Where Do You Stop? Chapter 22 continues: WE WORKED ON THE TOWER each afternoon when the school day ended. All in all, the work took us a couple of weeks. The first week and nearly all of the second went into clearing bamboo from the site. Then we erected the watchtower in two days of frenzied work. (During those busy days I discovered what a pleasure it is to hear a hammer hit a nail squarely. I didn’t hit the nail heads squarely very often, but when I did I was rewarded with the solid sound of competence. I found that I could hear that sound and get the satisfaction that came with it more often if I used a lighter touch, and I’ve applied that principle to all forms of work throughout my later life.)
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Where Do You Stop? Chapter 22 continues: WE WORKED ON THE TOWER each afternoon when the school day ended. All in all, the work took us a couple of weeks. The first week and nearly all of the second went into clearing bamboo from the site. Then we erected the watchtower in two days of frenzied work. (During those busy days I discovered what a pleasure it is to hear a hammer hit a nail squarely. I didn’t hit the nail heads squarely very often, but when I did I was rewarded with the solid sound of competence. I found that I could hear that sound and get the satisfaction that came with it more often if I used a lighter touch, and I’ve applied that principle to all forms of work throughout my later life.)