LittleKing24
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- Jul 12, 2015
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I want to start this off by thanking Mike Phillips. I won’t go into specific details the story he shared a few years ago when I attended one of the detail classes in Florida, as it isn’t my story to tell, and I find it a bit personal to be honest. Although very interesting.
Unfortunately, detailing has been on the back burner for me lately, and I haven’t read anything on the forums in months. My future wife and I had our second son in March, and I’ve had to focus on a career change. This is where Mike comes in!
When I attended the class in May of 2016, Mike told the class a story that involved him taking an unexpected opportunity. With that opportunity, he was also able to do something he had a strong interest in. He had a very hard choice to make as the company he was with did not want to see him go. However, they weren’t able to offer him just exactly what he was looking for, so he made the leap of faith.
Paraphrasing, Mike told us that while he could have stayed where he was at, he would rather take the chance at doing something he loved and had an interest in, and failing, than not going for the opportunity at all.
That story has stuck with me since then, and while it unfortunately hasn’t taken me in the direction of detailing as I thought it would, it did take me in the direction of something I really enjoy doing in the field of work I’m in. I’ve been working for the same company for 9 years and 11 months. I’m a young 27 so it’s been the only job I’ve known. Now, two weeks before I hit 10 years, I’m leaving to take on an opportunity in another part of the state(Texas is huge BTW). Money is a big factor in my decision, but more importantly, I’ll be doing the one thing I love in the industry of telecommunications, which is fiber optic installation and splicing. In the same way all of us on this forum are particular about how our cars are detailed, there’s an art to dressing in and terminating/splicing fiber that leaves you with a sense of accomplishment while looking at the finished product.
Thank you again Mike! For everyone else, if you are given the opportunity to do what you love then take it. If you fail, then at least you tried. If you succeed, you’ll forever be grateful and will only have to look back on what almost wasn’t instead of what could’ve been...
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Unfortunately, detailing has been on the back burner for me lately, and I haven’t read anything on the forums in months. My future wife and I had our second son in March, and I’ve had to focus on a career change. This is where Mike comes in!
When I attended the class in May of 2016, Mike told the class a story that involved him taking an unexpected opportunity. With that opportunity, he was also able to do something he had a strong interest in. He had a very hard choice to make as the company he was with did not want to see him go. However, they weren’t able to offer him just exactly what he was looking for, so he made the leap of faith.
Paraphrasing, Mike told us that while he could have stayed where he was at, he would rather take the chance at doing something he loved and had an interest in, and failing, than not going for the opportunity at all.
That story has stuck with me since then, and while it unfortunately hasn’t taken me in the direction of detailing as I thought it would, it did take me in the direction of something I really enjoy doing in the field of work I’m in. I’ve been working for the same company for 9 years and 11 months. I’m a young 27 so it’s been the only job I’ve known. Now, two weeks before I hit 10 years, I’m leaving to take on an opportunity in another part of the state(Texas is huge BTW). Money is a big factor in my decision, but more importantly, I’ll be doing the one thing I love in the industry of telecommunications, which is fiber optic installation and splicing. In the same way all of us on this forum are particular about how our cars are detailed, there’s an art to dressing in and terminating/splicing fiber that leaves you with a sense of accomplishment while looking at the finished product.
Thank you again Mike! For everyone else, if you are given the opportunity to do what you love then take it. If you fail, then at least you tried. If you succeed, you’ll forever be grateful and will only have to look back on what almost wasn’t instead of what could’ve been...
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