In this episode of the Elite Business Advice Podcast, Chris Moore dives into one of the most important topics in the painting industry: job costing. As part three of the Back to Basics series, this episode breaks down what job costing is, how to do it correctly, and how to use financial data to make smarter business decisions. You’ll learn which numbers you should be looking at, how knowing your net cash flow helps with hiring and overhead decisions, and how this one system often uncovers dozens of opportunities for improvement.

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In this second episode of the Back to Basics series on the Elite Business Advice Podcast, host Chris Moore breaks down one of the most overlooked systems in a painting business: your calendar. Many contractors feel busy all the time, yet still fall behind on important work, and usually it’s because they aren’t honoring their calendar as a true productivity tool.

Chris shares practical ways to use your calendar as a system by setting up repeating events to guarding your time by focusing on your big rock priorities for 2026.

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In this episode of the Elite Business Advice Podcast, we kick off the new Back to Basics Series, designed to help painting contractors refocus on the fundamentals that truly move the needle in 2026. One of the biggest challenges we see when coaching business owners isn’t a lack of knowledge—it’s a lack of organization and follow-through. Great ideas and systems don’t matter if nothing actually gets done.

This episode breaks down how to build a simple, repeatable to-do system that works for both your personal life and your business, how to establish clear rhythms and frequencies for important tasks like job costing, cash flow management, and goal reviews, and how to break large projects into manageable action steps to avoid overwhelm.

Need help implementing new systems or structure in what we mention in this episode? Schedule a free business analysis meeting with us at www.elitebusinessadvisors.com!