat you like I am frustrated. Yeah, there's a point where it's like. I think. 
Speaker 2 00:10:44
Had I known that the the time was at eleven o'clock, right? And now, Like I am having to like instead of me pushing, like having time to do stuff. Like I hate last minute going, hey, by the way, can we make changes to people right? And for like I, want people to know that they can count on me and all that stuff. And so, I am, i i don't you know i i like to plan well. And change little, you know. Um, and so I am processing through that.
Speaker 1 00:11:24
Okay, well, you don't have to change anything. You can drop them off concurrently. I am just trying to give you a little bit of leeway. I don't know how far apart they are in Orange from one another. So. 
Speaker 2 00:11:37
Yeah, no, I mean that's where where I have to That's kind of my like i, Yeah. Like so now I I gotta do that homework and stuff like that. And I I thought that it was kind of because you had said, Oh, you're on your way down there anyways. Like, I didn't realize like, Oh, They're right at the same time, which all of a sudden have you know now Right. Ten ten questions need to be answered.
Speaker 1 00:12:03
It's just a big deal right now? I can take him. I'll just take him.
Speaker 2 00:12:06
It's. It's not a big deal. Um It makes no sense for you to take him and makes all the sense in the world for me to take him. But you can understand, or I am hoping you can understand where I think it's all lined up, right? Based on your comment about like you can just take them on your way down. So now it's like well maybe that's not an option for you. Maybe you need to do it this way. You need to go find out this and this because, you know maybe you can't drop them off early. Maybe it's still in orange but maybe it's twenty minutes apart from each other.
Speaker 2 00:12:45
You know, right? And so now I have to go look at all this stuff. And so I am just like I said, I am just you know, It's the old Braden wants to be frustrated by that and lash out at you. And, then the the uh in between Braden from the Braden that he wants to be is going okay. Um, I am not that guy anymore, but it's just it's it's got a hold of me right now.
Speaker 2 00:13:15
It's so, you know. Well,
Speaker 1 00:13:18
I hope you figure it out, you little sinner. Just kidding. Just kidding.
Speaker 2 00:13:23
No, no, you are fine.
Speaker 1 00:13:24
I thought that would be funny. No,
Speaker 2 00:13:27
It was funny. It was funny i I wasn't bothered by it at all So, Anyways Um I should also note thatum I went to bed really late last night. Mhm. And out of the amount of times that I've thought,
Speaker 1 00:13:49
I'll talk at you later.
Speaker 2 00:13:50
You got it, man.
Speaker 5 00:15:27
Ashley Ann said," It's about fourteen minutes away," says Google Maps.
Speaker 2 00:15:46
Thank You period. I'll make the adjustments period.
Speaker 2 00:15:58
I got an interview comma Home Chef period Check your email.
Speaker 2 00:16:46
Yeah, comma. That's what I remembered as well. Yeah, comma. That's what I remembered as well.
Speaker 2 00:17:37
She Doesn't wait for me one way, makes me change and never mind.
Speaker 3 00:18:35
Thank you.
Speaker 6 00:19:48
Yeah, I think just keep the same.
Speaker 2 00:19:55
Yeah, I think. You know. Five inches, right? Remember we we said it's five different different right?
Speaker 6 00:20:04
Yeah. No,
Speaker 2 00:20:17
No. The. 
Speaker 2 00:20:22
13 and 7/8 for the most part.
Speaker 6 00:20:26
Finish is 13 and 7/8. So, I'll tell you.
Speaker 2 00:20:31
Finish is 13 and 7/8 because there's one grout joint different. So it's each tile is one and seven eighths. Right, so they make the tile. It's a little two-inch tile for eighth-inch grout joint. Right, so two inch, two inch, right? Huh? On top yeah. So it's two inches each right but one less grout joint. So two inch, two inch, right?
Speaker 2 00:21:29
So. It's Uh bullnose.
