The Carpenter: A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All

Acknowledgments

I want to acknowledge Walter Isaacson, the author of Steve Jobs, who inspired the story the carpenter tells about his father being unwilling to use cheap wood for the back of the cabinet. Steve Jobs’ father taught him the same lesson and I was inspired to adapt this story to my own book.

Thank you to Erwin McManus, whose talk on being a little crazy in order to be a success inspired what I wrote on this topic.

Thank you to Joey Green, author of The Road to Success Is paved with Failure, for the examples of famous failures that I shared in this book.

Thank you to Frank Gambuzza for telling me his secret to why his hair salon is so successful.

Thank you to my publisher, Matt Holt; my editor, Shannon Vargo; and the rest of the team at Wiley for believing in this book and sharing it with the world.

Thank you to my wife, Kathryn, for reading the manuscript and making great suggestions and changes as always.

Thank you to my friends Dan Britton and Joshua Medcalf for reading the book and sharing insights and suggestions to make it better.

Thank you to my team, including Daniel Decker, Brooke Trabert, and Anne Carlson, for all your support and for making it possible for me to do what I do best.

Thank you to all the craftsmen and craftswomen who approach life and work as artists.

Thank you to all those who love, serve, and care, and become the mission.

Most of all I thank God for the Carpenter who saved me in 2006 and transformed my life, heart, and soul forever.