Ep. 94 | You're a Warrior Whether You Like It or Not — 40 Years in the Trades with Rodney Swarms

Episode 93 was the 24-year-old just getting started. This one is the other end of the road: Rodney Swarms — owner of The Plumbing Knight in Moore County, NC, nearly thirty years in business, four decades in the trade, and the man Nathan calls when his own business has him rattled.

Rodney is 62. Nathan is 43. And Rodney's message to every younger man listening is the one he lives with: "I got off the road, I got down in that ditch, and I hung out there too long." A conversation about lost years, climbing out, and why finishing strong beats starting flashy.

In this episode:

• The ditch: Rodney's honest accounting of the years he lost — and what staying on the road would have been worth
• Building a plumbing business from a used van and not much else
• Two out of twelve: Caleb, Joshua, and why most men see giants where God sees a promise
• The marriage zeitgeist — young men waiting until everything's ready, and what that costs a generation
• What Rodney's building at 62: the Golden Knights maintenance program, an apprenticeship pipeline, and AI in a four-decade-old trade
• His whole push: you were created in the image of God, God has a plan for you, and you are a warrior whether you like it or not

Find Rodney:

• The Plumbing Knight, Inc. — theplumbingknight.com (veteran-owned, serving Moore County, NC since 1997)
• LinkedIn: Rodney Swarms