favorite motivational saying

[aero1]

what do you say to yourself, when the jobs are going bad or you have to deal with a not so nice customer or you have to get thru a job you know you should not have taken, or just when life gets you down, what do you tell your self to get thru it [a little personal thread here]. dare to answer?;)

[gear junkie]

The beating will continue until moral improves.

I also look at everything that happens to me as a learning experience. If it's something bad, I try to analyze; why did this happen, what could I do different, etc.

[JCsPlumbing]

"If it was easy, everybody would do it."

J.C.

[DUNBAR]

"No matter what, I would take this over ever being in the travesty of being a sitnspin union plumber and

I'll be thinking about this job as a memory, in bed at the end of the day."

[PLUMBER RICK]

can i tell you tomorrow after i pipe burst a ruff job:D

i prepped it today and will cross my fingers for a good pull.

not all my fingers as 1 is still damaged from last weeks pull:eek:

rick.

[ToUtahNow]

can't see it from my house

[MR.WRENCH]

i spent the day in a crawlspace. water, heat loops, gas, no lunch, no help..... i don't know what to tell myself.

[SlimTim]

I think about how much I'm making a hour and then I just smile.

[Service Guy]

If I have a bad day, its usually from making a stupid mistake.

-taking a job I didn't want.

-doing something half-assed from laziness and then doing it over.

-letting a jerk customer bother me instead of pulling a 'Dunbar' and driving away, burning rubber.:nanner::D

So my motivational saying is always...."I'll NEVER do that again, tomorrow's another day!":cool:

[Service Guy]

"I never lost a cent on the jobs I didn't get"

This one is the best!

[westcoastplumber]

"God is always a good god"

"This job isn't harder, it just takes longer"

[haycad]

"in god we trust"

[yasudaplumbing]

"This job isn't harder, it just takes longer"
I use the above along with
"Things could be a lot worse and I'm just thankful to be a plumber who is working".

Tracy

[stxrus]

"oh, well. nothing ventured nothing lost" :p

steve

[Masterplumb]

Stupid is as stupid does......
I should have known better.....
Why the hell didnt I stay in bed today....

[NHMaster3015]

A bad day fishing is better than a good day working.

[Pipestone Kid]

The difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes just a little longer.

[woodenstickers]

At least I'll always have my youth....

[Ace Sewer]

Not really a saying... but what works for me is an attitude. When something is difficult, be it a person or a job or whatever, I do my best to avoid the tendency to react, to get frustrated or angry, or at least let that pass through. If I can find a place of openness and curiosity about something that has been going less than well and examine it from that viewpoint, see it as INTERESTING instead of frustrating, I will generally resolve it and learn something to boot. But it takes patience.

[Big Dog]

I tend to get to thinking about all the different things I need to do to get finished and the saying that helps me stay after it is...
"Don't worry about the mule goin' blind, just load the wagon" Even learned to share that with my spanish-speaking compadres.
"No te preocoupa que la mula esta ciega no mas...carga el vagon"

[stxrus]

"caca passo" or something like that

steve

[plumberscrack]

When the pipe just isn't quite straight...."Good enough for government work"

When I'm feeling lazy.... "Hubba Hubba"

When I'm behind schedule on a job...."Hurry for Murray" He was an old boss from years ago but I still say it all the time

When my helper hits his thumbnail with a hammer..."Are you happy yet?...Are you happy yet?...Are you happy yet?

I keep repeating this :grin-devilish: until he says STFU!!!

[Tyman]

Depends on what is going on,

If things are going bad due to planning I say:
Leadership is like bald eagles, rare and seldom seen.

If I do something stupid I say:
It's not my fault I'm special

If the guys start complaining I usually say:
Do you want some wax paper for your candy a$$.

If I am just having a terrible day I say:
Anybody can have a off decade.

If a pipe won't break free, I yell as loud as I can:
THIS IS SPARTA!
It works, try it.

[Big Dog]

I also like to refer to 'The Blues Brothers': "we're on a mission from God".

