Get ready, because this episode may shock you and shake you up a little bit! It’s all about how working on ponds is a practice requiring trial and error. Hopefully it will inspire you to get your hands dirty, try new things, and finally take that leap you’ve been thinking about!
Eric shares his insight on:
- Getting into ponds from his start caring for fish and everything he had to learn along the way.
- Pushback Eric ran into from people who didn’t understand why he wanted to try to make money from his hobby.
- “Practicing” ponds when you come up against something tricky.
- How Eric’s cancer treatment involved some trial and error, advice from other doctors, etc. It truly was a practice and how this means it’s ok that you won’t know the answer right away for a pond issue. Each time it involves some experimentation.
- If you’re interested in doing something, get out there and learn! There’s a good possibility you could learn enough to start making money from it.
- How you need to use investigative techniques to get info out of clients who might hide information
- The value of practicing things, getting your hands dirty, and failing in order to learn and grow.
- How Eric’s success with the Helix pond skimmer came from persevering despite the haters and practicing different techniques.
Links to resources:
The Helix Pond Skimmer
The Pond Digger
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