Today I Believe

Leave it cleaner than you found it

It is the same rule you teach a child. It is also the rule that quietly builds companies worth working at.

An essay by Dustin Michael Drozd

Apply the rule to the jobsite. Apply it to the truck. Apply it to the conversation, the team, the trade, the day. The compound effect is a life.

The companies that operate this way do not have to advertise it. Neighbors notice. Crews notice. Suppliers notice. The reputation does the recruiting.

It is also a quiet form of legacy. The people who work with you remember the standard, and they take it to whatever they do next.

There is no shortcut to this and there does not need to be. Cleaner than you found it. Every time.