Speaker 6 00:21:30
Oh oh yeah.
Speaker 2 00:21:33
So, thirteen and seven eighths right. Seven eighths times seven, right? Thirteen one eighth, right? But then six scratch one. 
Speaker 2 00:21:53
Seven tiles.
Speaker 6 00:22:07
Mhm. Twelve, right? So six tiles, one and seven eighths plus one eighth is twelve. Right?
Speaker 2 00:22:22
Plus one more tile. Right is one and seven eight right so, twelve, thirteen seven eight. Because there's no grout joint.
Speaker 6 00:22:49
No so when they say two inch tile.
Speaker 2 00:22:51
I learned this with Corey. The guy told me, even Corey, the guy at the tile, He said, it's the reason why that one is three and uh no two and thirteen sixteen right is because they always use three sixteenths joints. So three thirteen sixteen plus three sixteenths joint makes a three inch tile. So. 
Speaker 2 00:23:24
So what I think is, you know, what is the measurement here? Twelve. I think it's twelve and a quarter there. Huh? So make it the same. So the difference is about five inches.
Speaker 2 00:23:55
Right. It's five inches, must I keep say I keep. Yeah. So, let's see, keep it the same. Um. Um so, it's still this one right? So you say twelve inches here? Right? You go one inch here? Whatever, So, three eighths, right? Five eighths. Five eighths here, five eighths there. But check just to make sure.
Speaker 2 00:24:46
And Then the other side.
Speaker 2 00:24:55
Yeah, just check to make sure that you have it on both sides. Yeah, because I think it was one eight different. So should be.
Speaker 2 00:25:14
Yeah, Twenty. Oh, you want the pole? So then we should go. We go from there.
Speaker 2 00:25:28
1378. 1378. Yeah.
Speaker 6 00:25:34
So if you want, we can take. That's. 1378 is okay in inches.
Speaker 6 00:25:44
Right, so you can go on the edge right here. It's 91 quarters to here?
Speaker 2 00:26:12
No, But you just need to be the same, right? So it's got to be if that's ninety and a quarter. Yeah. To there, ninety and a quarter to there. Right? And, you make sure it's the same. So it's square with that or parallel to that.
Speaker 6 00:26:25
But yeah, is this.
Speaker 2 00:26:53
Yeah, But you you got to make it. It's but you have to make sure.
Speaker 6 00:26:57
Yeah, this is the same instance. It's equal. That's why it's. here it is like that because of this property "only to" "not". Yeah? Not more than one. So, there is a mark there, you see? Two, you see? And all the marks are for float. For example, the moon has one and the rest have none. But it's equal and it's. well. actually yeah, it's more or less. 
Speaker 6 00:27:28
Mhm. Three, three, nothing much to it. What's that? That flow. Yeah, yeah. Three? No, five is three.
Speaker 2 00:27:42
So we're all because this is this one's bigger. It's one four inch quarter, inch, seven eight. No, yeah.
Speaker 6 00:27:51
So what do you seven eight so same process that's more than one inch?
Speaker 3 00:28:13
Yeah, So that.
Speaker 2 00:28:21
Oh no, that's thirteen. That's thirteen. Yeah, bird one eight. Let's do a thirteen and uh four.
Speaker 6 00:28:32
Yeah, As long as when you go here, it's the same. Right? Is right here.
Speaker 6 00:28:49
Yeah, it's gonna still do one one eight minus. Because here is fourteen. I'm gonna give him a fourteen. Right.
Speaker 2 00:28:57
90 right yeah, por ejemplo la medida es is 90 right, aq uí。 So okay, it's it's uh five eighths right? So.
Speaker 6 00:29:25
So, eighty nine and three eighths, like here is the float, right? You know.
