Short pieces on the lessons in the book, written for the man standing at the gate at six in the morning.
A construction VP’s one rule for starting over at any age: you pour the foundation first. What nineteen years on job sites taught him about rebuilding a life after a setback.
Read →A simple morning routine from a 64-year-old construction VP who still wakes up afraid some days: the window, the scale, the bed, the numbers. You don’t have to feel fearless for it to count.
Read →Worry is not a task on the schedule. A construction VP on the difference between preparing for tomorrow and rehearsing a disaster you wrote yourself, and the one move that turns a worry into work.
Read →Picture a wall framed half an inch out of alignment. The drywall makes it visible, the cabinets make it frustrating, the countertops make it expensive. What construction teaches about discipline, habits, and the mornings you drift.
Read →Thirty years of rent, a townhouse that slipped away, and the regret of not deciding. A 64-year-old construction VP on financial mistakes, what they cost, and why no mistake gets the last word.
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Keep Climbing Now: Nobody Builds the Tenth Floor First. Thirty-nine short chapters. Every one ends on the ground with something to do about it.