Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
My philosophy is work harder and smarter.
And if you love what you do, like I do, you'll never have to work a day in your life.
Having said that, doing something productive with your life...creating something....improving something.....fixing something....that is what ensures you'll never have self-esteem issues.
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I met a friend who is also a competitor for beers a few weeks ago. He employs one of my ex employees.
He asked me how I perform the task of recovering a historic Permanent Control point that has been paved over. I responded that I use a chisel and sledge, I like the work out.
He told me he now has a battery skill saw in his truck with a masonry blade on it. They make 4 cuts to create a square and pop out the piece of asphalt, takes seconds.
He laughed and said that was the benefit of having my ex employee there, he is lazy and comes up with great ways not to work hard.
Made me think of this quote.
Quote:
“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”
― Bill Gates
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I was urged to start my own business in the 90's by an ex partner of my old boss. He remembered me when I worked there and looked me up. I was in West Palm Beach at the time suffering in a larger corporation hating my life.
He asked if I was interested in starting my own company mostly because he needed someone to work with him on a few large projects. (Big subdivisions and commercial developments)
He told me I should be a business owner, he said the way I conducted myself working for my old boss showed to him I cared more about the company than the boss did.
He was the push I needed to get out on my own. I remember the day I was handed my last paycheck, it would be the last time someone would be paying me, from then on out I had to make my own paychecks. Daunting to say the least, looking back, best move of my life.
Now I just need to work on that lazy thing so I can be more innovative.
