PERSPECTIVE IS EVERYTHING ⚔️ · Paintless Dent Repair Training

PERSPECTIVE IS EVERYTHING ⚔️

Sometimes, it’s hard to recognize just how far you’ve come when all you can see is how far you still have to go.

And that’s where perspective changes everything.

As a student, you see the struggles. You see the mistakes. You see the dents you couldn’t finish, the pushes you missed, and the skills you haven’t quite mastered.

But I get to see something different.

I get to see the learning process from 10,000 feet.

After 15 years in the PDR industry, I’ve seen a lot. Different levels of quality, work ethic, personalities, learning curves, successes, failures, good habits, bad habits, and just about everything in between.

I’ve seen what separates an average technician from a great one. And I’ve seen what happens when someone is willing to put in the work.

That experience has given me something valuable.

Perspective.

And I believe I’ve earned the right to look a student in the eyes and tell them when they’re doing a good job. Not because I’m trying to make them feel better, but because I know what good progress actually looks like.

Mike just wrapped up two weeks of training here at Pushmore Academy.

And I know something about Mike.

He doesn’t just want to be good. He wants to be GREAT.

But greatness doesn’t happen in two weeks.

PDR is a craft. It demands patience, discipline, dedication, repetition, and a willingness to struggle through the learning process.

Today, Mike completed a dent repair that was cleaner than some of the repairs I was producing in my first few YEARS in this industry.

Let that sink in.

Two weeks.

Now, does that mean he’s mastered PDR? Absolutely not. And

@Mike Ried

knows that.

But here’s what I want him to understand.

You cannot measure your progress solely against the technician you want to become. Sometimes, you have to trust the perspective of someone who’s already walked the road you’re traveling.

Mike, take it from somebody who’s been there, who’s made the mistakes, who’s seen the best and worst this industry has to offer, and who’s had the privilege of watching other technicians develop.

YOU DID GREAT, BROTHER.

Not because you’ve arrived.

But because of how far you’ve come in such a short amount of time.

And if this is what two weeks of dedication, discipline, and hard work can produce…

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.

Keep your head down. Stay humble. Trust the process. And don’t allow your desire to be great tomorrow to rob you of recognizing the progress you’ve made today.

I’m proud of you, brother.

WORK HARD. GO BE GREAT.

— Dean

Pushmore Academy

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PERSPECTIVE IS EVERYTHING ⚔️