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363 What 40 years of showing up to hard, physical work taught me about the mental habits no productivity app will ever replicate

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Tommy Baker @ Silicon Canals · 05/02/2026 22:00 EDT

What 40 years of showing up to hard, physical work taught me about the mental habits no productivity app will ever replicate

After four decades of crawling through attics and wrestling with live wires, I discovered that the mental toughness built from physical labor creates habits that no Silicon Valley app can replicate—and they're still waking me up at 5:30 AM in retirement.

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