Speaker 2 00:30:35
You guys get over here? Yeah. I'm way behind on a project, so I'm just going to go work on my truck if you guys are. Me too, so I'm just going to continue working here. There you go. Who floated who who did the strips on top? Uh, Megan. Okay. Did did you get him to say like. Yeah,
Speaker 7 00:30:51
He, he was debatable with him on this one, because when you look at the way the miter comes together and in the front, it's a little off If I told him, we checked it with a laser.
Speaker 7 00:31:06
Such a perfectionist.
Speaker 2 00:31:07
Well, but and that's fine, but you know, and but that's where where you had the right idea ofum. They told me I would check this thing. You know the the the laser is is just a finding factor for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 7 00:31:26
Oh hey, Min your fence down right here?
Speaker 2 00:31:38
On this next one, can you just try something for me? First middle one. Mix a bunch. Put as much as possible on the on the top there. Just dump a whole bunch here. Okay. And just shove it where you need to go. Okay. Let's see how it works for you.
Speaker 7 00:31:57
Okay, Um put the thin set and then I applied the uh thirty seven, oh one over the thin set as fast as possible. So that way this can dry later. But okay, So just dump a bunch up here and and you think so it could be like one motion to float it. Or just I think. 
Speaker 2 00:32:18
That the most we we spend the most amount of time on each step, which is putting the material on. Right? And so what I am thinking is because you keyed in with the sponge, you keyed in the two fifty four right? So we're, Firm on that, and then what I think is from there, once you have it on, you spread it, compact it, screed it. You're good to go. Right? And, the screed can even be used as a way to compact when you, you know, just as a sure. Yeah. Ultimately I'm, just what I'm trying to do is take away the thing that takes you guys so much time that doesn't really require expertise. Right? Does that make sense? Yes, it does. I totally understand what you're saying.
Speaker 7 00:33:02
Pretty much just like yeah just putting up a whole bunch and just, Or even eliminating a step here.
Speaker 2 00:33:08
Right, right. And so instead of doing this, right, What I'm thinking is you guys have it in a bucket and you're like Right. And, you can go, and you can always pull stuff off and go back into the bucket. Sure. Excess Right. 
Speaker 8 00:33:23
But that was like my suggestion a few days ago, but it was kind of shot down.
Speaker 2 00:33:30
So You know how many suggestions I make that get shut down?
Speaker 8 00:33:35
Not very many? A lot,
Speaker 2 00:33:37
Actually. Really? Oh. Yeah. Um, Butum sometimes there's there's you have to earn the right. Sometimes to here. I'll tell you, you want to hear something else? Yes. Um, when I first came on came to the company, Corey said, here are our biggest problems, and I said, here's a way to fix those, and he went. No, that won't work. And last month he's like, I've decided to change the course of the company. Uh oh. In a good way. He's like, here's what I think we should start doing. I'm like, oh. You mean my ideas? The three that I told you we should do three years ago? Yeah. I don't remember that. You want to know exactly where we were standing at the time? Where? So no, that's what I asked him No no, I don't Yeah that's what i thought So. 
Speaker 2 00:34:32
This is not you know. I've worked for several large companies successfully. At some point in time, all operations are the same.
Speaker 8 00:34:43
Just different, there's just the steps are just have different names or something like that.
Speaker 2 00:34:47
But my but my well, Not necessarily, it's you know I mean like here I mean this. This really is is like, hey, you guys are the most amount of time. That you guys are taking is the least amount of expertise required. So how do we, you know, What I really want is I want I want a mortar spraying machine that I have found that cost fifteen thousand dollars. But I, but we can still accomplish what I'm trying to get out of it by doing it this way. In fact,
Speaker 8 00:35:22
A mortar spraying machine? So like kind of like the shotcrete but on a smaller version? Or is it like the compressor thing? Yeah yeah yeah that's kind of what.
Speaker 8 00:35:34
You think so, Courtney? Oh, yeah.
Speaker 2 00:35:36
What do you think? Yeah, but does it work? Oh, okay. Like, dude, the video I'm showing you is 3701. You know. So I like to see that. 
