Realized today as I was working on a ladder most of the day, and working under an old deck too, that painting has helped me overcome two of my biggest phobias.
I used to be really scared of spiders, but working on exteriors in the Okanagan Valley where the Black Widow, Brown Recluse and Wolf spiders thrive, eventually provided enough exposure therapy to dull the panic attacks. Look close enough in any yard and you are likely to find one. Best just not look, and keep on painting ‘cause you ain’t getting paid till that section behind the bushes is done. Oh, and don’t forget that area under the deck...dang...
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‘FOLLOW YOUR PASSION’ '
FIND YOUR PURPOSE' ‘DO WHAT YOU LOVE’ These have become the de-facto career advice you hear these days. It’s as if we all need to be doing something incredibly inspiring and challenging in order to feel time spent at work is worthwhile. Does work need to be a spiritual, higher-calling endeavour to be satisfying? Oscar Wilde is quoted as saying, ‘Everything popular is wrong’. Could today's popular career advice be wrong? What if, on the next 5 estimate site visits, instead of going in with a mindset of 'How can I get this job?',
we asked ourselves...'Is this my ideal customer?'. It may be a more difficult question to answer, but it is the more important question for the success of our business and our personal well-being. As the busy season ramps up, we may find ourselves front and centre in some stressful situations.
Here are 3 more tips on preventing conflict: 1. Put everything in writing, and both sign an agreement prior to ordering paint and starting a project. 2. Use you i-phone to take a lot of 'before' pictures of the project, details, paint codes, etc. Email them to yourself... |
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