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The Driver’s Mind — A Trucker’s Guide to Mindset
Straight answers on mindset for life on the road.
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Books & Guides.
Everything Shawn has written, in one place. Digital guides you can download and read tonight — 5 of them free — and the published paperbacks, further down this page.
Digital
Guides & PDFs
Written by a 17-year driver with a clean record — DOT inspection material, CDL protection, Hours of Service reference, and health and money on the road. Free guides send your download link right here once you enter your email; paid guides open their Stan checkout page.
11 products
FreeDOT Inspection
7 DOT Inspection Mistakes That Cost Truckers
Common inspection mistakes that cost drivers time and money.
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FreeCDL Protection
The First 72 Hours — What to Do If You Fail a DOT Test
Legitimate response and recovery steps after a failed DOT test.
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Shawn’s pickCDL Protection
17 Years. Zero Violations.
The habits and decisions that keep a CDL intact.
$19.00Buy now
Health
Carnivore in the Truck
PDF Digital Download
300 carnivore recipes for an air fryer and a cast-iron skillet.
$17.99Buy PDF
CDL Protection
Save Your CDL: DOT Drug Test & SAP Guide
PDF Digital Download
What the DOT drug test and SAP process actually involve.
$24.99Buy PDF
CDL Training
Pass Your CDL Permit Test — The Crusher Guide
Focused material for the CDL permit test.
$27.00Buy now
Hours of Service
The HOS Bible
PDF Digital Download
A clear reference on Hours of Service rules.
$29.00Buy PDF
Owner-Operator
Keep More of Your Money — First-Year Owner-Operator Guide
Practical guidance for a first-year owner-operator.
$19.00Buy now
Paperback
Books by Shawn
Published paperbacks by Shawn: books for drivers, a coloring book for trucking families, and two faith books. These are sold and shipped by Amazon — Trucking Life does not take payment for them, and Amazon sets the price.
The Trucker’s Carnivore Cookbook
Paperback · sold on Amazon
100 carnivore recipes, every one written for a compact air fryer, in a paperback you can keep on the bunk. This is the shorter print book — not the 300-recipe Carnivore in the Truck PDF, which adds 150 skillet recipes.
Who this book is for
Drivers who want a paperback of simple air-fryer meals for the sleeper — meat, eggs, salt and fat, no complicated plan, nothing that needs a kitchen.
What you’ll learn
- 100 air-fryer recipes — no skillet section in this edition
- Meals built from meat, eggs, salt and animal fat
- A print book, sold and shipped by Amazon — the 300-recipe PDF is a separate download
DOT Survival Guide
Paperback · sold on Amazon
Inspections, audits, and shutdowns — the playbook for staying legal when the DOT comes knocking. Written from 17 years of clean inspections, not from a lawyer’s desk.
Who this book is for
Company drivers and owner-operators who want to stop fearing the scale house — and anyone who’s ever rolled past an inspection site holding their breath.
What you’ll learn
- How roadside inspections actually go down — and how to pass them
- What triggers audits and shutdowns, and how to stay off the radar
- The habits behind 17 years with zero violations
Discipline Over Everything
Paperback · sold on Amazon
The truths nobody tells you. Road-tested discipline for drivers who want more out of this life than a paycheck — money, health, and a future you actually control.
Who this book is for
Drivers grinding hard but going nowhere — anyone who knows the problem isn’t effort, it’s direction, and wants a straight-talk reset from someone who’s lived it.
What you’ll learn
- The discipline habits that compound on the road
- How to stop leaving money, health, and time on the table
- Building a life you don’t need a break from — from the driver’s seat
Save Your CDL
Paperback · sold on Amazon
The truck driver’s guide to DOT drug testing, the FMCSA Clearinghouse and the SAP program: pass the test, survive a failed one, and get back behind the wheel. Most drivers who fail a DOT drug test fail because nobody told them the rules.
Who this book is for
Every CDL holder who wants to know the testing rules before they cost a career, and any driver who has failed a test and needs the way back to work.
What you’ll learn
- How DOT drug and alcohol testing works
- What the FMCSA Clearinghouse holds, and what it means for your job
- The SAP return-to-duty process after a failed test
Defensive Driving for Truck Drivers
Paperback · sold on Amazon
Principles for safe, smart operation. A guide for professional drivers on reducing risk, preventing collisions and staying safe, built around five core defensive driving principles.
Who this book is for
New CDL drivers building safe habits, and experienced operators who want a clear framework for driving defensively in a big truck.
What you’ll learn
- Focus and attention: cutting distractions and staying alert
- Hazard perception: scanning, reading traffic flow and spotting trouble early
- Communicating your intentions to other road users
The Driver’s Mind
Paperback · sold on Amazon
Communication, attitude and mindset for truck drivers. Not a book about shifting gears or logbooks: it is about the two things that decide whether you last in trucking — how you communicate, and whether you can get out of your own bad attitude.
Who this book is for
Brand-new drivers, women drivers, and burned-out veterans thinking about hanging up the keys — anyone who can drive the truck but keeps losing battles with dispatch, the dock or home.
What you’ll learn
- The Three Rooms of Every Conversation, and the gap behind most fights at the dock
- How to disagree with dispatch without torching the relationship
- The Silent Mile: walking back in the house after eleven days out
The Best Ever Trucker Joke Book
Paperback · sold on Amazon
Laughs from the road that only a real driver gets: CB radio roasts, dispatch disasters and four-wheeler fails, from the creator of Trucking Life with Shawn on YouTube.
Who this book is for
Drivers on their 30, stuck at the dock or on a reset — and anyone shopping for one.
What you’ll learn
- CB radio roasts and dispatch disasters
- Four-wheeler fails seen from the driver’s seat
- Short jokes for a break or a long wait at the dock
My Daddy Drives a Big Truck
Paperback · sold on Amazon
A 70-page coloring book for trucking families. Kids join Shawn and his son Jay on trucking and family adventures — from waving goodbye and talking on the CB to crossing mountains and celebrating Daddy’s return home.
Who this book is for
Young truck lovers and the children of professional drivers: a road-trip, birthday, holiday or welcome-home gift.
What you’ll learn
- 29 full-page trucking and family coloring scenes
- Big rigs, tankers, car haulers, dump trucks and more
- Large 8.5 × 11-inch pages with blank backs to reduce bleed-through
Broken But Built
Paperback · sold on Amazon
A Christian man’s guide to healing after divorce, heartbreak and betrayal: biblical truth, street-smart wisdom and real talk for men rebuilding after the worst season of their lives.
Who this book is for
Men healing from divorce, heartbreak or betrayal who want to rebuild with faith, discipline and direction.
What you’ll learn
- How to stop chasing closure and start rebuilding
- Turning pain into discipline, direction and fire
- Standing strong in your identity and renewing your mind
Meth Is the Devil’s Poison
Paperback · sold on Amazon
A true story of addiction, deliverance and God’s power to save a soul from meth. Not a recovery manual: Shawn’s own testimony, from rock bottom to redemption.
Who this book is for
Anyone who has battled addiction or watched someone they love slip away, and believes in deliverance and second chances.
What you’ll learn
- Shawn’s testimony of addiction, in his own words
- Why he calls meth spiritual warfare, not just a drug
- The moment faith broke through, and the life after
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