[dudek]

How do you keep yourselves motivated?

We all have different ways of doing it but just wondered how others keep themselves up to the challenge especially when you work alone!

[NWH]

Do you have wfp system.

[dudek]

Im trad at mo but just ordered my system but of late ive needed a bit of a kick up the backside!

Ive known for a while that i was gonna go wfp route so ive build packing my rounds out for the last year!

But it takes its toll and now im at breaking point, i can be flat out all day and still feel that im not getting around fast enough, which in turn can be a little demotivating!

[matt]

i have real issues with motivation ( as some will tell you on here )

as i work to live, so when i have enough to get by on, thats it for me

i would much rather be enjoying life than working

i dont have the answer i am afraid, i find bookig up holidays for the year helps, it gives you something to work towards

[LWC]

i was on the brink of packing up...then went wfp

i now love going out, im on time, all the time, and my round is alsmot 3 times bigger than trad

 

[NWH]

Trust me once you go WFP you will feel totally different,before i went waterfed i was in the same sort of situation as you getting fed up with being behind with work feeling knackerd dreading those awkward houses coming round,but trust me once you get into it and your up and running you wont look back and your start to think why didn`t i do this years ago.The fact that you can earn more money WFP is enough motivation for me alone but that`s just me,the main reason in my opinon you get more done WFP is because fatique takes longer to set in therefore your able to work all day or as long as you like where`s when your trad your body tells you when you`ve had enough and that`s where the old myth wcs finish at lunchtime comes in me thinks.Also it`s a completly different way of working you have to learn your round with your hose and also find out the best places to park for your particular houses etc,once you get started you`ll find your own motivation and it`ll probobly have a picture of the queens head on it.Good Luck.

[matt]

then when you have become good at WFP and its all running fine, it become boring again and you are where you began 

[dudek]

Nice one lads its thats exactly it i have even been struggling to get out of bed lately but your comments give me confidence in what im about to do !

Do any of you set daily targets of a set number of house or a set ammount of dollar you want to achieve

[matt]

i know each day which house i need to get to to have earnt what i aim for, i do try and do a house or 2 more just for the extra few quid, its normally gone 4.30 then anyways, so its time for home

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

All my work is specified to a day.  I guess that makes me different from most others on here.  It works well for me though to know exactly how many houses to go. 

I work with my Mrs which is enough motivation but when I worked on my own Radio 2 kept me going.

Beware the first month WFP is a Killer, you'll feel like giving up and throwing all the gear away after the first 2 weeks, however I'm on the 5th clean wfp now and it's a dream.

Simon

[pylofm]

Hi Sherwoood, all my work is specified to a day also...so thats 2 of us...


sorry to hijack the thread

Cheers
Dave.

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

So nice to know that I'm not alone.

Simon.

[LWC]

then when you have become good at WFP and its all running fine, it become boring again and you are where you began 

not so dude!

i find, its easier, im not tired and i earn loads more...how can that become boring? 

[NWH]

I feel it would never be how it was before,the jobs a lot easier now.

[newpy]

Mines planned to the day aswell!! Boredom is the killer i find. Once settled in with wfp it does get boring. I find there's two ways of motivating me, either get more business when out (extras), chat customers up for more work etc. and book holidays in for the year as mentioned , gives you something to work towards.
Simon my brother is looking for a window cleaner, he is on london rd,Rayleigh, i see you cover that area, what is your no. and i'll pass it on.
(if you want the work!)
Newpy

[Russell Macdonald]

i was on the brink of packing up...then went wfp

i now love going out, im on time, all the time,

 

Same for me, wfp is life changing for me. In 18 months i have not taken a day off because i could not face it. When i was trad i never worked mondays as i hated work.

My motivation is wfp 

Macc

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

Hi Newpy

I do London rd Rayleigh

Tel is 01268 419933

Simon

[chrismroberts]

I find making non work related plans that give you something to save for help motivation. Booking holidays, like Matt said, is cool.

I'm saving up to do my bike test so thats giving me something to save for and gets me out to work when I don't feel like it!!

Chris

[Tosh]

How do you keep yourselves motivated?

We all have different ways of doing it but just wondered how others keep themselves up to the challenge especially when you work alone!

I think we all have our ups-and-downs when it comes to getting our arses out of the door and working hard.

I find that when I have some well-paying early-morning work; stuff I've got to start early, mainly because of the traffic or 'people congestion' issues; then I always have a really good day turn-over wise.

Maybe you should start looking for some early-morning work?





 

[pylofm]

Booked my holiday for 3 weeks in Thailand in Jan...that'll give me something to save for