The Fork in the Road
A Restopreneur™ Fable – Book One

Not every business owner burns out. But the ones who don’t? They chose a different road.

The Fork in the Road is a raw, fast-moving fable about Jack, a restoration business owner who did everything “right” and still ended up stuck.

He built the team. He bought the trucks. He showed up early and stayed late. But now he’s buried in chaos, addicted to control, and barely holding it together. The dream of owning a business has turned into a 24/7 job with a fancy title and no off switch.

Sound familiar?

Jack’s story is fiction—but it’s built from the very real, very common struggles of thousands of trades and service business owners who wake up one day and realize: this isn’t freedom. It’s a trap.

Through the course of one pivotal week, Jack is confronted with hard truths, unexpected mentors, and the brutal choice every Restopreneur™ must eventually face:
Keep being the hero—or build something that works without you.

This is Book One in the Restopreneur™ series, a collection of bold, story-driven books written for the elite 8% of business owners who are willing to step back, build with intention, and lead in a way that scales without sacrificing their sanity.

While Jack takes center stage here, he’s not the only one with a story to tell. In time, other characters you meet along the way will have their own backstories revealed, each one a lesson, a perspective, a piece of the puzzle.

But first, it’s Jack’s turn.
Because before you build an empire,
You’ve got to face the mirror.