Built Between Bedtimes – Episode 35: Max Is Moving Out in 20 Days, Rob Gave His Contractor a Credit Card, and the Leadership Mistake That Was Costing Him More Than He Knew

In this episode, Rob's daughter Max is 20 days from moving into Lewis and Clark — only child, never shared a room, roommate from California who's also in a band. It's happening fast. Then Rob gives a full rundown on how he's using Claude Cowork to manage three flips simultaneously — tracking vendor communications, job costing, and construction timelines across a master folder that cross-references itself. He also admits to handing a contractor his credit card for Lowe's runs, which nobody around him thought was a good idea. And the biggest insight from his book stack this year: he's been talking too much in team meetings, not listening enough, and the one time he reversed that — asking questions and staying quiet — his team surfaced problems he didn't even know existed.