Hi Philip Your story inspired me today , IM a retired boiler maker welder in AUSTRALIA and 3 off my sons and my grand son are B.M.W. as well . When teaching them the trade I had one main rule LOOK LISINE and LEARN , And I still believe that today , Every time I watch one of your videos I feel like a Apprentice once Moore and still learning . So thank you Philip for relighting the fire in my OLD bones , And your presentation is first class . 😁🤩👍⚒👀🤠
Hey Philip! I fully relate to your struggles in the craft of blacksmithing. It has taught me to never set expectations as they have a possibility of failure. Rather than feeling like a failure, I’ve learned to set goals. Goals are always achievable tomorrow if you didn’t reach them today. The key that I’ve found to happiness is celebrating every victory no matter how big or how small. You can make every single thing you do for yourself or for others as an achievement. Filling your mind with positive affirmations throughout your day attracts more positive outcomes in your life. It is the law of attraction. I’ve found a lot of happiness in my time management and it feels good to have your life in order in a notebook with a full 12 month calendar in it and make to-do lists that you can check off and be able to look back at all that you’ve accomplished and celebrate every victory along the way. It sounds so crazy but this is how someone in the age of instant gratification from a cell phone can truly achieve happiness and start to be away from their cell phones. I wish you great prosperity in your growth as a craftsman and as a crafted man.
You and your videos actually inspired me to give blacksmithing a shot and 2 months in that "every setback is a step forward" that hit hard. This entire video gave me motivation again to be honest
Your videos really help me, i was feeling rather lost when i when i saw this. And while I still don’t know the way, I know that it is a process and that i can make it if I am patient with myself and learn to savor each moment of growth, because life is too short to wish time away, that is something I’ve learned through growing and taking care of my long hair, to me it symbolizes my own journey of self growth, as my my hair grows i grow into the man my future wife and family will need me to be and has servedas a reminder of how far I’ve come and to not give up, Never cut your hair man, it’s awesome!!!
thank you for sharing! Makes me happy to hear that it helped. That is a nice metaphor too! It sounds like you have a direction at least. I hear you, it is easy to get lost. But having a direction and goal is key, sounds obvious but it isn't always. One thing that helped me to "stay on track" is to first, have my destination written down, and second, have visual reminders around me. Thank yoy!
We often learn more from our failures than our success.
That is true
Hi Philip Your story inspired me today , IM a retired boiler maker welder in AUSTRALIA and 3 off my sons and my grand son are B.M.W. as well . When teaching them the trade I had one main rule LOOK LISINE and LEARN , And I still believe that today , Every time I watch one of your videos I feel like a Apprentice once Moore and still learning . So thank you Philip for relighting the fire in my OLD bones , And your presentation is first class . 😁🤩👍⚒👀🤠
thank you for sharing! I agree, that is rule to follow! I am glad you got inspired, thank you!
Hey Philip! I fully relate to your struggles in the craft of blacksmithing. It has taught me to never set expectations as they have a possibility of failure. Rather than feeling like a failure, I’ve learned to set goals. Goals are always achievable tomorrow if you didn’t reach them today.
The key that I’ve found to happiness is celebrating every victory no matter how big or how small. You can make every single thing you do for yourself or for others as an achievement. Filling your mind with positive affirmations throughout your day attracts more positive outcomes in your life. It is the law of attraction.
I’ve found a lot of happiness in my time management and it feels good to have your life in order in a notebook with a full 12 month calendar in it and make to-do lists that you can check off and be able to look back at all that you’ve accomplished and celebrate every victory along the way. It sounds so crazy but this is how someone in the age of instant gratification from a cell phone can truly achieve happiness and start to be away from their cell phones.
I wish you great prosperity in your growth as a craftsman and as a crafted man.
Thank you very much for your comment! Those are some valuable insights that I hope many will take part of, myself included :)
You and your videos actually inspired me to give blacksmithing a shot and 2 months in that "every setback is a step forward" that hit hard. This entire video gave me motivation again to be honest
Makes me very happy! Thank you for sharing. Keep it up!
Your videos really help me, i was feeling rather lost when i when i saw this. And while I still don’t know the way, I know that it is a process and that i can make it if I am patient with myself and learn to savor each moment of growth, because life is too short to wish time away, that is something I’ve learned through growing and taking care of my long hair, to me it symbolizes my own journey of self growth, as my my hair grows i grow into the man my future wife and family will need me to be and has servedas a reminder of how far I’ve come and to not give up,
Never cut your hair man, it’s awesome!!!
thank you for sharing! Makes me happy to hear that it helped. That is a nice metaphor too!
It sounds like you have a direction at least. I hear you, it is easy to get lost. But having a direction and goal is key, sounds obvious but it isn't always.
One thing that helped me to "stay on track" is to first, have my destination written down, and second, have visual reminders around me.
Thank yoy!