You haven't touched a tool yet and the apprentice is already learning. How you step out of the truck. Whether you check the job brief or stuff it in your pocket. The tone you set before the work starts is the first lesson of the day.

Today's focus: Your preparation is their training.

New workers don't separate what's required from what's routine. They copy what they see. If you skip the walkaround, they learn the walkaround is optional.

Before your first task, do every step like someone's learning from it. Because they are.

The habits they build start with the ones you show.

Use this before your first task.

— Lito Wilkins