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🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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In this episode, Tyler talks about the roads not taken — reflecting on how he almost didn’t end up in construction and why it’s worth asking what other paths might have looked like. He explores how understanding your “what if” moments can bring clarity, motivation, and renewed purpose in the work you do today.
Show Notes:
Exploring Alternative Career Paths (0:00)
The Challenge of Career Choices (2:29)
Early Career Aspirations (6:50)
Passion for Nature and Landscape Design (9:38)
Reflections on Career Satisfaction (11:52)
Workshops and Resources for Scaling (18:08)
Consulting Services and Future Plans (20:20)
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0:00.0 | I don't know. I think that everyone would probably entertain doing something else, but I think that you'd probably get into it and then it would become the same thing where, yeah, there's good days and there's bad days and there's days where it's frustrating and there's days where you struggle. |
0:15.1 | But it's probably similar to marriage and relationships where you have to put in the effort, you have to make it work, |
0:21.4 | it's not always perfect, you can manage it to look elsewhere can be foolish. |
0:30.1 | Welcome back to another midweek, modern craftsman. |
0:32.7 | Have you ever asked yourself what you'd be doing if you weren't in your current career? |
0:38.5 | So I recently posed that question as somebody, and then I turned it back on myself and it made me reflect on how I |
0:43.9 | stumbled into construction and how close I came to choosing another path. So this week I'm diving |
0:50.1 | into that what if and exploring the path I didn't take and maybe why that still matters. |
0:55.3 | Before we get going today, I'm going to give a quick plug to the Contractor Coalition Summit. |
1:02.2 | We are holding an event June 19th through the 23rd. |
1:07.0 | If you are interested in attending, it's in Omaha, Nebraska. |
1:10.7 | I have a special offer 25% off. |
1:14.6 | The ticket price for that event, you can shoot me an email, Tyler at TRG Homeconcepts.com, or you can DM us directly at Contractor Coalition Summit. |
1:27.1 | So that's Contractor Coalition Summit on |
1:30.0 | Instagram. Shoot us a DM. Tell them that I sent you. Also, there is an alumni package, |
1:36.0 | which is a distilled version of this event. If you're interested in coming to that, the first 50, |
1:42.8 | we are offering free passes to. |
1:46.7 | So again, shoot an email to me, Tyler at TRG Homeconcepts.com or shoot us a DM Contractor Coalition Summit on Instagram and tell them that I sent you again for 25% off. |
1:59.7 | If you are a new attendee for the full event, |
2:04.1 | it's a four-day event, |
2:06.3 | well, June 19th, 20th, 21st, 27, 23rd, 5, |
2:10.5 | a little four and a half days. |
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