Priorities

[Aston]

you are all missing the point
Julian loves what he does so in his eyes it isn't work, it enables the the holidays, the car, the treats etc. they are his motivation and is job is his passion. if you have the right motivation, you'll do things that the average person wont.

 

[One Day]

I quit my career and started tiling after hearing this (or a variation of it) approx 10 years ago...

There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village.
As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish.
The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?”
The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”
“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.
“This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said.
The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?”
The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.”


The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman.
“I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.”

The fisherman continues, “And after that?”
The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.”
The fisherman asks, “And after that?”
The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!”
The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?”

 

[JMC tiling]

No one on there death bed when asked "any regrets?" has said: "I wish i'd worked more"

 

[One Day]

No one on there death bed when asked "any regrets?" has said: "I wish i'd worked more"

If I was a famous WRC driver - I might do!

 

[MTiler]

we enjoy life, like to eat in nice restaurants, holiday on little islands in the India Ocean, nice car on the drive and come home each day to a lovely home normally no later them 3:30 each day.

Only to 3.30? no wonder you have to work weekends as well lol.

 

[Andy Allen]

Only to 3.30? no wonder you have to work weekends as well lol.

I thought he was a bit lazy too but didn't like to say anything.....

 

[Kyle Knowles]

He must want to be home for Jeremy kyle haha

 

[widler]

Theres people who work to live and live to work , who strive to be vat registered (weird some people) and want massive houses and nice cars ont drive
Me ,i work 4/5 day weeks (very rare i do weekends) i work to live , im not vat registered or rich i live in a nearly paid off 4 bed house and drive a brand new audi a5 black edition coupe, i must be doing something right

 

[widler]

Oh aye, the wife has her own business as well

 

[Aston]

No one on there death bed when asked "any regrets?" has said: "I wish i'd worked more"

I reckon Julian Sidney might say it ;0)

 

[J Sid]

I reckon Julian Sidney might say it ;0)

yes i work alot, I enjoy my work.
I did spend 20 years enjoying life (until I got married ), yacht racing, pleasure sailing, skiing, golf and no responsibilities.
now I'm just catching up and getting ready for my retirement, when I can start enjoying life again.

It's just a good job I love what I do, every job a different challenge and a lot of job satisfaction, if people don't feel the same perhaps a new career is needed

 

[Italy]

yes i work alot, I enjoy my work.
I did spend 20 years enjoying life (until I got married ), yacht racing, pleasure sailing, skiing, golf and no responsibilities.
now I'm just catching up and getting ready for my retirement, when I can start enjoying life again.

It's just a good job I love what I do, every job a different challenge and a lot of job satisfaction, if people don't feel the same perhaps a new career is needed

it was time to start working ......

 

[Andy Allen]

I did it the other way round.....work my nuts off for 20 years....paid off my house, no debt , so enjoy my time off....
Which is good as a few health issues mean I couldn't work as hard even if I wanted to.
Julian.....I take my hat off to you working 7 days a week ....especially at your age..lol

 

[One Day]

10 years ago I quit a relatively lucrative sales career (area sales manager for industrial sales).
Was spending far too much time away from wife and kids, and the company felt that they owned me - I had to have email and phone on all evening and week-end and whilst on hols etc...no matter how well I smashed targets - they just wanted more and more and more. My only satisfaction was a spreadsheet each week showing my figures.

I decided tiling would be an easy and lucrative venture which would give me more time with the family.
I was right about that last part anyway...!

I love it though and really wish I'd done it 20years ago.

 

[hmtiling]

10 years ago I quit a relatively lucrative sales career (area sales manager for industrial sales).
Was spending far too much time away from wife and kids, and the company felt that they owned me - I had to have email and phone on all evening and week-end and whilst on hols etc...no matter how well I smashed targets - they just wanted more and more and more. My only satisfaction was a spreadsheet each week showing my figures.

I decided tiling would be an easy and lucrative venture which would give me more time with the family.
I was right about that last part anyway...!

I love it though and really wish I'd done it 20years ago.

Seems you've picked up a little bit in 10 years too

 

[LM]

I use to work seven days a week and sometimes still do, it's a tough one to call. The upside is you can provide a lot for your family, but then that's the down side, what's the point of having a family if you don't see them growing up?
It's a fine balance and t's not easy to judge everyone on because everyones circumstances are different.
Do you only work 5 days and not be able to allow them to go on the ski trip or have an iPad or do you give them every thing but hardly know them?
I know I'm speaking in pretty general terms because of course everyones situation is different. When I was younger I went for it with both hands and in some respects done rather well and in some respects I sometimes think I was a busy fool.
One things for sure, if your able to debate this topic in your head then your a lucky soul!

 

[Flintstone]

There are so many nice things to do and places to go and all the rest of it, to me it's very important to be able to do that stuff whilst I'm young ish!

 

[bcd-87]

always do a 7 day week, expensive house and wife
been doing that for years

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