How to make things for a living
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2024
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Shout out to all the incredible RUclips friends I saw this weekend who gave me the advice for this video.
Do y'all think you have anything to add to the list? If so, I'm all ears and I'm sure those watching and in need of some more inspiration would want to hear about it too.
Thanks for watching my loves. Back soon.
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Fret hammer: stewmac.sjv.io/21j0E0
Mini plane (couldn't find my exact one but this is a good similar): stewmac.sjv.io/EK9dmW
Lie Nielsen No. 5: www.lie-nielsen.com/products/...
Lie Nielsen No. 7: www.lie-nielsen.com/products/...
Fretboard radius: stewmac.sjv.io/QyJd5a
Ruler small: stewmac.sjv.io/B0xdrB
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Straight edge: stewmac.sjv.io/b3zygb
My website: www.tempestguitars.com
My instagram: / daisy_tempest 
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Many years ago a customer brought me an article from a health magazine listing the top ten stress-free occupations, and luthier was listed high among them. I've only made a few instruments but have repaired many hundreds, and my days were never a chore. Keep up the great work! Your guitars are beautiful and very distinctive.
No way! Love it. Definitely a chill time when you're in the zone...
Working wood is very chill, but running a busness is never chill. I am always worried how to make my instrument sound better, how to make sure they survive decades, ect...
So much respect for you. You are worth everything you charge. You build quality because you care and you enjoy what you do. I am always mesmerized when I watch your videos and see the quality of your art. Stay real.
Thanks so much for this lovely comment. Really appreciate it. Really.
You don't have to be old to be wise. You're a perfect example. Keep up the good work!
This is too kind. Thank you for the lovely words ❤️
One of the things I absolutely live by as a drum builder is also one of the hardest to do when you own your business:
Learn to separate your personal life from your business life. If you can't, you risk burning yourself out quickly. Take time for yourself, your family, and your personal interests. Know how to walk away from a project at day's end and mentally separate yourself from it until you return to it the next day. Do and enjoy things in your private life that are completely unrelated to your business life as much as possible. It has honestly helped me over the years to continue to be excited about making.
Thank you!
Brilliant Daisy . I need this!
Especially number one on the list! Over a 100 k in machines not counting hand tools! Factory rent, insurance blah blah! And my rate is less than a lot of people working out vans!
Just that whole mindset of, if I’m too expensive I won’t get work is hard to shake! But I think I actually get less work because I’m too cheap and they think I’m the ‘cheap guy/ crap’. 🤷
Nothing to do with making a guitar yet I found this to be one of the more impactful videos you've posted since I've followed you. Thank you for this
Hi Daisy! Great advice. I can confirm that this advice applies across any creative endeavor. I'm a published SFF novelist and these points are just as relevant in my writing life as in my woodworking life. Rock on!
Thank you for this. I live with someone in the arts (having left it myself), and I'm passing it on to them and the other people I know. It's a great breakdown for anyone trying to make a living in any artistic craft.
Very nice. Thank you.
Very good advice. The deja vu was fun too. 😉
Go for your highest excitement, always and in every situation.
Live from your heart, not from your mind/thought.
This is such great advice. Thank you!
Great Video Daisy, couldn’t agree more about positivity and surrounding yourself with positive people, also that nothing is beyond you! Great to meet you at Colin’s and keep grafting ☺️
Thanks mate! So lovely to meet you too!
Great advice for people, those working in crafts as well as other fields. Moreover, your genuine, heart-felt caring and desire to be helpful to others really came across, Daisy, which was touching to see and feel. A pat on the back or hug for you for caring and a job well done. ~ ml
I will try to live by the star wars line - "An Error Doesn't Become a Mistake Until you Refuse to Correct it" quote from Grand Admiral Thrawn.
