Re: Life Sucks, Then You Move On

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Dec 5, 7:37=EF=BF=BDam, JoeRaisin <joeraisin2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> JoeRaisin wrote:
> > Effenpig1 wrote:
> >> On Dec 4, 9:22 pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> On Dec 4, 2:10 pm, JoeRaisin <joeraisin2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >>>> Oh yeah... My NICET Certification is good to 2012 but how do I go ab=
out
> >>>> getting and documenting recertification requirements? That used to b=
e
> >>>> done by my supervisor and at the time I wasn't interested in the
> >>>> process
> >>>> - I just filled out what they told me to fill out and went back to
> >>>> work.
> >>> Someone else here will have to answer that, I don't have a clue.
>
> >>>> Did I mention that I'm one of those guys who has never really wanted=
 to
> >>>> work for myself 'cause it scares the shit out of me...-
> >>> You know what that reminds me of? A long time ago I hired a kid as a
> >>> helper to run wires for me in this residential job that had some
> >>> pretty tight attic crawl spaces. He had no experience but he was buil=
t
> >>> slim and wanted the $10.00 an hour that I was offering. We get to the
> >>> job and I take him up to the attic and show him what I want him to do=
.
> >>> He's up in the attic on his belly and I'm down below snaking up. Afte=
r
> >>> about 15 20 minutes he's coming down the attic hatch all upset and
> >>> really distressed. I ask him what's the matter. Almost in tears, he
> >>> says ... I can't do this job. I gotta go home right now. I said,
> >>> what's the matter. He says, I must be allergic to the insulation, I'm
> >>> itching all over. I gotta go home! =EF=BF=BDI told him get the hell b=
ack up
> >>> there EVERYBODY itches from insulation. I took some and rubbed it on
> >>> my arm and said Wow, that shit itches like crazy. See how I ignore it=
?
> >>> Now get back to work. You'll get over it in time.
>
> >>> The moral of the story is ...... WHAT? do you think your the only one
> >>> who'd ever been scared shitless to start their own business?
> >>> EVERYBODY is afraid of what could happen if they fail. Just like war
> >>> heros. They're no differen't than anyone else. They're afraid too.
> >>> It's just that they get past the fear and do what has to be done,
> >>> regardless of the possible consequences.
>
> >>> I started my business when I had a chance to move ahead in the compan=
y
> >>> I was working for at the time. I knew that if I stayed with them I'd
> >>> probably be with them for a long, long time because I wouldn't be abl=
e
> >>> to make the same money working for someone else and I'd be stuck
> >>> working for them, whether I wanted to or not. . I was always the one
> >>> who wanted to do things my way and did, much to the distress of my
> >>> employers. But it turned out I was right more times than they liked t=
o
> >>> admit. Since no one in my family ever ran their own business, I had n=
o
> >>> idea that my attitude was one of the attributes that an entrepreneur
> >>> needed, but I =EF=BF=BDdecided to turn them down, quit and set the go=
al of
> >>> getting 100 monitored accounts in one year. (actually I already had
> >>> 35). I did it with a few to spare. =EF=BF=BDI often say that when I s=
tarted on
> >>> my own, so many years ago, that's when I learned to live on 4 or 5
> >>> hours of sleep a night. Even if I was in bed for 8 hours, half the
> >>> time my mind was racing 100 miles an hour trying to cover all the
> >>> things I should be doing or didn't do and the possibility of failure
> >>> and what the consequences would mean for me and my family and where
> >>> was the money going to come from.............. I was just too damn
> >>> stubborn to quit a let everyone see that I had failed at something. I
> >>> worked hard, day and night, had a good work ethic, used common sense
> >>> and picked and chose who to listen to and who not. It worked, and her=
e
> >>> I still am, 40 years later and still loving it .... every day.
>
> >>> Once you're past the start up hurdles and you meet another
> >>> entrepreneur, you begin to sense that feeling of camaraderie that we
> >>> have. It's a great club to belong to. Put's you in a special category
> >>> of people. Certainly, not everyone is cut out for it. You have to hav=
e
> >>> some special attributes to do it. And by the way, keep in mind that
> >>> when one door closes, another one has to open somewhere else. How you
> >>> look at it is important. It's an opportunity to change your whole lif=
e
> >>> but you have to commit to it and have the backing of your family too.
> >>> Thanks to my wife who worked and also took care of and raised the kid=
s
> >>> during that time, it all turned out ok. Today I work only because I
> >>> want to. I could have retired years ago, but this is mine. Something
> >>> that I created, nurtured and made grow all by my will to succeed. I'm
> >>> not the richest guy you know but you'd be hard put to find someone wh=
o
> >>> enjoys what they do, more than me.
>
> >>> By the way, I think that saying is true. Find what you like to do, do
> >>> it and you'll never work a day in your life.
>
> >>> Hope it works out for you too.
>
> >> Also, I would use a lawyer to find out exactly what the non-compete
> >> entails in your area, so you can get as close to the edge as possible
> >> without getting in trouble. Make good use of all the insider info you
> >> have. I'm not encouraging anything illegal, I'm just saying do what
> >> you have to do to get your foothold in the market.
>
> > To be honest I really don't want to compete with them in the area of
> > alarms.
>
> > Over the years I've heard a lot of electricians griping about pulling
> > the low voltage stuff - mainly cat-5 & RG-6. =EF=BF=BDI'm hoping they h=
ate it
> > enough to sub it out. =EF=BF=BDI already did it on and off for one guy =
but at
> > the time I didn't really NEED the money (it was basically a hobby that
> > put a few bucks in my pocket) and most of his jobs were an hour away or
> > more so I stopped.
>
> > I should probably give him a call...
>
> > The main hurdle for me is going to be money. =EF=BF=BDThere were a lot =
of money
> > related issues after my son died (dying is expensive - but some of it, =
I
> > must confess due to my own inattention) and I'm still trying to repair
> > my credit.
>
> > So I'm still gonna spread around my resume and beat the bricks, but job=
s
> > are pretty scarce in Michigan these days - gotta make that mortgage...
>
> > Say, Jim... =EF=BF=BDYou wouldn't happen to be looking for a consultant=
 or
> > subcontractor up north would you?
>
> Never mind, Jim - I got my ng's mixed up again - in my other ng there's
> a 'Jim' who owns a business in Michigan.
>
> Unless of course you are in Michigan...-

I was gonna say .......... Michigan would be quite a stretch for me.
Besides, I hate it when you're doing new construction in the winter
and it's so cold that when you straighten out a coil of four wire, the
outer insulation crackels and falls off .