Speaker 7 00:35:48
Because I want to see what kind of what's going on with this 3701 is, if they're, if they're spraying it on, it's got to be kind of a It's awesome weather texture or something.
Speaker 2 00:35:57
Um But it's two it's two manufacturer specs. I'll find it and send it to you. Um, but the next time like we float one of these, My idea is we put plastic up on the top, and we put a whole bunch of like after you mix. It, You put a whole bunch of mortar up here, and then he just pulls it down. We'll pressure wash this too or plastic or whatever. And then he just pulls the mortar down onto here, you know. I mean it won't all just like nicely just fall into place right? But if you've got. 
Speaker 2 00:36:30
But, if you've got like the hawk there and you pull someone to the hawk and you go or whatever, I am just trying to figure out how to make us go faster without jeopardizing quality. But, anyways, I am super behind so I'll miss up talk. Love you guys. If you need anything, I'll be out front. Um, I do have in my truck i've got just three sponges. I ordered a big pack but i ordered i picked nitrile gloves um So if you run out of anything, and you don't want to wait for me to come back in, they're all in my truck.
Speaker 3 00:38:21
Okay.
Speaker 3 00:48:08
Hey. Yeah.
Speaker 4 00:48:12
How you doing? Just uh, you know, trying to keep up with life.
Speaker 2 00:48:22
I get that. Oh. What are you up to? Um, I'm being Pedro, I'm rendering something.
Speaker 2 00:48:34
Oh. So, But uh I saw I missed a call from you. So I was calling you back.
Speaker 4 00:48:43
I was just looking up your telephone number. Oh. And I then we called you. So that's allowed. So, I put you down as one of the people thatum the doctors can talk about grandma's stuff with? Gotcha. Oh, not paperwork. Yeah. I'm okay with that. A lot of work to keep up. Set her up on everything, help it. Um,
Speaker 2 00:49:31
Yeah, I tried calling her yesterday.
Speaker 2 00:49:35
Got voicemail.
Speaker 4 00:49:40
You never, you know, I mean, you just have to, you know, try to go down, you know, Multiple times a day to kind of check on her and see what's going on. And you know but she won't, You know, tell her it this by you or don't do this or whatever, and it's just it. Goes in one ear and out the other, you know. So it's just, you know, so I have to keep checking on stuff.
Speaker 2 00:50:18
Oh, Anyway. But I uh I have to pay attention a little bit more than I have anytime we do a repeat. I kind of never tell the same if she didn't, you know,
Speaker 4 00:50:29
If she would well I just uh no problem. See you later.
Speaker 5 00:53:36
Well, when I go, what you guys are gonna have to do is.
Speaker 7 01:01:44
You Didn't like that I gave you that suggestion, did you? I'm not gonna do it at all. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it on the next section.
Speaker 7 01:01:57
Yeah,'cause whatever you do on on top is just gonna get stuff knocked on it when you do the face. When you're floating vertically. Wherever you got horizontally, it's just gonna fall onto it, so kind of don't go so much flat,
Speaker 2 01:02:13
You know?'Cause they're just gonna cause more. On some level yeah. I mean I think, you know, you want to do the f- You probably want to do the face first. You know, but I think you can put it all on there. And then, you know, really what I'm trying to do is like, you know, when you're doing a base, you guys are going You know?
Speaker 7 01:02:35
Yeah. I think I can dump a lot on the top like you were saying, and I could put screed it towards the back. And then as I'm screeding it, I can just take the excess and apply it ahead of me as I'm screeding.
Speaker 7 01:02:50
Whatever excess is coming off with this screed, I just push it forward more. Right.
