Good morning lumberjocks. Confidence is sometimes a strong word. You are probably thinking what am I tring to say. What I mean is it is sometimes hard to have confidence in your own work. Like me I think it’s alright if someone else says my work is good but I don’t like saying it. So having confidence in your own work sometimes can be hard to have. But if you don’t have confidence in what you make and you think it isn’t good then thats what other people will think to. And if other people think that then your sales will go down because of it. So don’t be afraid to think that your work is good and when people say what you make is good agree with them. And having confidence in what you make isn’t a bad thing. It’s when you go around bragging how good you are is when it becomes a bad thing and god will see that and won’t let you prosper because of it. So before I finish this I just want to say one thing. Don’t be afraid to say to yourself that what you make looks good but at the same time don’t be boastfull about it either. People don’t like boastfull people and most of all god doesn’t like people bragging about them selfs either. God bless and you all have a good day.
Isiah 40:31 But those who wait for the lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk, and not faint.
-- K & N Furniture Middlebury, In.

















6 comments so far
Wilton
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#1 posted 878 days ago
Well Stated!
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MsDebbieP
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#2 posted 878 days ago
ditto – very well written.
Proud without arrogant.
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rivergirl
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#3 posted 878 days ago
For me, I tend to just make what I like and then whatever. If it sells it sells if not, I gift it. LOL
-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."
DrDirt
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#4 posted 878 days ago
Very True -
The guys that work in marketing at my company always say that ”If you are not convinced you cannot be convincing”
-- "_If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves_." Edison
Beginningwoodworker
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#5 posted 878 days ago
I would like to start my own business!
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
gurnie
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#6 posted 872 days ago
I agree with the confidence thing. When i customer asks who much for __ item at a show, i say the price with a firm voice. Rarely I’ll negotiate but yes i usually say the price with a firm voice. I’m worth what i charge :)
Good advice
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