All around me I see chaos, uncertainty, ugliness and the disappearance of standards. I’m constantly re-committing myself to be a man who builds ORDER, creates CERTAINTY, designs BEAUTY and maintains STANDARDS, no matter what. Period. No excuses.
So I love this quote I heard from DJ Shipley, a former member of Seal Team 6, on a podcast hosted by Shawn Ryan. They were discussing the level of capacity that Tier 1 military units maintain and he said this: “A standard becomes a standard until someone exceeds it. When the collective exceeds it, it becomes a dynasty.”
It’s my new motto as I figure out what’s next for me as a stonebuilder rebuilding my business in Texas and attempting to launch The Modern Stone Guild.