Speaker 2 01:02:54
And it keeps keeps collecting on the screed. Yeah, and I'm not even saying like it's going to be perfect perfect, but I'm more just like you pull it off right? Um where you you It's on It's on the level right here, right? You've got yourhawk and you take your margin trowel or whatever your, you know work and you can be either or, right? You could dump it on your hawk and then. And I'm just like, yeah, you angle your hawk. You know, pull it forward and you go. You know. I mean you might even. But it's got to be whatever, it's got to be one-handed that way you're. You know. But again, I just think you guys use. It's not a youth thing. Yeah yeah The process of floating is what most. 
Speaker 2 01:03:52
And getting it to stick, it's like put it on, it falls off. Put it on, some of it falls off. Some of it sticks. And so I'm just kind of looking at it going, you know, is there a better way? And with me, I need to see it. You know? Like not. I need to check it out. Right? Like if somebody goes no. I go why? And they go well. and they'll never give me a good answer. Right? And then but if I see it. Then I can kind of look at it and go," I see why it didn't work." Or okay, let's.
Speaker 7 01:04:28
Um. yeah. Because that's what at the bottom, I think just keep it clean and then keep it from. keep on like same thing. Putting it on, putting it on, cutting more on. But what if you had like a nice little. 
Speaker 2 01:04:42
Curve or whatnot? Like, what if I got you like a. 
Speaker 7 01:04:45
Trying to keep this square edge this corner right there? Probably not, but I'm following.
Speaker 7 01:04:51
I'm not trying to switch up and start. And it actually, if if it wasn't so much of a cornered edge, I think it'd be a little easier. I see some cracks over there. Exactly.
Speaker 2 01:05:07
So, What's interesting though, is that the membrane so the membrane obviously shouldn't have that tolerance, right? To look at, Right, I don't see a crack going. Because the membrane stretched. It can take up to an eighth of an inch. So the membrane, the membrane did move. But the crack's not on this piece. It can it can flex up to an eighth of an inch. So this guy just caused it to flex right? Or all of this was asked to flex too but this is doesn't, this doesn't flex This isn't protected Right. 
Speaker 2 01:05:49
So the membrane underneath flexed, and then this flexed, but it didn't flex right. So we cracked. Are we going to put membrane over this part? No, no. But this is interesting because if this was tiled here.
Speaker 3 01:06:23
Um.
Speaker 2 01:08:44
For what. The company of what.
Speaker 3 01:09:11
Yeah, no I was.
Speaker 2 01:09:14
You should too. Even if it's, even if it's like um twenty five bucks a month, you put it in. Um now we can be part of the cause the company does profit sharing. That would be uh I've been thinking about messing with AI and getting myself a virtual assistant, you know. You're given an email address. Emails. So every once in a while, I get an email from a recruiter or something like that, "Hey, do you want to come work here?" You know, "Would you are you interested?" You know. But every once in a while I get Oh, I got to check this out. Right? So I click on it and it's like, "Hi, I'm Jenny." "I'm the AI virtual assistant for so-and-so." You know. It's kind of have more of a marketing feel to it. Please respond as I ask these questions. 
Speaker 7 01:10:14
It's got to have a watermark of some sort, like letting you know that it's AI too, right? Unless it tells you that it's AI. I don't know if it has to, but.
Speaker 2 01:10:29
Is there any reason? It has this in Windows. No, not all right.
Speaker 2 01:10:42
So The whole of the Royal.
Speaker 2 01:10:45
Yeah, yeah, but not for him, not for you. That's not all day.
Speaker 7 01:10:52
It's okay. So I thank you.
Speaker 2 01:10:54
Thank you. No problem. Okay. I mean we can do stuff. Nothing is it's better for you to work on layouts. It's not and but I'm right, so maybe I can.
Speaker 2 01:11:15
I got a call on Monday and this uh, just finished their rendering. Actually I'll show you guys.
Speaker 3 01:11:43
Yeah, no no no just.
Speaker 6 01:11:45
Plastic.
Speaker 2 01:12:34
Yeah, Exactly. Just like the other side. So I got to figure out how to get water down there, but I figured out how to get water this way, but not this way. It's. 
