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Jenna Taylor ♀️

30,472 views • 2 months ago

I think "follow your passion" is garbage advice. Here's why: I've started 80+ businesses. Entrepreneurship is my whole life. My hobby, my job, my family, all of it rolled into one. I am very passionate about all this, BUT... Most people don't know what their passion is. And the ones who think they do are usually wrong. Passion comes from the Latin word for suffering. It literally means suffering. So when someone tells you to follow your passion, what they should be saying is: "go find the thing you're willing to suffer for." Not the thing that feels amazing on a sunny Saturday when you have nowhere to be. Anyone can love that. I'm talking about the thing where you will eat crap for two years straight and keep showing up anyway. Where the bad days still feel better than a good day doing something else. Here's how to find it: 1/ Go to takeout .google .com right now. Export your YouTube watch history from the last 90 days. 2/ Drop it into ChatGPT and ask: "Show me the three obsessions hiding in here that I'd probably never want to admit to myself out loud." 3/ Then do the same thing with your Amazon order history. You can export a spreadsheet of every purchase you've ever made. 4/ Upload it and say: "Categorize my discretionary spending and tell me what I clearly care about based on where my money is actually going." 5/ Next, text five people who know you best and ask one question: "What do I not shut up about?" I promise the answers are going to show you a pattern. Three people will say some version of the same thing. That thing is pointing you at your obsession. 6/ Then think back to when you were 8 to 12 years old. Right before the world got its hands on you and told you what was useful and what was a waste of time. What did you do for hours that nobody had to ask you to do? There's almost a 0% chance that obsession completely went away. For me, it was setting traps and catching frogs and looking for animal tracks behind my house in Logan, Utah. That went dormant for decades but it's still there. Last thing, and this is what I really want you to remember here: 7/ Obsession isn't buried treasure you have to stumble across, It gets built. You start with a seed of interest. Then you get a little bit good at it. That feels great. So you do more. You get better. And somewhere in there, the interest turns into obsession. The passion follows the progress. It doesn't start the other way around. So stop asking yourself "what do I love?" Start asking "what am I willing to suffer for?" Find that and you found your obsession. And that's the only one that ever actually pays. --- Update: After filming this and buying the domain obsessionaudit .com (I couldnt help it), I vibecoded an actual "obsession audit" that helps you figure yours out. Totally free. check it out below.
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I think "follow your passion" is garbage advice. Here's why: I've started 80+ businesses. Entrepreneurship is my whole life. My hobby, my job, my family, all of it rolled into one. I am very passionate about all this, BUT... Most people don't know what their passion is. And the ones who think they do are usually wrong. Passion comes from the Latin word for suffering. It literally means suffering. So when someone tells you to follow your passion, what they should be saying is: "go find the thing you're willing to suffer for." Not the thing that feels amazing on a sunny Saturday when you have nowhere to be. Anyone can love that. I'm talking about the thing where you will eat crap for two years straight and keep showing up anyway. Where the bad days still feel better than a good day doing something else. Here's how to find it: 1/ Go to takeout .google .com right now. Export your YouTube watch history from the last 90 days. 2/ Drop it into ChatGPT and ask: "Show me the three obsessions hiding in here that I'd probably never want to admit to myself out loud." 3/ Then do the same thing with your Amazon order history. You can export a spreadsheet of every purchase you've ever made. 4/ Upload it and say: "Categorize my discretionary spending and tell me what I clearly care about based on where my money is actually going." 5/ Next, text five people who know you best and ask one question: "What do I not shut up about?" I promise the answers are going to show you a pattern. Three people will say some version of the same thing. That thing is pointing you at your obsession. 6/ Then think back to when you were 8 to 12 years old. Right before the world got its hands on you and told you what was useful and what was a waste of time. What did you do for hours that nobody had to ask you to do? There's almost a 0% chance that obsession completely went away. For me, it was setting traps and catching frogs and looking for animal tracks behind my house in Logan, Utah. That went dormant for decades but it's still there. Last thing, and this is what I really want you to remember here: 7/ Obsession isn't buried treasure you have to stumble across, It gets built. You start with a seed of interest. Then you get a little bit good at it. That feels great. So you do more. You get better. And somewhere in there, the interest turns into obsession. The passion follows the progress. It doesn't start the other way around. So stop asking yourself "what do I love?" Start asking "what am I willing to suffer for?" Find that and you found your obsession. And that's the only one that ever actually pays. --- Update: After filming this and buying the domain obsessionaudit .com (I couldnt help it), I vibecoded an actual "obsession audit" that helps you figure yours out. Totally free. check it out below.

