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  • Interview with Will Lingard – Pro Handyman from the UK

    Interview with Will Lingard – Pro Handyman from the UK
    Nov 14 2024

    In this episode, I had the opportunity to interview a handyman from across the pond – Will Lingard.

    Will is a great guy who shares helpful tips and insights based on his nine years in business as a professional handyman.

    Here’s a sample of what we discuss in this interview:
    • What’s important to affluent customers
    • How focusing on sustainability helps his business
    • What he enjoys about his business
    • How he deals with customers who say he’s too expensive
    • How he runs multiple businesses by subcontracting jobs
    • How he hired his first helper
    • Why business isn’t always a straight line
    • Why being a good person is more important than your home repair skills
    • And more.
    HS054 – Pro handyman from the UK shares his story – Interview with Will Lingard About Will Lingard

    Will lives in the United Kingdom and owns and operates Surrey Hills Handyman.

    Will used to work with a company that set up outdoor PA systems. Although he loved the work, it involved a lot of travel. He wanted to be closer to his family. When his father-in-law recommended becoming an electrician, it sparked the idea of starting a handyman business.

    He quickly jumped online, found Handyman Startup, devoured all the content, invested in my courses, and launched his business while providing services from a small sedan.

    That was over nine years ago. Today, he enjoys a profitable business that gives him freedom, flexibility, and a sense of agency.

    The post Interview with Will Lingard – Pro Handyman from the UK appeared first on Handyman Startup.
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    1 h et 26 min
  • The power of low expectations part 2: Simple tips for less stress and more fun

    The power of low expectations part 2: Simple tips for less stress and more fun
    Oct 15 2024
    Owning a business has many benefits. It gives you more control over your time. It gives you certain freedoms that employees will never have. It gives you the potential to make a LOT more money. And you get to make all the decisions. The possibilities are limitless. However, those benefits have a cost, which is often higher than what you’re led to believe on social media. Am I saying it’s not worth it to grow a business? Hell no! It’s worth it. Even if you don’t achieve your ideal lifestyle, building a business challenges you, forces you to learn valuable skills, and builds character like nothing else. However, if your expectations are too high, you’ll either burn out or give up trying to reach them. As I’ve said many times before, business is a mental game. If you can win that game, you can win at business. If you lose that game, it doesn’t matter how much money you make; you will lose. In this episode, I discuss a critical part of winning that game—managing your expectations. In the last episode, I discussed why high expectations are a recipe for constant stress and dissatisfaction and why intentionally lowering your expectations will reduce stress and help you be more effective and joyful. In this episode, I talk about how. Listen right here or on your favorite podcast app! HS053 – The power of low expectations part 2 – Simple tips for less stress and more fun Podcast Transcript I’d hate to lower your expectations, but that is the episode’s goal. Welcome to another episode of the Handyman Startup podcast. My name is Dan Perry, and today, I’m going to talk about managing your expectations. In the last podcast, we talked about why and the power of low expectations. Today, I want to talk a little bit about how to do that. So back in 2010, way back in 2010, this is 14, almost 15 years ago, after another boring day at work, my friend recommended a book called The 4-Hour Work Week. At the time, I was living in a three-bedroom home that I had purchased a year or two earlier. I lived about two blocks from my office, and I hated my job. I was so disappointed with what a 9:00 to 5:00 turned out to be. I mostly sat at a desk all day in a big open room with five other desks and five other engineers working, and then my boss was right across the room from me. And there were some good things about my job. I mean, I got to do some cool stuff with engineering, and it leveraged my skills. I was pretty good at it, but I just felt stifled. So, I read that book my friend recommended to me, and I remember being unable to put it down. Right after that first chapter, it hit a nerve. I sat on the couch and read it until my eyes turned red. Once I couldn’t read anymore, I put it down, picked it up again the next day, and I think it took me about two days to read that entire book. And this was a pretty big turning point in my life. I didn’t know that at the time, but it was because ever since that moment, I couldn’t be satisfied living an ordinary, boring nine-to-five lifestyle. I knew something else was possible. I had a clear definition of success, and I wanted it now. I didn’t quit my job right away because I needed the money and didn’t know what to do, but that book amplified my distaste for my job. It was like sticking a salty knife into an already festering wound. It made the experience of working my job worse. And as a result, I eventually quit my job. After a while, I started getting worked up and depressed and had some health issues. I started a handyman business a few months after I quit my job. Since then, I’ve grown that handyman business and done well there. I created a YouTube channel, this podcast, my blog, online courses, and all these wonderful things that bring me income and give me more freedom than most people have. I’ve also helped many people in the process, which is awesome. I regularly get emails from people thanking me, which is awesome. And on the one hand, I’m thankful for that. On the other hand, I think that content, specifically the four-hour workweek and a lot of the content you find on YouTube or Facebook about growing a business, I think it can be toxic. The reason is that it anchors your expectations so high, as I discussed in the last episode. If you haven’t listened to that, I recommend listening to that first before listening to this episode. Now, for some people like me, I couldn’t sleep at night living a mediocre life after realizing what was possible because I fell for the arrival fallacy that once I got that, then I would be happy. The need it created to reach a certain level quickly caused me a lot of stress and disappointment. I beat myself up when I didn’t achieve amazing things. I lost sleep over silly things that don’t matter. I was imprisoned by the idea that it was impossible to be happy without passive income, and I sacrificed a lot of time to get there. I eventually succeeded. I’ve done some cool stuff, made great money, ...
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    31 min
  • The power of low expectations