Speaker 7 01:12:48
Gonna. it's not the same color as the other side, is it? That is so it's.
Speaker 2 01:12:54
It's the same color. It just looks a little. Because you're not going to get the same, right? So I would imagine so. So here's kind of what it looks like. Okay. You know, yeah. Sure, I can do something better too. Thank you.
Speaker 2 01:13:28
But I. 
Speaker 2 01:13:40
Don't Want to.
Speaker 3 01:14:29
Hmm.
Speaker 2 01:15:16
Hm. I couldn't get a hold of him. So, I called him today. Huh? Yeah. So, I know he's got a look just meeting. C P S C P S C P S C P S. 
Speaker 2 01:15:45
So, is it here because it's higher up or. Those are for the. the ear.
Speaker 3 01:16:54
It should. 
Speaker 6 01:17:12
Be a perfect Miter.
Speaker 7 01:17:25
Right.
Speaker 2 01:18:53
I'd say if you've got some dead time today. Um, you have mortar bits 2000 here? Yeah. Not you, but him. And you can go crazy here, but don't let him go crazy here is what I'm saying. But like maybe mix up a good amount of mortar bits 2000 and like, you know, some of this stuff works just crap. Yeah. You know? Yeah. 
Speaker 2 01:19:24
Which is you can say like I'm gonna have a hard time with that. It's almost to me, it's like an area like this is a good example, right? Yeah. Um how thick can the mortar be? 2000 They make it flush with that. Oh from uh I'm not worried about it. Okay There's nothing here that it can't go over, but I mean he doesn't need to detail things. Right I'm just looking for he makes Yeah, two thousand. It'll make the got a margin trowel. Just goes shoop, shoop. Makes the membrane see it a little easier, right? Yeah. Whatever he does,
Speaker 7 01:20:01
We get a pressure washer first, right? So okay. That way stick. There's time after we float the comb. I'm sure there will be.
Speaker 2 01:20:11
Yeah, I know if I'm you try to keep you know, two three things in your head, right? For, and while while you're waiting on me to finish with this, can you. Once you start, you know. Pulling out all the rebar parts or maybe uh. You know, once we got all those things out, we're gonna fill the holes with rapid set 25 4. You know. Um. Okay, you know what? You know but like this wall here I wouldn't like. You can get carried away. 
Speaker 2 01:21:22
I don't know. Could be that it's just I don't know what do you? What do you think? These things I I just don't like seeing these is what I really have a problem with all these boys. It takes extra extra time to to to fill.
Speaker 7 01:21:45
Right. So, I don't know, what do you think?
Speaker 7 01:21:51
Like you said, if you either get them, it'd be hard not to get carried away, you know. Yeah. I know like this is this with the membrane C right here. This is like like an area like this is a time consuming Right.
Speaker 2 01:22:07
But it'll take, you know sixty seconds with two more of the other counts Right So that's kind of what I'm saying Like the areas we find time consuming You know.
Speaker 3 01:22:25
You know. We. 
Speaker 7 01:22:34
Used to have aum, like a, a trowel that had the metal teeth on it. You know, like for rubbing plaster and stuff like that. Remember? You're talking like uh.
Speaker 2 01:22:47
To take the concrete off or something?
Speaker 7 01:22:48
Yeah, like excess or whatever. Like you have little bumps and stuff. Yeah, yeah you loved it. Yeah I don't know what happened to it I haven't seen it for.
Speaker 2 01:22:56
I want to say, I don't know if jobs was the last job I seen it on. Knowing knowing, I'm gonna blame this on you guys. Knowing your helpers, like it's good enough. Probably got um but I can next time I'm at the warehouse, I can take a look for it. So but i i think. 
Speaker 2 01:23:29
That's again what should be like if I was here, I'd go. That's a system, you know, tool in here. Darn near and there is M one in here. Not for system, right? I look at M one as waterproofing. Of course, yeah, right? So. 
