"At Your Best is the only step-by-step handbook to finding if a career in the trades is right for you, educating yourself and earning the proper certifications, establishing yourself as an excellent apprentice and journeyman in the industry, and moving on to start your own small business in the trades. At each step of the way, your At Your Best playbook provides the information, recommendations, outside resources, and concrete actions needed for taking the next successful step in You, Inc. Whether you are beginning your first career, changing careers, or ready to move up and start your own business as a carpenter, plumber, HVAC/R tech, or other tradesman, this is the book that will tell you how. There are currently over 6.5 million unfilled jobs in the skilled trades in the US. Despite being well-paying and secure, these jobs remain open because enough qualified candidates with the skills, attitude, and experience required do not exist. Moreover, plenty of opportunity exists for established tradespeople to start their own business, but they have no guidance. The At Your Best Playbooks series changes that."--. Provided by publisher.

Part 1 : at your best fundamentals : the rules of the game. AYB playbooks & www.atyourbest.com -- AYB playbooks are for you if... -- The AYB mental framework -- Part 2 : at your best as a welder : becoming a world-class player. Career overview : welder -- Your path to becoming a welder -- Finding work as a welder -- At your best with 3P+A in action -- Getting your head straight, part 1 -- Part 3 : at your best as a small business : building a world-class franchise. AYB playbooks & recommended reading -- At your best : the pre-game -- At your best : the kick off -- At your best : game on -- At your best : halftime -- Getting your head straight, part 2 -- At your best : going pro.