If you stick to it, you’ll eventually be able to keep up. Sometimes we might need a fitness instructor. Sometimes our bodies and minds need help getting used to the schedule. It really does take awhile for our bodies and minds to get used to the schedule. It even takes our nights! And after it takes our weekends, and our sleep, it tells us to get back up at 7 AM because there are two funerals we have to work the very next day. When you first start in this business, ITS SOOOOOO DAMNNNN TOUGHHHHHHHHH!!!!! The holidays. It’s okay if you don’t know an answer what’s wrong is when we let our pride get the better of us and we act like we do. And when we don’t know an answer to a funeral question, ask a mentor. We aren’t lawyers, doctors, grief counselors or theologians. Direct those questions outside our professional knowledge to the people who are qualified to answer. This also means that you know your knowledge boundaries. It’s hard, I know because I was once that stressed out “professional”, but somewhere along the way I stopped trying to be a consummate “professional” and it was then, and only then, that I really started being present and helping families. They need you to be calm, in control of your stress and ready to be present. They don’t need a perfect funeral director. Families don’t want you to be stressed out. One of the common pitfalls I see in young funeral professionals is that they’re entirely too stressed out in their pursuit to be the perfect funeral professional. It may have been bad for Hamilton, but for those of us in the funeral industry, it’s pretty good advice.įour. Burr was the antagonist only because he cared about his image and never forfeited that image for something lasting. What made Hamilton cool is that he didn’t care about his image, he cared about his legacy. It might cost you money that you don’t have, but it will pay you back in confidence and numerous good-humored flirtatious advances from people three times your age. Find a good tailor, buy good shoes, spend extra on that suit that fits you really well, keep your hair in shape and smell good. I’m always impressed by a funeral director who dresses well. And if you’re not ready to marry it, then move to another job that demands a less committed relationship. It’s not a job … nor is it just a profession … this business is a lifestyle. It’s a commitment that’s intended to last. It isn’t something you want in the way that you want a boy/girlfriend or a new car. Nobody who “wants” to be a funeral director will make it.
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