Speaker 2 01:24:03
Parts. I don't think it's here yet. I haven't seen it here. Oh, that's what it is is if you say vacuum parts, I'm like hey, by the way, there's two using vacuums like oh, I'll replace that. And then he can just put those back. Spacers? A lot of spacers. Right, we don't need to we don't have a whole box worth of spacers. So anyways, all right, I'm gonna head out um Don't try that uh That wire brush that you were using at.
Speaker 2 01:24:33
At uh. What are you point on your drill? That drill attachment one time. Try that on our samples, see if it scratches. Got a mock- up somewhere around here. Where's our sample? We've got a mock- up somewhere around here. Uh, it's it's like this big. Okay, I actually make like we've got a green tile So, okay, and. 
Speaker 7 01:25:01
And use it on the.
Speaker 7 01:25:30
Yeah. Okay. Alright, thank you.
Speaker 2 01:25:40
Okay.
Speaker 3 01:26:13
No no problema. 
Speaker 8 01:26:54
You're Noticing now, are you? No. Okay. No, What I mean is like, so the idea is you ice after like when you're done moving around and stuff? Yeah. You want to warm up, right? That's heat, right? You want to warm up before, right? You want to. 
Speaker 2 01:27:13
So when you warm up, that brings blood. It brings so. You know, and when you're like with me, what I'm doing right if I'm you right now. Like here, I pulled this muscle right here. Um, I didn't used to but when I pulled my hammy, I had to learn. Um and actually now it's like so much better because oh yeah like um but the uh.
Speaker 2 01:27:43
So what I'm doing, I'm taking like Advil every day because it's got ibuprofen in it. Yeah, the uh. right. And so I take Advil at night. And then one thing I love to do, 'cause I've done PT so much, um is you can get like a. Do you ever get. do the stem therapy where they electrocute you? Oh yeah. Um for my back. Yeah and you can just get those like a little portable handheld guy from like.
Speaker 2 01:28:14
Thirty bucks on Amazon. And what you do is you're just doing it like a cross pattern, right? So it gives you like two paddles. Like red and black stuff? Two bones come together and all the connective cartilage or whatever all of them. So, um, but uh, you know, then yeah, the more you can pick it up. Let me uh Maybe I won't give you the water, but I'll give you that other stuff that I bought. You want a package of waters? Sure. 
Speaker 8 01:28:44
So, But they gave you a full list of like all the supplies that we needed, or they just gave you some basic stuff to do. Because I have a feeling. 
Speaker 2 01:28:52
I probably should go through everything just to make sure. Well, let's make sure we're not duplicating effort. Right. Um, by the way, anytime you see these stickers on, I usually try to take them off. But I don't like Corey's name out there, you know? Okay. Yeah, so that's what so I've got more brushes coming. This is just a quick and more sponges coming. Okay? Right? So I got the, So I get those in large packs elsewhere? Yeah,
Speaker 6 01:29:14
Yeah. The one that we got last time?
Speaker 2 01:29:16
Right. Um.
Speaker 3 01:29:23
And then I'll just share with you guys the rest of the water.
Speaker 2 01:29:29
Do you want me to come back and get another one or. No, I always keep one for myself. Okay. Um,'cause if not, I have to always walk in and steal all your guys'. So cool. If you need anything, let me know okay? Sure thing. Thank you! Thank you!