Chris Koerner

19,092 views • 1 month ago

【📢IGLive: อันโดรเมด้า ชุน 】 #จุงอาเชน #JoongArchen ((( nong horse ~ merman 🧜🏼‍♂️ ~ Paris ))) 🌞: this morning i went to take pictures with the horses. they were the horses at the stable and i have to say—they were absolutely adorable. there are 3 horses in the stable: nong Plew horse and a few others belonging to different characters. some of them are incredibly expensive, around 5 to 6 million baht. the one i took pictures with today though is probably the sweetest horse i’ve ever worked with. i could pet it and it didn’t bite me or do anything “the horse is so handsome isn’t it?” 🌞seriously nobody was paying attention to me—everyone was focused on the horse instead. but it really was adorable. let me stop sharing my screen… 🌞… this was from yesterday’s shoot. honestly i’d never filmed an underwater scene before. yesterday was my first time. the crew kept telling me “Joong you’re really good. you seem so comfortable in the water” normally if actors haven’t practiced beforehand they end up choking on water or feeling uncomfortable. and the water wasn’t even normal freshwater—it was saltwater. when you go underwater your body naturally wants to float back up. so they had to attach weights to help me sink to the bottom… 🌞i’ve been wanting to reveal a secret that i’ve kept hidden for a long time. the truth is… i’m a merman. my mom is a mermaid too. she told me she swam all the way here from the Chao Phraya river i’m kidding. just kidding …… 🌞: you’re waiting for me to go to Paris right? i know everyone wants me to go to Paris. i won’t say too much about it… i probably will eventually but… let’s just say it was close. i’ll use the word “almost” .. the schedule is really important you know. and speaking of schedules please don’t blame anyone. honestly it’s no one’s fault. it’s not my fault and it’s not the backstage team’s fault either. sometimes everything has already been planned far in advance and in the end the schedules just… don’t line up. that’s all it is. i saw some people messaging phi Jack asking “why doesn’t Joong’s schedule match up?” and things like that. but sometimes phi Jack’s job is simply to arrange the schedule. he isn’t the one who can change it whenever he wants. the schedule is handed down to him, and then he organizes it. he helps as much as he possibly can but if the schedules really don’t match then that’s just how it is. so please don’t be disappointed. whatever day comes we’ll still be ourselves. when the opportunity is meant to come it will come. there’s no need to rush. the right opportunity will come at the right time right? “we don’t follow fashion… fashion follows us”. just kidding. lately i’ve been enjoying dressing up more because i finally have time to think about outfits and experiment a little. i actually really like fashion. i feel like my style isn’t very repetitive. i don’t like putting myself in a box. i’ll wear pretty much anything.
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【📢IGLive: อันโดรเมด้า ชุน 】 #จุงอาเชน #JoongArchen ((( nong horse ~ merman 🧜🏼‍♂️ ~ Paris ))) 🌞: this morning i went to take pictures with the horses. they were the horses at the stable and i have to say—they were absolutely adorable. there are 3 horses in the stable: nong Plew horse and a few others belonging to different characters. some of them are incredibly expensive, around 5 to 6 million baht. the one i took pictures with today though is probably the sweetest horse i’ve ever worked with. i could pet it and it didn’t bite me or do anything “the horse is so handsome isn’t it?” 🌞seriously nobody was paying attention to me—everyone was focused on the horse instead. but it really was adorable. let me stop sharing my screen… 🌞… this was from yesterday’s shoot. honestly i’d never filmed an underwater scene before. yesterday was my first time. the crew kept telling me “Joong you’re really good. you seem so comfortable in the water” normally if actors haven’t practiced beforehand they end up choking on water or feeling uncomfortable. and the water wasn’t even normal freshwater—it was saltwater. when you go underwater your body naturally wants to float back up. so they had to attach weights to help me sink to the bottom… 🌞i’ve been wanting to reveal a secret that i’ve kept hidden for a long time. the truth is… i’m a merman. my mom is a mermaid too. she told me she swam all the way here from the Chao Phraya river i’m kidding. just kidding …… 🌞: you’re waiting for me to go to Paris right? i know everyone wants me to go to Paris. i won’t say too much about it… i probably will eventually but… let’s just say it was close. i’ll use the word “almost” .. the schedule is really important you know. and speaking of schedules please don’t blame anyone. honestly it’s no one’s fault. it’s not my fault and it’s not the backstage team’s fault either. sometimes everything has already been planned far in advance and in the end the schedules just… don’t line up. that’s all it is. i saw some people messaging phi Jack asking “why doesn’t Joong’s schedule match up?” and things like that. but sometimes phi Jack’s job is simply to arrange the schedule. he isn’t the one who can change it whenever he wants. the schedule is handed down to him, and then he organizes it. he helps as much as he possibly can but if the schedules really don’t match then that’s just how it is. so please don’t be disappointed. whatever day comes we’ll still be ourselves. when the opportunity is meant to come it will come. there’s no need to rush. the right opportunity will come at the right time right? “we don’t follow fashion… fashion follows us”. just kidding. lately i’ve been enjoying dressing up more because i finally have time to think about outfits and experiment a little. i actually really like fashion. i feel like my style isn’t very repetitive. i don’t like putting myself in a box. i’ll wear pretty much anything.