    The power of low expectations
    Sep 19 2024
    In “Same as Ever,” Morgan Housel shares how, for the last 150 years, on any given day, the stock market went up only 50% of the time. Yet, over any given year, it rose 68% of the time. And even better, over any 20-year span, growth was seen 100% of the time. With this, he illustrates that you often experience failure or loss in the short term. But, if you stay in the game long enough, you’ll almost certainly see a gain. It’s like playing poker when you’ve stacked the deck in your favor. You’ll lose a few hands but eventually come out on top. The key is to stay in the game long enough. Which is also true for growing a business. As I’ve said before, growing a business is hard. And it’s not for the reasons many people think. It’s not so much about coming up with some brilliant revolutionary idea or having the IQ of Einstein. 99% of the tasks you perform when growing a business are easy – at least, no more difficult than a typical job. The real challenge is winning the mental game: Dealing with the pressure of making decisions amidst constant uncertainty, staying motivated without a boss breathing down your neck, maintaining focus, and pushing through when things get hard. If you can win that mental game, chances of success are high. So, let’s talk about one critical aspect of doing just that, which is managing your expectations. With this article (and podcast), I aim to convince you that keeping your expectations low is one secret to winning the mental game. I’m excited about this concept because I believe if you take it seriously, it can… Improve your chances of successImprove your experience of growing a businessImprove your resultsLower your stress levelsand even make you happier. Listen to the podcast version of this article here, which includes extra content. Listen right here or on your favorite podcast app! HS052 – The power of low expectations First, let’s talk about… How to ruin your day even when you’re winning. Many of us start our businesses for more freedom and control so that we can enjoy our lives. However, entrepreneurs often end up with a business that consumes their minds, even in their free time. They want freedom, and what they end up with is constant stress. I don’t think that’s the case for everyone, but it’s more common than ever. Its cause is a combination of several factors. For the sake of this article, I’ll focus on two of them that I see as most relevant. #1 – Good old human desire We always want more. No matter how much we have, we want more. The funny thing is how we fool ourselves. We think that once we achieve our next goal or acquire a certain amount of money, we will finally be happy and content. Yet, most billionaires are still out hustling for more. That’s because of a well-known feature of our psychology, the arrival fallacy. No matter how much we have, the goalpost keeps moving further into the distance. You may think you’ll be content once your business generates consistent income. Then, when you get there, you realize you’d like to make a little more money and work fewer hours. Once you accomplish that, you realize you want to take it even further. If this goes on for long enough, and you work hard enough, you may eventually build a multi-million dollar business. And when you get there, you’ll probably want more. Is this bad? Not necessarily. It’s just human nature. The problem is when you try to do too much too fast and when you expect instant amazing results. That’s when you get hit with constant disappointment, even when you’re doing well. And that’s where the second factor comes into play… #2 Social media Social media is amazingly effective at stoking desire. We see all of these people doing amazing things, and it anchors the expectations for our own lives. Social Media distorts our perception of reality. Since everyone shares the best of their lives, we constantly see people doing better than us, and we rarely see the struggle that got them there. Everywhere you look, someone is better looking, making more money, and having more fun than you. This is especially true for entrepreneurs. Hundreds of successful entrepreneurs online make millions per year and live amazing lives (at least, that’s what they show). Then, they tell you that you can do the same. They stoke your desire and anchor your expectations at a super high level. For example, you may see someone running a multi-million dollar business offering to teach you how to do the same. They usually make it look easier than it is and imply that you can get results fast, essentially anchoring your expectations much higher than reality. Sure, with their help, you may get there faster and easier. However, getting there will still take years of struggle, hard work, and failure. In reality, following in their footsteps is ten times harder than it seems, and success is nowhere near guaranteed. Those super successful people have been at this for at ...
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    17 min
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