"The Heartbeat" Blog

It is hard to believe that August is over! September and football is here! Dabo and the Clemson Tigers are getting cranked up this...

With Gary Mast deciding to leave Yoder’s and move to New York brings back a flood of memories. First of all, I want to wish Gary the very...

I apologize I know I am a couple of days late updating the blog. We were on vacation in Pa. and just got back this morning about 6 am....

I was talking to Patrick Westbrook the other day and we started talking about the different opportunities in the market. The economy...

Have you ever been to a Doctor, Accountant, Computer Store, Farm and Garden, Designer, Sales Consultant, or heard a Speaker, Preacher,...

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.-James Thurber (1894-1961) By learning to discover and value...

2,292,159! What a great number! Everybody really worked hard to make this happen. It was not without a few hiccups, but it was a big...

I was at the cabinet shop the other day and I saw some awesome looking doors that the shop is making for a church that are arched and...

The last couple of weeks working in shipping has been an eye opening experience! It has been very good to reconnect with operations again...

Wow! Wasn’t March awesome! We absolutely blew through our sales goal for March! Lets do the same thing for April! 2 million for April! I...

March is awesome! It is the start of spring, warmer weather and more activity! I usually have so much anticipation for March because it...

Early on a cold winter morning, Jim found the battery in his car had died because he had left the lights on all night long. He ran back...

What makes achievers excel? Why do some people skyrocket while others plummet? You know that I’m talking about. You can call it luck,...

Our destinies in life will never be determined by our complaining spirits or high expectations. Life is full of surprises, and the...

There are a couple of things I wanted to let you know. One is back in October I blogged about the cabinet shop expanding (which happened)...

Great News! An article in Prosales says Economists believe the U.S. housing market has bottomed out and looks like it is ready to start...

First off, yes we did move the Cabinet Shop and expanded it in Westminster. Yoder’s will soon have the capacity to build whole custom...

For years big corporations ruled the business world-not any more. Most of them are hurting – wounded – dying – or dead. Big banks, big...

Yesterday and today, Chris and I have been very busy trying to communicate everything that needs to be communicated to the people that...

In some ways this week feels like we are starting anew. Without J.P. Herttzler and Mike Blizzard, Yoder’s definitely is looking at a new...

I’m sure that we have all heard of that term before, but that is what I thought of in seeing the result of last months numbers. I...

May was 2.2 million in sales and we were were able to stop the red ink from bleeding anymore. Thanks for all of you guys and gals for...

Barriers to change that keep a team from executing the plan are usually created by: Outdated Systems Outdated Procedures Outdated...

Everybody has done a wonderful job helping out all over the place!. Thanks for making sacrifices and helping out in other departments...