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Firstly, I'd just like to express my gratitude on finding this forum and the information within it. It seem like a fantastic community driven by @MJ DeMarco and all of the active contributors.
I have spent the majority of my Sunday afternoon trawling through the information on here, finding so many answers to questions I already have and opening doors to subjects I have not even considered yet. So, I signed up and am making it my upmost priority to read both TMF & Unscripted .
My position;
I am currently one of two directors in an electrical contracting business, we provide service to many different electrical applications....installation, maintenance, testing etc. We also offer a multitude of other services such as; CCTV, Alarms, Smart homes, audio & video and WIFI. The business earns from the hours we both put in, plus we have 2 subcontractors. My day starts on site at 07:30 and I am not often home before 18:00. It's physical, mentally tiring but rewarding and fun work..... it's my trade and I am proud of it.
After I return home, I am in the office until 22:00 most nights sending invoices, quotes, writing test sheets, organising other paperwork and replying to emails. I spend 20 minutes with my wife eating dinner and that is pretty much our only interaction throughout the day. It's a lot of graft, and my business partner does the same thing, the modern day small trade business requires so much work.
Our aim in the next year is to employ an admin assistant to take over the majority of these tasks and free up some time for the both of us. At this point, I aim to start the side business to free myself from trading time for money.......which I believe at this current moment will be in Digital marketing, aimed at trades people.
My working background started as a junior marketing manager is an engineering firm, to which I learnt basic web design, google Adwords, SEO and the early days of social media marketing......all these skills will be relatively out of date now and I have forgotten most of the important things.
I joined the military as an engineer at 22, after 3 years in the previous job..... this is where I learnt a lot of life experience and became a qualified electrician, and has led me down my current path.
For me now, I believe it's time to take a detour and start aiming big, take control of some free time and create a job that allows me to work from my laptop and travel. The electrical industry keeps me local and keeps me stressed! Growth for our company means more employees, more stress and more risk, which is not a position I'd like to be in in 5 years time.
So, im glad I found the forum, hopefully I can actively interact with others andit will help build the business I'm dreaming of. I look forward to the process.
I have spent the majority of my Sunday afternoon trawling through the information on here, finding so many answers to questions I already have and opening doors to subjects I have not even considered yet. So, I signed up and am making it my upmost priority to read both TMF & Unscripted .
My position;
I am currently one of two directors in an electrical contracting business, we provide service to many different electrical applications....installation, maintenance, testing etc. We also offer a multitude of other services such as; CCTV, Alarms, Smart homes, audio & video and WIFI. The business earns from the hours we both put in, plus we have 2 subcontractors. My day starts on site at 07:30 and I am not often home before 18:00. It's physical, mentally tiring but rewarding and fun work..... it's my trade and I am proud of it.
After I return home, I am in the office until 22:00 most nights sending invoices, quotes, writing test sheets, organising other paperwork and replying to emails. I spend 20 minutes with my wife eating dinner and that is pretty much our only interaction throughout the day. It's a lot of graft, and my business partner does the same thing, the modern day small trade business requires so much work.
Our aim in the next year is to employ an admin assistant to take over the majority of these tasks and free up some time for the both of us. At this point, I aim to start the side business to free myself from trading time for money.......which I believe at this current moment will be in Digital marketing, aimed at trades people.
My working background started as a junior marketing manager is an engineering firm, to which I learnt basic web design, google Adwords, SEO and the early days of social media marketing......all these skills will be relatively out of date now and I have forgotten most of the important things.
I joined the military as an engineer at 22, after 3 years in the previous job..... this is where I learnt a lot of life experience and became a qualified electrician, and has led me down my current path.
For me now, I believe it's time to take a detour and start aiming big, take control of some free time and create a job that allows me to work from my laptop and travel. The electrical industry keeps me local and keeps me stressed! Growth for our company means more employees, more stress and more risk, which is not a position I'd like to be in in 5 years time.
So, im glad I found the forum, hopefully I can actively interact with others andit will help build the business I'm dreaming of. I look forward to the process.
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