Good advice :)
I did a parenting course when my oldest was very young and one of the things that resonated with me was how poor we are as a nation at giving and receiving praise and how much we all thrive off it. Since then I've tried my hardest to be more positive in both giving and receiving praise and I think it's had a huge impact on my relationships and my children.
Mahalo Daisy. I was on a bad motorcycle accident over 2 years ago and was forced to retire. I'm still crippled. I need to start finding ways to supplement my income. Anything positive is much needed.
Some of the things you said are good for every day living too. Negativity kills and commendation inspires. Keep up the good work Daisy!
Amen!
Thank You Daisy Tempest!
Whoever taught you that first rule is a professional.
All excellent points. Thank you.
Really good advice, Daisy. I'm retired, but some years ago I built a business developing custom-made computer software systems and much of what you said applied to my business. Your first point about setting a price is vital. There's huge temptation to under-price (will they think I'm too expensive, will they go for a lower bid, etc.) If you lower your price to get a job, your client will probably think that you do cheap stuff and won't value it.
You really, absolutely must surround yourself with supportive, positive people. The mind-set sinks in. And take advice from successful people. If you want to build a successful business, it's not a good idea to take advice from people who have failed in everything and are negative about everything. Even if they are your closest relatives or best friends.
Also: integrity. Always, always, always be honest. No tricks. No little cheats or lies. You will get caught out. And, besides, it's good for your soul.
I'm very happy that I found your channel.
7. Love. Love is the 7th wave, the hidden string on a guitar. Love your work and play, love others and love yourself. ❤
Excellent advice, Daisy!
My fave saying ; 'You can't change the PEOPLE around you. But you can change the people around YOU'
Love it, always lots of wisdom beyond your years! +1 on surrounding yourself with positive people, you can’t put a price on that, no matter what you do in life. Well done on another inspiring video 😊
Thank you so much for this video and being so honest ❤
This is valuable advice for life especially about knowing your worth. So many great people under value themselves (and conversely so many “not so great” people think they’re brilliant.) You have proven your worth to many and, I hope, most importantly to yourself, with those beautiful guitars that you make. (And your great video content!)
Good advice. Thanks for doing this
Spot on
This video is so full of wisdom! It gives dar beyond guitar making.
Thanks for the video Daisy - many words of wisdom, Thanks - Cheers from Canada
"Excellent! Great insight."
Lovely stuff
Yep, true, all of it, well done, keep up the good work and stay lucky
This is brilliant advice, thank you so much!
Well, hear you go. The first video I saw of yours was not so enticing, but you have something that naturally draws interest (that was quite a few videos ago). Now you have grown so much I wait, with great interest, to see and hear YOU. Thank you. PS, I make flutes.
Regarding mistakes: Experience is a harsh teacher because the test comes first, then the learning.
Thank you for this, Daisy.
I'm learning knife making right now while in college. The progress is extremely slow, and I sometimes question whether it's even worth trying to make a career of it. It's tough at times, but deep down, I think I can do it.
Really enjoy your videos and appreciate your approach to life. Your guitars are exquisite. I'm retired now after many long years of working in the automotive and custom motorcycle industry and always longed to be able to open my own shop, but never took the plunge. I could never even begin to afford to. Once you reach a certain skill level, and are doing advanced high quality work, you need, not want, but absolutely must have a lot of very, very expensive equipment and that's what stops a lot of people from opening their own businesses. The idea of going so deeply into debt is frightening.
really good advice . Thank you.
Well said Daisy! Great video x
Nice one, Daisy. 👌
I have 2 additions to your points about what makes a great email; grammar and spelling.
And writing the name(s) of the recipient(s) correctly!
I am in no means perfect at it myself. But seeing grammar and spelling mistakes made a 15 year old wouldn't make is off-putting in this day and agree of built-in grammar and spell check.
Also off-putting is if someone can't be bothered to write my name correctly. (And it's not as if my first and last name are that hard).
