Being a mechanic all of my life, I can tell you that certifications are not for you, they are for your current or future employer. That being said, get THEM to help you pay for it.   

Certifications don't make you a good mechanic, experience does. Ask questions, make mistakes and more importantly, learn from your and others mistakes...

GT

Good god i cant emphasize this enough. You dont know how many idiots i work with that have certs up the ass yet dont know how to perform a simple brake job. Im not gonna say where i work at but it was something that bugged the fuck out of me because of the politics surrounding said certs....what makes it worse is that we're union so everything is skewed beyond belief   

I think I was channeling my inn GT, when I posted this on my FB page yesterday.

The most dangerous risk of all -- The risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet that you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.

That's badass! Thanks for sharing.

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The old thread needs some love...

Being as the year is almost over.

If you take a round trip flight to somewhere, make sure you sit on the same side of the plane both directions, you will literally see twice as much out the window.

Respect is earned, seldom deserved but always mutual.

If you screw up, own it. If you think back on it, you have learned more by your mistakes than you have your successes. Many times it can be said that your successes were by accident, so don't be ashamed by them, embrace them.... Just don't make the same ones twice.

For the younger crowd, that little voice inside your head is nearly always spot on... If it "feels wrong" it likely is.
Don't always follow reason, but listen to what it has to say.
Lastly, have the balls to go after what you think will make you happy, if while in pursuit of that, things or circumstances change, don't be afraid to change your path. Just be sure to search your soul to find a new destination. Fate only controls what you do not.




I hope each and every one of you has an incredible New Year and that all the things you didn't get this year, find you in the next.

GT

I think GT would agree with my Daddy's advice . . .

When faced with having to make a moral decision,  the choice that makes things harder for you, is probably the right one to choose in the long run.

 thanks GT for your technical,
                             mechanical,
                             and always practical advice this past year,

 always appreciated !!

 to you and yours, all the best