Mike Buechel
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Two Years Later
The days are long, but the years are short. Gretchen Rubin It’s been a while since I’ve written here. Not because I didn’t have anything to say, but because the last couple of years have been full. Full of growth,… Continue reading
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A Stone’s Throw
What do a personal trainer, a concierge, and Buechel Stone have in common? Keep reading to find out. My name is Mike Buechel, and I’m the President and CEO of Buechel Stone. To say I’ve been here my whole life… Continue reading
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Project: Basement
Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful Hazrat Inayat Khan When I saw this quote, I knew it was perfect for this post. I never really understood people that move a bunch of times. I… Continue reading
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Raising the Bar on Best Experience – Buechel Stone Opens Warehouse in Hammond, IN
Here is a simple but powerful rule: always give people more than what they expect to get. Nelson Boswell It’s often said that time is the one equalizer of all things. Rich, poor, young, old — we all live by… Continue reading
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Focusing on Details Puts Buechel Stone on Top | Buechel Stone Recognized as a 2023 Top Workplace in USA
“No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.” Jack Welch What does the word “Rockstar” mean to you? If you keep up with… Continue reading
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Building Your Own Great Wall Starts With Buechel Stone
Deep are the foundations of sincerity. Even stone walls have their foundation below the frost. Henry David Thoreau When it comes to long-term planning, you should always start with a good foundation. This is true in all aspects of life.… Continue reading
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Finding Natural Beauty Beneath the Layers | The Many Quarries of Buechel Stone
“Always look beyond what you can see.” Mark A. Cooper Buechel Stone’s history starts with the land of our founders, Francis and Alyce Buechel. The story of their start has been told before, most recently in a 2018 article I… Continue reading
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Planning for Success: Buechel Stone’s 2022 Year in Review
“By reaching for what is impossible, we often actually do the impossible; and even when we don’t quite make it, we inevitably wind up doing much better than we would have done.” Michael Hyatt There is little that should be… Continue reading
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.doc, .pat, .dwg – the architectural Rock, Paper, Scissors
If you don’t have the information you need to make wise choices, find someone who does. Lori Hil In today’s world of endless information, it is sad to see how little actual knowledge there is. Information and knowledge are not… Continue reading
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Buechel Trucking Inc Rebranded as “Rolling Rockstar Transit”
You can’t knock on opportunity’s door and not be ready Bruno Mars Buechel Stone is excited to announce the launch of Rolling Rockstar Transit, a rebranding of Buechel Trucking Inc. In the early days of Buechel Stone, trucking was already… Continue reading
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Kansas a “Chip Off the Old Block” for Buechel Stone
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it Frank Zappa I found this quote rather inspiring. There are so many different situations this can be applied to: food prepared by a chef, an architect’s drawings of a new… Continue reading
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The Land of The Post Rock is an Unsung Hero in Natural Stone
Nothing lasts forever but the Earth and Sky. -Kansas If you were to ask most people from Wisconsin what’s from Kansas they’d likely give you the following three answers: 1.) Jordy Nelson, 2.) Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and… Continue reading
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Show me the Money!
Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it. Unknown There are a lot of decisions made in the course of a day at work, and there are none more important and often challenging than… Continue reading
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Enhanced EMPLOYMENT Bonus
The world belongs to the energetic. Ralph Waldo Emerson There are few things as fulfilling as seeing someone’s face when they get a check or bonus they earned. I’m not about to get into the politics and reality of people… Continue reading
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Luxury Marketing Council Podcast
Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends. Coco Chanel I get asked to do interviews from time to time, and I seldom turn them down. It’s not about being vain, I just feel our business and family story… Continue reading
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Buechel’s “Make it Up as you Go” Salsa
You can’t just eat good food. You’ve got to talk about it too. Kurt Vonnegut Nikki and I just finished with an amazing salsa recipe we’ve been playing around with for about 15 years. Each year we seem to tweak… Continue reading
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Nature’s Friend: The Local Quarry
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” John Lubbock Since I was a kid, I loved growing up literally “in the quarry.” Riding Huffy bikes, jumping off small stone ledges, riding through standing water; it was all… Continue reading
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Installing a Drystack Stone Wall
“We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.” William Aurthor Ward The funny thing about this quote was as a novice stone wall installer, I’m pretty sure all of the above… Continue reading
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The 411 on Bad Masonry
There’s more to masonry than meets the eye… but if it’s bad to the eye it’s probably going down hill fast on the rest of the details. Continue reading
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The Good Stuff
Get along while we canAlways give love the upper handPaint a wall, learn to danceCall your mom, buy a boatDrink a beer, sing a songMake a friend, can’t we all get along Kenny Chesney / Josh Osborne / Ross Copperman… Continue reading
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The Decade
A century is about events. A decade is about people. George Friedman When you say the words, “ten years,” it doesn’t seem like that big a deal. It’s just a measure of time; one decade. What does that even mean… Continue reading
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Luxury Stones… not just for Jewelry
Luxury is in each detail Hubert de Givenchy I never thought about stone as a luxury item when I was younger. I had a much more utilitarian view of it. It was used for building masonry walls, retaining ground in… Continue reading
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Thank God I’m a Country Boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me an ole fiddleWhen the sun’s comin’ up I got cakes on the griddleLife ain’t nothin’ but a funny funny riddleThank God I’m a country boy Songwriter: John Martin Sommer –… Continue reading
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Under Your Roof and In Your Backyard
A few months ago I had the opportunity to do a podcast with Dean Marsico and Derek Stearns on their show, “Under Your Roof and in Your Backyard.” These two are probably the most well-known masons in the United States,… Continue reading
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The Quest to Create #Rockstar Salespeople
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” Henry Ford Stone: natural; unique; organic; complicated? There are a lot of things about natural stone that get people excited, and there seems… Continue reading
The Family Stone 