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Seeking and handling challenges gives us great opportunities for personal and professional growth. Challenges can be found everywhere when we work for ourselves.<\/p>\nOccasionally you get the chance to do something you’ve not done before and you get a final result that pleases you and your customer. That’s when work is really satisfying.<\/p>\n
Not all jobs provide challenging opportunities, but it’s possible to find new things to do almost everywhere. The trick is to choose those projects that will give you a chance to learn a new skill. Acquiring a skill is probably more important than just making good money, at least during the earlier parts of your career curve. <\/p>\n
Seeking and handling challenges gives us great opportunities for personal and professional growth. Challenges can be found everywhere when we work for ourselves.<\/p>\n
Designing a pedestal base for this carousel horse was an engineering and a woodworking challenge. It had to be done right and yet stay within budget. It required several iterations before the base size was finally resolved, but the results pleased everyone involved.<\/p>\n
I thought it would take a 30 inch base to stably support the horse, but we came in with a 16 inch base that that did the job and showed better proportions.<\/p>\n
For a full description of the project and more pictures, check out Indulge your taste for the unusual<\/a> on my Box-Carts site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Occasionally you get the chance to do something you’ve not done before and you get a final result that pleases you and your customer. That’s when work is really satisfying. Not all jobs provide challenging opportunities, but it’s possible to … Continue reading