I restore handplanes and while I do try not to undercut the value of my work I also need to consider what the market is willing to pay. Well-treated collectible handplanes can go for crazy prices, but a portion of what I restore are planes from brands that collectors kind of ignore, but that when restored and tuned-up are very good tools. These are done with the beginning woodworker in mind and priced similarly to what the box stores sell planes for. The difference between mine and theirs is that a beginning woodworker doesn't need to do the work they may not know how to do yet, but that a box store plane will need in order to work well. Mine are ready to go right out of the box. Because of the nature of that market I am probably undercutting the value of my work, but I also remember when I was a struggling woodworker trying to find tools I could afford. I guess it's a small way of giving back.
Ha! The problem actually is that Iam too precise to be harp maker! But Im fighting with that and making my living with harps haha
Tomáš
Wow all the creators I watch in the Furze bunker. It would be incredible to see a colab between you and Xyla
Interesting!
Thank you for the advice. I'm actually and old salt, so forgive me if I fall into old person speak. I've been dabbling in luthiery for over 15 years but life got in the way of my craft: I was caring for my children who are now grown. I often fall victim to "analysis by paralysis" as well as Imposter Syndrome when a person solicits me for a commission. As for mistakes, I'm trying to overcome one where I dropped a build on concrete (I was using a router to do binding and it yanked the guitar out of my hands) and have been trying to focus more on building a new top for it instead of beating myself up. In my defense I was rightfully heartbroken; it was nearly done and I was just fixing another mistake. It's appropriate that your sponsor is for therapy because it's something that I once went to regularly but stopped because my old therapist retired. I need to go back so that I can find the wind for my sails.
I really enjoy your videos, and your work. (And you got to see Xyla, which had to be fun!)
Biggest issue is always cash flow banks only lend to people that already have money, if youve hit a bad spot in sales they don't want to lend you cash to help turn it around.. a quick look at Daisys workshop show's some very nice spec machines that are reasonabaley priced .. but setting up a workshop is a very expensive undertaking and unless you have that money saved you need a loan .. a loan from say a family member shows they have faith in your idea and trust you will do your best ... banks want consistant hard figures and dont care a jot about what you do they just want to earn the interest from the money you borrow.
Some of us are stuck in a limbo of not being able to move forward because even small investments are out of reach.
If you watch my other video about answering questions I explain how I got round the loan thing. Hope that helps! Thanks for the comment
Well, I think there are stupid mistakes. There are those made because of ego and those not learned from or those that are denied. But you are so right, your mistakes build you. Literally.
A baby wants the ball in front of her. She reaches out and misses. She tries again and fails, this time to the other side. Each time she tries another neuron chain is tried out in her brain. Each time she is sad she didn't grab the ball. This emotional state weakens the neuron. Then she tries again and grabs the ball. She is happy and the chemicals associated with happy emotions strengthen those new neuron links while the other wither away. So, making mistakes, learning from them, and finding joy in your success's literally builds your brain to be better at what you want to do.
Great video Daisy. Have been enjoying your guitar making journey for a while now, but gotta say that your YouTubing skills are getting better and better every video too.
Keep up the great work 👍
Back on the 90's i spent a lot of time reading "self Help" books if you like - many books stood the test of time "7 habits of effective people" , "who moved my cheese" , "think and grow rich" i was reading maybe a book a month , sales, marketing, self belief All very good books and a lot along the lines of your video today .,. You seem to have been really inspired by your weekend with other youtubers , i also see that from other channels DIY , i watch - look forward to the coming videos you mentioned and not long to 100k subscriptions
Your instruments look amazing .... sadly I can't afford such beauty.
1st tip can be summarized by the fact that if few customers are unhappy with your prices, let them go.
Customer: "You're too expensive ! I know someone cheaper than you"
The answer you should give: "Then I'm fine you ask this guy instead of me. Im not expensive, nor cheap, I am just the right price."
If you only pay peanuts, you get monkeys and their work.
