All in all that's true Gino but it sucks to hear guys on here brushing off jobs like it's nothing because it's only a couple hundred. I am not going broke or anything but a hundred here, hundred there all helps at the end of the month to pay any bills or have any spending money.
I wish one day to get to the point where i can brush off a few hundred dollar job no problem but until then i have to make sales at any cost and wonder why the heck people enjoy wasting peoples time. I am out of my time at this point and the entire forum always says how your times worth something, right?
Well, in a rather round about way, you could be right, but think about this for a moment.
At the end of the month and you have to pay your bills and you find yourself a little short and wished you had this or that $300 job back. That won't do it if you're running by the seat of your pants and by that I mean.... you probably are losing far more than you should be, you're probably not pricing things correctly and your numbers are gonna remain low, if you don't change your business philosophy.
Let's put things into perspective. A shop doing 10 million a year, probably has 100 times the costs you have.
- His electric bill is probably $120,000 a month.
- His insurances are probalby $300,000 a month.
- His payroll is probably $50,000 a month.
His everything is exactly what yours is in perspective, but separated by more commas til you get to the decimal point.
So, my losing a $300 job is like you losing a business card. It doesn't hurt me at all, but I can relate.
What you need to do is stop comparing yourself to those making a decent buck and feeling sorry for yourself.....and start studying the structure, pricing, techniques, theories, plans and so forth and try to emulate those people you admire instead of just wanting to get there and doing nothing about it.
It doesn't come with age, it doesn't come with who you know, it doesn't come from anything other than a burning feeling in your stomach to do well and keep on keepin' on. Learn... and learn well the lessons on this forum, the ones in the magazines and the stories you hear when you and your colleagues gather.... digest this stuff and soak up about 20% of it.... because the rest of it is probably garbage and lies.
Key here.... don't wish. Wishing is for fairies. You gotta go make it happen, cause no one else will. You alone are in charge of your future. It's a tough world, but unless you make the commitment and I mean the real thing, no one will ever take you seriously. No one.
