Books

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Small business owners

The Dilemma: A Business Novel About Small Business and AI

John Hodsdon

A short business novel about a restoration shop that is not losing to bigger competitors so much as to scattered people, weak office software, and a “we’ll deal with it later” attitude. The owner faces a choice: keep improvising, or build a simple system ordinary people can run every day. Not a tech fantasy — a step-by-step journey from inconsistent habits to predictable results, before the gap with the future gets too wide to close.

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Owners of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaning, remodeling and restoration businesses

The AI Advantage for Home Service Businesses: How to Win with AI and Agentic Systems

John Hodsdon

An owner-to-owner guide to making AI do real work in a service business. You do not need a technical background to build the workflows and operating systems that take a shop to the next level — dispatching, follow-up, documentation, estimating, scheduling, and keeping jobs moving. Written for owners who know the work, not for developers. AI is treated as a tool, not a replacement for judgment.

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Young adults starting their first real jobs

Off To Work We Go: The 21st Century Guide to Finding Work Worth Doing!

John Hodsdon

A practical, easy-to-read guide to entering the working world and building something from it: what employers are actually looking for, how to make a strong first impression, and the work habits that get a person kept and promoted. More about succeeding once you have the job than about getting it — building confidence, independence, and a career out of every job along the way.

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Homeowners planning a remodel or home improvement project

The Remodeling Survival Guide

John Hodsdon

A common-sense guide to managing a remodeling or home improvement project: hiring the right contractor, managing them to get the project you actually wanted, paying them safely, keeping the schedule, and protecting yourself and your family from getting taken advantage of. The questions every homeowner has, answered before the work starts.

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Business owners

Rethinking Business in the Age of AI: Why Adding AI Isn't Enough and How to Build the Business That Comes Next

John Hodsdon

Most owners are using AI to do yesterday's work faster, and faster tasks don't change results. The real opportunity is to redesign how information, people, and value move through the business. This book gives you a plain diagnosis, four paths forward (Rebuild, Separate, Acquire, Defend), and a 100-day plan that starts with one workflow full of friction.

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