🇻🇳Jaidee’s aunt Bamnie🐣

14,228 views • 2 months ago

I wasn’t gonna do it. I was going to spend my day selling cars and looking after pest control clients before spending time with the fam instead I am forced to spend 4.5 minutes making a 4.5 minute video addressing the reality the Anthony Albanese is the shittest of the shit Prime Ministers in Australian history. I jump on the internet after 13/14 hour day to see what I’ve missed, hoping we haven’t had any more super retardation out of extreme Islamists killing people, our politicians trying to have us all arrested for existing, a green gluing themself to a road to change the weather or a scientist with purple hair explaining to us all that men can give birth and we are racist if we don’t agree. Instead this pelican Prime Minister is shitting himself (no where near enough in my opinion but shitting himself nonetheless) about his stupid bill having opposition I suspect from most sensible people left in Australia. Wants to split the bill up to try and get it passed well good idea dipshit smashing multiple shit ideas together that have no direct correlation is only done for one reason to not only confuse and deceive the Australian public but also to deceive and confuse other politicians who don’t want to read your 500 page documents of mumbo jumbo with all your sneaky shit in there. The fact that you tried to roll out this extremely shit bill that is likely to have massive law enforcement ramifications (arresting most of Australia with no procedural fairness required) may just cause some ramifications and yet the DEI bimbo you have enlisted to effectively be in charge of arresting us all got to look at the bill the night before you announced in so fuck all consultation with your top cop, either an indication you have no fucking faith in her ability or you simply don’t give a fuck. Now with the amount of technology at our disposal there is no reason i can think of literally every rule, law, proposal you clowns want to impliment couldnt be done over blockchain technology via phones or computers with a literal referendum on each proposal in a direct to the Australian people style of management. No ramming bills through Direct self governence by the people. I know something like that would make you lot even less useful than you all already are but cutting most of you muppets loose seems like a win for the Australian people. I just wanted to sell cars and spray houses for the day before hanging with the fam. Seriously just go look for Harold Holt come back when you find him.
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I wasn’t gonna do it. I was going to spend my day selling cars and looking after pest control clients before spending time with the fam instead I am forced to spend 4.5 minutes making a 4.5 minute video addressing the reality the Anthony Albanese is the shittest of the shit Prime Ministers in Australian history. I jump on the internet after 13/14 hour day to see what I’ve missed, hoping we haven’t had any more super retardation out of extreme Islamists killing people, our politicians trying to have us all arrested for existing, a green gluing themself to a road to change the weather or a scientist with purple hair explaining to us all that men can give birth and we are racist if we don’t agree. Instead this pelican Prime Minister is shitting himself (no where near enough in my opinion but shitting himself nonetheless) about his stupid bill having opposition I suspect from most sensible people left in Australia. Wants to split the bill up to try and get it passed well good idea dipshit smashing multiple shit ideas together that have no direct correlation is only done for one reason to not only confuse and deceive the Australian public but also to deceive and confuse other politicians who don’t want to read your 500 