Speaker 8 01:33:25
Hey everyone, my name is Pete Bowen. Welcome to Wisdom Leadership and Success Real Talk About Life. Our goal is to help you become more successful in every aspect of your life at work, at home, and in your community. In, this podcast, we'll talk about the meaning of life, happiness, what that means and what you can start doing right now to achieve it. If, you ask people what they want in life, they'll almost always tell you that they want happiness. I mean, isn't that what we all want Isn't the meaning of life, happiness, But that always gives rise to the next question. What is happiness. And how do we get it And? That's usually as far as we go in the discussion, talking about what happiness is and how we might achieve, it gets too complicated too quickly. Is happiness about having money? How much money? Is it about being healthy or living a long time, owning a Ferrari? Is happiness the Dodgers finally winning a World Series? Are those the things that happiness is about? If you've had a few philosophy classes, The question of happiness can get buried in all sorts of technical distinctions between happiness and joy and thriving and flourishing, and whatever. A great topic for a few beers at the pub or a late night. Dorm discussion gets quickly lost in philosophical technicalities. Besides, Who has time to think about happiness when we're struggling to make it to our next paycheck, things today that help us at company. Richard was a guy who had it all.
Speaker 8 01:34:24
Business success, fame, boatloads of money, airplanes and billionaire status. But Richard died at the age of fifty nine. Alcohol poisoning. He was suffering from addiction and alcohol dementia. In his climb to becoming a billionaire, he had cheated partners and lost many of his old and closest friends. He had destroyed most of the important relationships in his life. His billionaire status and business success did not prevent him from drinking himself to death, apparently deeply unhappy. Let's contrast that with the story of a woman from a small town in Alabama. She grew up in a simple house with maybe three rooms. She had challenges in her life She lost her only son shortly after he was born. She raised her two daughters, while her husband was away for long periods on construction jobs. For the last five years of her life, she battled health problems that had her in and out of the hospital. The last eighteen months of her life were quite hard and painful before she passed away in the spring of twenty seventeen. Those close to Anne will tell you that she died happy. Despite the challenges and suffering, She was happy because she had close loving relationships in her life with her husband of fifty seven years, with their daughter relationships. You need enough money to have a reasonable living, but happiness doesn't come from money or fame a lot of factors including money. 
Speaker 8 01:35:21
Social class, education, and status. They concluded that the biggest key to happiness wasn't wealth or status or fame. The happiest people were those who had high quality relationships. In fact, The people who had high quality relationships lived both happier lives and healthier lives than people with poor quality relationships lives, but not at work. That's totally false. You should be pursuing happiness those high quality loving relationships at work, at home, and in your community. Number three: practice love. The best highest quality, most fulfilling and most powerful relationships are those grounded in love. Let's repeat that : the best. And you change the people around you for the better. You should practice love everywhere, at home, at work, and in your community. Every encounter you have with another person is an opportunity for you to practice love. To take another step, to build high quality relationships with your kids, teach them the meaning of life and how to pursue happiness. Want a great community and nation? Develop high quality loving relationships that bring your community together. Good people make good communities. Happy people make happy communities. It is easy to get caught up in the fast pace of life, chasing the next paycheck, getting the kids to practice living in the right house and driving the right car. But don't let those things distract you from what you should focus your whole life on.
Speaker 8 01:36:20
Your happiness and the happiness of the people around you. So once again, Here are the three things you can start doing right now to pursue happiness and have a good life. One, focus everything in your life on happiness. In the end, nothing else matters. Two, develop great relationships at home, at work, and in your community. That's the key to financial, family and community success. Become a good person so you are worthy of great relationships. Three, practice love. Love is the foundation of great relationships.
Speaker 2 01:36:48
My wife just threw a, Last minute quote, I forgot to tell you end quote. Commitment on me period. Can we delay lunch?
Speaker 2 01:37:40
Meet up at eleven twenty.
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Speaker 5 01:40:48
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Speaker 3 01:42:48
Okay.

[AI_SUMMARY]
The conversation covers workplace performance pressure, operational decisions in construction, health coaching, family logistics, and reflections on happiness through relationships. Key points include Ashley feeling pressured in a sales meeting, the importance of reliability and teamwork, health stewardship through exercise, and philosophical discussions on happiness emphasizing quality relationships over wealth. The dialogue concludes with logistical planning for a birthday party and ongoing business matters, advocating for clear communication and patience under stress.