Right tool for the right job creates the right solution.

My dad used to repeat that when I was growing up. At 81, he still practices that old saying.

In January, I got a first hand reminder from him how important it is to have the right tool for the right job.

I sat at his kitchen table pecking away on my computer in his Florida retirement home while mom stood at the kitchen sink peeling a banana. (She never goes a day without eating a banana.)

As I glanced out the garage, I saw dad standing on an 6 foot step ladder in the top of a giant crepe myrtle tree trimming the winter limbs.

I jumped to my feet, ran to the ladder and put my hand through his belt on his back to steady him while gently tugging him down. “Please, let me do this, Dad. I’m here to help.”

“I can do it,” he said. “I’m not an invalid.”

That’s true. At 81 and just six months after nearly dying from a gangrenous gall bladder infection which put him in an Atlanta hospital for 31 days, he can still work circles around me.

“I know. Just let me do this,” I said.

So, he climbed down. I’m much taller than dad, so I didn’t need the ladder. And besides, with the telescoping pruning shears he was wielding, I could reach nearly every limb and trim them easily.

The shears were sharp and exactly the right length.

For an hour, I clipped. Nearly exhausted in the January heat, I stumbled into the house while dad cleaned up the yard – for three more hours.

Mom smiled when I sat down, sipping my cold water. “I can’t stop him,” she said.

I’m the hardest working guy I know. I always have been. It’s in my blood. But my dad continues to outwork me. And because he has the right tools, he always gets more done. Our parents were always teaching us, one way or another. Some of the lessons stick.

That mantra still fills my mind: Right tool for the right job…

Hard work can become much more with smart tools was one that my dad taught me.

In my business, I focus on the right tools all the time. Tools help me get more done, and the right one is worth the investment.

Students and NAMS members ask me all the time, “Which tools should I buy? Which gurus should I follow? Which techniques should I incorporate?”

So, I’m answering those questions over the next month.

We’ll start with my top 20 tools. I’m going to work my way down from 20 to 1. I could have told you about the top 100. I use at least that many tools. But I decided to focus on the ones that I use on a regular basis, at least weekly. More likely, these are tools I’ll use daily.

Remember, right tool for the right job creates the right solution.

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Enjoy! And remember what my dad says: Right tool for the right job…