Transcript
Eric Triplett (0:04)
Welcome to the Deep End with Eric Triplett, the pond digger. This is the show for contractors, tradesmen and entrepreneurs who want more from their business and from themselves. Eric brings decades of experience as a seven figure contractor with expertise in leadership, sales systems and the discipline it takes to build something real. Shaped by years in the aquatics world, his insights are rooted in precision, craftsmanship and performance. If you're done skimming the surface and ready to go deeper, it's time to dive in.
Eric Triplett (0:45)
Let me ask you a serious question. Would you rather make $18 an hour and absolutely love your life, or would you rather make $28 an hour, $80 an hour, $18,000 an hour? I don't care. Pick the and feel like something's missing in your life.
Eric Triplett (1:08)
Because what we talk about on the
Eric Triplett (1:12)
podcast tonight, sitting by this fire, sipping adult beverage with my dear friends Tyson and Slayer, it's exactly what we're digging into. Not just money, but passion and the tension between the two. Because I know contractors, good men, hard ass working men, working 10, 12 hours a day, 16 hours a day, breaking their bodies, stressing about payroll, trying to keep customers happy and you know, and still not making enough to live life they thought the business was going to give them. And then on the flip side, you see may, you know, people making serious money and then it starts know thinking. A lot of contractors think, oh man, must be nice. I don't think that way. I think that just keeps you from making more money. Or worse, you start judging it like somehow if someone's making more money than you, they don't deserve it because you work hard too. Or if someone's doing something simpler, you know, like cleaning a pond, for example, there's no way they should be making the type of money that a of lot a lawyer makes or a high end mechanic or things like that.
Eric Triplett (2:25)
Right?
Eric Triplett (2:27)
That right there is that belief, that story. Like that's what gets stuck in people's head and that's what keeps people stuck. Because the truth is money doesn't care how hard you work. There's a value attached to it and there's perception attached to it. And passion alone doesn't pay the bills. So where's the balance? How much money is enough? How much money is enough? There's a number out there where money completely switches and you know, life just becomes easier. Okay? And then there's like you money way out there, money. But you know what, there's people crying in their Ferraris too. So you know, did they sell their soul to get to that level? And they don't like their life anymore.
