Smartphones qualify as this generation’s pocketknife — except pocketknives have a set number of tools, and the tools a smartphone has are limited only by our imagination.

Investing in your business while things look grim allows you to better weather the next storm.

Let's talk about the value of time off.

The Driller has partnered with frequent contributor and global drill trainer Brock Yordy to develop a new video series.

Success as a small business owner which, let's be honest, most contractors are, often relies on facing and overcoming our limiting beliefs.

Every profession, especially a niche field like drilling, has tricks or jargon that everyone assumes everyone else knows. But, if you missed it during training, specialty knowledge veers quickly into "too embarrassed to ask" territory.

There's undeniably a crisis affecting large swaths of the U.S., and a lot of urban and suburban Americans don't see it.

You travel long distances for jobs and stay days, or even weeks, away from home to finish a project. Are you making time to take care of yourself?

Henry Ford once said, "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." When you fall short, do you reflect on the failure and learn from it?

If you have a skilled employee who seems like a good candidate to strike out on his or her own, try encouragement — especially if you don’t see a clear path up for that person.