b'NTCA MEMBER SPOTLIGHTthatIcanstandbehindbecauseand panic attacks. My anxiety was IknowthatthethingsIdoarethrough the roof, he explained. I within TCNAstandards,hesaid.was very much out of my comfort AnotherwayCTIhasimpactedzone. But then I just kind of hit a me and my company is the valuezone and went with it.of the education and the humilityJasonMcDaniel,ownerof the CTI test itself provided me. StoneManConstruction,LLC,and Passing the CTI exam was a mile- ShonParker,CommercialSales stone McConnell will never forget.Manager for Schluter Systems, were At the time he decided to take theevaluatorswhenMcConnellwas exam, it was not offered in a loca- takinghisexam.Bothnotedhis tionclosetohiminCody,soheconviction, in spite of his challeng-drove nearly 700 miles to take thees,tocompletetheexam.Iwas exam in Boise, Idaho. In addition,fortunate to be there as his evalua-McConnellsuffersfromextremetor, McDaniel said. It was one of anxiety,andlosthalfthefunctionthe most painfully impressive feats and fi motor skills in one of histo watch. He shook his way throughne hands while he was a mechanic. Hethe entire test and passed! Michael said while facing the time crunch ofis an inspiration; I look up to him in theexam,hefoughtofftremorsso many ways, McDaniel said.Passing the CTI exam was triumph for McConnell, who suffers from anxiety and has lim-ited use of one of his hands. I am overly proud of myself. It was a good accomplish-ment for me and very humbling.66 TileLetter | January 2020'