Success Formula: Tour de Trades Field Manual
Direction x Action x Consistency
What separates the tradesmen who struggle from the ones who rise to leadership?
It isn't talent.
It isn't luck.
And it definitely isn't complicated.
Success in the trades follows a simple formula:
Direction x Action x Consistency
When one of these breaks down, results break down.
In this practical field manual for tradesmen, apprentices, and foremen, electrician and instructor David McCord introduces a powerful diagnostic tool that helps workers identify why progress stalls and how to get back on track.
Using the Tour de Trades Power Bicycle framework, this book translates personal development into the language of the job site - simple, visual, and immediately usable.
Inside this manual you will learn:
- Why Direction is the Front Wheel of success
- Why Action is the power that moves your career forward
- Why Consistency is the Chain that multiplies results over time
- How to diagnose where your progress is breaking down
- How foremen can develop stronger crews and future leaders
- How apprentices can take ownership of their growth from day one
This is not theory.
This is a jobsite-tested framework designed for the real world of construction.
Whether you are:
- A new apprentice trying to stand out
- A journeyman preparing for leadership
- A foreman building a stronger crew
- Or a contractor developing the next generation
This field manual gives you a simple system to diagnose problems, develop people, and produce results.
The trades don't need more motivation.
They need clear direction, decisive action, and relentless consistency.
This is the formula.
Tour de Trades
Building the next generation of tradesmen and foremen.