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A contractor's upside on a job is a single-digit margin and the downside is the whole company, and that asymmetry is why construction is conservative.

Drawn from what Brian Potter said

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Which mental models help you think better?under our view: Leave a margin of safety, because you will be wrong sometimes

What Brian Potter actually said

  1. Brian Potter Structural engineer and writer
    The upside of any given project is usually a single-digit profit margin. But the downside is “whatever your company is worth”

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