"WITHOUT SUGAR-COATING ANYTHING, SOLID GROUND EQUIPS READERS WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO OVERCOME REAL-LIFE OBSTACLES TO ACHIEVE AND SUSTAIN A LIFE OF SUCCESS. "

ELI CAPILOUTO
PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Solid Ground reaches #1 bestseller status on Kindle on Amazon!

Tom Lewis offers both a road map and a compass for finding True North. Following these principles will not only put your life on Solid Ground, it will also significantly improve your chances of finding both success and happiness.

Solid Ground shatters the popular myths in today’s culture about how to create a successful life. By reminding us of the time-tested principles that seem to have gotten lost-like personal character, hard work, goal setting, helping others, and faith – Solid Ground explains and celebrates the real building blocks of a successful career and life.
“Ten years from now you will thank yourself for reading this book. It will change the trajectory of your life.”
T.W. Lewis
“I wrote this book because young adults today are getting bad advice about how to succeed, and I want to show them a better way.”
T.W. Lewis
About the Author

Tom Lewis is the founder of T.W. Lewis Company, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based real estate investment company known for its outstanding quality and customer service in the homebuilding industry. The company has received numerous national awards, including America's Best Builder and the National Housing Quality Gold Award. Tom received a Lifetime Achievement recognition from Professional Builder magazine and was named the first inductee into the National Housing Quality Hall of Fame.
In 2002, Tom and his wife, Jan, formed T.W. Lewis Foundation to support higher education, children and families in need, youth character education, and a variety of local and national nonprofits that build community and strengthen America's civil society. In 2015, Tom and Jan created the Lewis Honors College at the University of Kentucky.

Listen to Tom’s interview with Charlie Kirk of the Charlie Kirk Show:
"Solid Ground Guides Readers to become masters of their fate and captains of their souls."
Barbara Barrett
Nominee for Secretary of the Air Force
Read the Introduction by T.W. Lewis
Read the foreword by Doug Ducey - Governor of Arizona
Building Your Life on Solid Ground.

Chapter by chapter, Lewis outlines the building blocks for a successful and happy life.

"THIS BOOK PROVIDES A ROADMAP TO YOUR SUCCESS. CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE WITH MY TEAM AND STAFF."

JOHN CALIPARI HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

"CONSEQUENTIAL"

For those serious about making the most out of life, Solid Ground will be on the list of consequential books that will help you do just that.

DOUG DUCEY
GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA

"OVERCOME OBSTACLES"

Without sugar-coating anything, Solid Ground equips readers with the tools necessary to overcome real-life obstacles to achieve and sustain a life of success. Lewis encourages and challenges those who are eager to build a successful life but unsure how to begin.

ELI CAPILOUTO
PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

"A ROADMAP FOR LIFE"

All lives require roadmaps to move forward. Tom Lewis in his fantastic story, Solid Ground, outlines a journey for life that can inform us all. Resilient, adaptable, focused, sincere, committed - all concepts that are deeply reviewed and clearly articulated.

MICHAEL CROW
PRESIDENT, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

"GROUNDING SO MANY WANT"

Solid advice from a solid guy. This book is the grounding that so many want and need. If you wish to get your feet under you - and get going on the life you've dreamed of - then start by reading this book.

MEG JAY, PHD
AUTHOR OF THE DEFINING DECADE AND SUPERNORMAL

Solid Ground challenges the popular myths that make it harder to achieve success and happiness.

Myth
Reality

Successful people are just lucky.

Successful people use their natural talent, start early, work late, set goals, and keep getting better.
You can be anything you want.
You can be anything you are naturally good at… if you earn it.

You have to choose between success and happiness.

You can have both, either, or neither, because they are unrelated.

Work smarter, not harder.

Work smarter and harder. It takes both to succeed.

Following your passion is the key to success and happiness.

Success is the result of talent, hard work, and persistence. Happiness naturally occurs when you help others and grow as a person
Thirty is the new twenty.
Thirty is still thirty, and your twenties are still your defining decade. Successful people don’t waste time.
"THERE IS WISDOM TO BE FOUND HERE, AND THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS REVEALED!"
DAVID WEEKLEY
FOUNDER OF DAVID WEEKLEY HOMES
Inspiring Messages in Every Chapter
"There are no elevators to success. You have to take the stairs."
Zig Ziglar
"A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder."
Thomas Carlyle
"One of life's most important questions is-what am I doing for others?"
Unknown
"When it comes to being successful in life, having good judgment and making good decisions are far more important than just being smart."
T.W. Lewis
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing."
Abraham Lincoln
"Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal."
Earl Nightingale
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only that gives everything its value."
Thomas Paine
"Wherever you go, be there."
Unknown
"The only thing more important than the will to win is the will to prepare to win."
Vince Lombardi
"I try my best to be just who I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them."
Bob Dylan, "Maggie's Farm"
"Hard work beats talent if talent doesn't work hard."
Sign in University of Kentucky football weight room
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature."
Helen Keller
"If you chase two rabbits, you will catch neither."
Russian proverb
"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why."
Attributed to Mark Twain
"It ain't what you don't know that gets you in trouble. It is what you know for sure that just ain't so."
Attributed to Mark Twain
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Apr 08, 2021

“What does a successful life look like?” Interview with Audrey Adams

Nov 22, 2020

“How to Achieve Life Success not just Job Success” with Marc Lucas on THE FORM and T.W. Lewis

May 20, 2020

Charlie Kirk Interview- “Don’t Follow Your Passion!” A Roadmap to Real Success with T.W. Lewis

Jul 15, 2022

Finding Success and Happiness in Life

Rob Bluey Interviews Tom Lewis

Feb 10, 2022

Grow Where You’re Planted with The American Conservative

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Jun 16, 2021

Significant Sig – Tom Lewis

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Jul 13, 2020

In A Pandemic Rut? Work Harder, Not Just Smarter

Rob Bluey Interviews Tom Lewis

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Jul 06, 2020

5 Key Building Blocks for Constructing Your Career On Solid Ground

Rob Bluey Interviews Tom Lewis

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Jul 02, 2020

Advice For Recent Graduates: Work Harder – AND Smarter – If You Really Want To Succeed

Rob Bluey Interviews Tom Lewis

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