Andrew Phillips built Phillips Restoration from the ground up. One emergency call, one hire, and one system at a time. After eight years, he has a solid business but he still answers the emergency calls at two in the morning. Then he meets Jack, a guy who had built and sold a business, only to discover that life after the business was not what he expected. Over a two year period, Jack asks Andrew questions that go beyond how to improve his company, such as:

"What happens when you get what you're asking for?"

"What would you do if the business didn't need you?"

"What are you putting your identity in?

What You're Building Toward follows an owner through the difficult work of building something that can run without him and then facing the reality afterwards. This is not a how-to book. There is no five-step process. Instead, it's a story about building a business and letting go of the things that you think are essential, even when they aren't.

It's a story about facing the question that many owners never ask: who are you when you are no longer the person that solves every problem?

This is a book for every business owner, executive, and people manager who cannot figure out why they can't step away.

Available January 13

What people are saying about What You're Building Toward

"Even successful people get stuck . . . and it's hard to get unstuck. That's what this book means to me. It's about moving forward after building the thing . . . and figuring out where the dream goes next."

Joe Pulizzi, Author of Burn the Playbook

"Rutherford puts a name to something a lot of owners feel and can't articulate: being present but not essential in the business you built. If you've tied your identity to your company or suspect you have, you'll see yourself in these pages."

Colby Wegter, Author of A Bangin' Life