Great talk, good advice. Being naturally good at something is nice, but it usually will only get you so far. Focus, passion, persistence, a bit of elbow grease are every bit as important. Some kind of plan helps too.
Enjoying your vids :)
Absolutely! Thanks for the lovely comment.
In one of my careers before the one I retired from, I was an automotive technician. I worked for dealerships, independent garages, and specialty shops.
I cannot remember all of the small businesses who lost MAJOR portions of their customer bases by trying to enter a market and draw customers based solely on price. Raise the price, customers go away. Now some customers, that's not a bad thing. But en masse, yeah, that's a bad thing.
Not only do the people who work for you lose money - in an industry such as the automotive repair industry in America, where the vast, overwhelming majority are paid on a flag hour basis. That means if you charge a customer 2 hours at whatever rate you're charging (say $100.00 an hour), typically, the mechanic gets 40 or 45 percent of the labor, and the shop gets the rest. Parts are often split 5 or 10 percent for the guy doing the work, and the rest of the markup goes to the shop.
But the other shops in the area usually won't cooperate with your shop, or recommend you for certain types of repairs, especially when they're slammed. No man is an island, and neither are automotive repair shops in an area. And, word gets around to parts stores as well. You know you're doing something wrong when a customer strolls in to have you install a part you told them they needed, and they bought it as a walk-in customer at the same place you buy parts - for the same price (pre-markup) you would have paid. That's a problem.
I've worked for shops that this happened to, and I've worked at shops that received customers when the other shop raised their prices.
You nailed it! Nothing inspiring to add as it was all said during the video - seriously, there is a lot to unpack here... now I see how you've hit the bigs with your business and RUclips.
you're so pretty
That looks like it was a lot of fun. I am subscribed to most of them. Have you found the addage, "Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life," to be true? I worry that doing what I love will ruin it and I'll no longer love it. Awesome video, as always.
I definitely have parts of the job I tolerate, which actually keeps me in tune with reality so I have things to look forward to. However I've worked jobs where I dreaded the daytimes, watched the clock relentlessly, and it's not like that. For which I am deeply grateful. Thank you for the kind comment :)
I also make guitars, not professionally but to a good standard. I always tell people the difference between a good luthier and a bad one is - a good luthier knows how to hide their mistakes. Dont try and be perfect, just learn how to fix your mistakes when they happen.
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I think I said it before, take care of your shop, and your shop will take care of you. You can easily substitute the word shop with words like ledgers or body and the statement is equally true. Never allow a mistake to stand uncorrected, it will haunt you to your grave. And finally, thrift is a great revenue. My grandmother was thrifty and always put a little of what she saved aside. She called it "Mad Money", she could spend it madly and it did not matter or effect anything.
Deja vu 🤔
Haha yes - had to clarify some things about the ad - sorry about that!
Have a business plan and review it on a regular basis. Plan for unexpected expenses as these can drum up all kinds of negative emotions and impact your work. Focus on quality and not quantity. There's always time to do the right thing the first time and never enough time to do rework. Enjoy yourself!!!
Wonderful video but it might just be worth reading up on some of the controversial aspects of Better Help.
Thanks for pointing this out - I chatted to my managers and we did think about it carefully. Fundamentally, I’m all for promoting therapy and I know the data leak was an awful, awful thing to happen, but I do owe them for a lot when I was in a dark place. It’s a tough one but ultimately I decided it was okay to promote therapy on here, and I stand by that. But happy to hear everyone’s concerns if they feel strongly. Thanks for the comment ❤️
The first one applies for _every_ job. Never take a job that underpays. That includes family businesses. Let them have someone who can't do the job, instead. They'll figure it out soon enough.
No they won't. The vast majority of small business owners are not just ignorant, and they don't know what they don't know, but they're arrogant enough to believe that they know it all. The kind of people you can tell anything to; they won't listen, but you can tell them.
Take care of your health, PPE isn't fun, but the effects from not using it are far worse.