.. all that happens is you basically bumble along waiting for the next job to come up, go out and look for it to achieve your desired target, but make it a realistic, achievable target.
Lionheart,
Good thread mate. But this is what I tend to to... 'Bumble along waiting for the next job to come up', saying that have picked five up this week, but nil the week previous to that!
We've got pretty much a full round between Wor Lass and myself, but would love to take on a lot more, to take someone else on. Hopefully, by 'bumbling along' I think this is achievable by the end of next year.
I advertise in a few directories, I'm on the net, and now and again we'll spend the afternoon pushing some leaflets out (in a half-hearted manner). Mostly, people just grab us in the street. I work with Wor Lass, and nine out of ten times, it's her they approach.
I think it would take an extremely energetic and determined man to go canvassing after a hard days graft, day in, day out - or even a couple of evening per week, every week, all year!
Fair do's if you can. I can't, or rather won't. I've an OU course that takes up a hefty chunk of my time; taxiing the little un from swimming lessons to Brownies. Then there's Wor Lasses hefty running (as in fitness) commitments.
Then on other evenings I like doing my own thing with friends or family and lager!
However, I'd love to run a gang of window cleaners, where I'm office bound, organising it all and they're at the sharp end. I'm an ex-army Staff Sergeant, so managing a bunch of lads (or lasses) is my forte. My administration skills are top notch and I have the management and leadership theory and practical experience to do it well.
So I'm happy to be 'Mickey Mouse' for a few years yet, but at least I'll have some quality of life till I get where I want to be.