[PLUMBER RICK]

can i tell you tomorrow after i pipe burst a ruff job:D

i prepped it today and will cross my fingers for a good pull.

not all my fingers as 1 is still damaged from last weeks pull:eek:

rick.

"i've got donuts"

this gets the hole dug faster.

job worked out great and the owners were impressed;)

rick.

[drtyhands]

"Lack of planning on your part does not justify an emergency on my part"

[drtyhands]

Whining apprentice/journeyman?

Tell him "Just let me know and I'll get one of the MEN to do it"

[ToUtahNow]

An apprentice with a gaping hole which is dripping blood all over the place.

"Mark it with a keel and fix it when you get home"

Mark

[drtyhands]

"i've got donuts"

this gets the hole dug faster.

job worked out great and the owners were impressed;)

rick.

Good job..ME-ME:killingme::grin-angelic:

[DUNBAR]

"Put hair around those holes in the pipes and maybe, MAYBE these guys would show up for work on a regular basis!"

[AFM]

What you need matey is the man with the loaves and the fishie.

Tony

[Bogart]

One of my favorite things to say after steel pipe breaks off in the fitting, an unsupported piece of pipe snaps off, or a toilet is flushed when I have the line open is, "Huh, that didn't go over real well, did it?" The worst thing is I am usually by myself.

[garager]

My motivational saying, would probably be anytime during a project at any phase, I step back and look at my work and say, "Dang that sure looks nice". That pleases me every time I hear myself saying it, and I hope the Home Owner is standing there to hear this, thus they become very happy, yep....

[where am i]

And remember:
amateurs built the ark ..
professionals
built the Titanic.

[myakka]

Be it a mistake of your own design or the bosses son coming to work for the summer. I rely on this quote, "this too shall pass"!

[Bogart]

I was crawling thru a steam tunnel for 12 hours today. I had to replace about 25 foot of 4" XH that had cracked and was full of ****. There was only about 16" between two pipes for me to squeeze thru. I couldn't actually crawl, I was pulling myself along with my elbows and toes. I was wearing tyvek but it got soaked thru. We had washed the floor down but there was still chunks o' **** for me to drag my belly thru. I was motivating myself by saying, "you're making $63.00 bucks an hour, you're making $63.00 an hour." It worked.

[drtyhands]

Be it a mistake of your own design or the bosses son coming to work for the summer. I rely on this quote, "this too shall pass"!

I've had to pamper daddies little princess on three occasions.I feel for anyone dealing with a spoiled brat.I am currently carrying two of them now:banghead:

[Bogart]

How's this for a company slogan, "meeting or exceeding limitations."

[Aaron91]

Depending on whats going on, I usually think of all those plumbers that came before me, such as those who ran galvanized for drain and water lines, the one's that poured lead joints on cast iron, those who ran copper for dwv, and I feel that I shouldn't even call myself a plumber compared to the work those fine men, and I'm sure select women accomplished.

[plumberscrack]

Depending on whats going on, I usually think of all those plumbers that came before me, such as those who ran galvanized for drain and water lines, the one's that poured lead joints on cast iron, those who ran copper for dwv, and I feel that I shouldn't even call myself a plumber compared to the work those fine men, and I'm sure select women accomplished.

When I unearth some old plumbing I usually say: "the plumber that put this in has probably been dead 60 years"

I just hope no one finds my plumbing for 60 years after I'm dead :grin-angelic:

[Service Guy]

One of my favorites when something isn't exactly how I would like:

"It is what it is.":groucho:

[ToUtahNow]

.....or when an owner is trying to grind you on your new construction price

"sure which fixtures would you like to eliminate"

Mark

[Aaron91]

Mark, what would people usually say back to a comment like that?

[ToUtahNow]

Mark, what would people usually say back to a comment like that?

They would generally give me a clueless look and then I would explained to them I was not going to retire from their one job and I offered them a fair bid. I would then go on to explain anyone who was lower than me was likely cheating them on materials or quality of labor. We got most of the jobs we bid because of our reputation. The jobs we didn't get I didn't want because I would have had to compromise my standards.

Mark

[Aaron91]

Good points, thanks for the reply.