Dad’s Workbench – There’s a Tool for That

When the various challenges arise, or the obstacles both large and small throw themselves across our path, or we’re ascending new peaks, we tend to grab the closest thing available to us and rapidly bring it to bear on the challenge. We tend to be tersely reactionary rather than prudently thoughtful. We either jump into the fray or leap out of it with little thought as to the instruments that we’re using as we perform those tasks.

Whatever the nature of our challenge, or our obstacle, or our mountain, there’s a tool for all of them. And in those rare cases where there’s not the perfect tool, we have enough tools from which to craft the perfect tool. This episode outlines some effective and frequently unused tools.