page documents of mumbo jumbo with all your sneaky shit in there. The fact that you tried to roll out this extremely shit bill that is likely to have massive law enforcement ramifications (arresting most of Australia with no procedural fairness required) may just cause some ramifications and yet the DEI bimbo you have enlisted to effectively be in charge of arresting us all got to look at the bill the night before you announced in so fuck all consultation with your top cop, either an indication you have no fucking faith in her ability or you simply don’t give a fuck. Now with the amount of technology at our disposal there is no reason i can think of literally every rule, law, proposal you clowns want to impliment couldnt be done over blockchain technology via phones or computers with a literal referendum on each proposal in a direct to the Australian people style of management. No ramming bills through Direct self governence by the people. I know something like that would make you lot even less useful than you all already are but cutting most of you muppets loose seems like a win for the Australian people. I just wanted to sell cars and spray houses for the day before hanging with the fam. Seriously just go look for Harold Holt come back when you find him.

Dean McCrae- Freedom Chef

19,051 views • 7 months ago

Here's Pete Carroll in his endless wisdom with an AMAZING take on how to handle your haters, overcome adversity and manage self doubt on the journey to your own personal greatness: "They didn't know how great he was... maybe they don't know how great I can be either." In one of the lowest moments of his coaching career, Pete Carroll couldn't sleep. He'd taken a risk becoming the New England Patriots head coach knowing the massive expectations would be hard to match and it wasn't trending the right direction in his 3rd season at the helm. He feared his young career as a head coach may already be over. At 3 a.m. that sleepless night, he turned on the TV and happened to catch a movie about Babe Ruth... In the scene, Boston fans relentlessly booed Ruth after he had been traded to the Yankees. It's in that moment, watching a fanbase annihilate the greatest baseball player of all time, in which Coach Carroll credits gaining a perspective that changed the remainder of his coaching career: "They didn't know how great he was... maybe they don't know how great I can be either." He made a promise to himself going forward, regardless of where he coached, that instead of changing who he was to satisfy the critics, he would double down on the standards, beliefs, and culture he believed would help his team succeed. He went on to win multiple national championships with USC Football ✌️ and a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks: 🧭 Most people can't evaluate potential, they can only evaluate evidence. Great leaders often see the destination long before anyone else does. If you constantly adjust your convictions to earn short-term approval, you'll never stay with an idea long enough for it to become extraordinary. 🌱 Build your organization around principles, not popularity. If your standards are rooted in serving others, developing people, and advancing the mission... NOT feeding your ego, don't bend simply because they're misunderstood. The greatest cultures are almost always questioned before they're respected. ⏳ History usually arrives late. The same people who doubt your vision today may celebrate it tomorrow. Your job isn't to convince everyone you're right. Your job is to keep becoming the leader your team needs so that the outcomes become positive and sustainable. Nobody knows how great you can become except you. Protect that vision. Stay true to your standards. Build it YOUR way. If your mission is bigger than your ego and your work consistently serves others, time has a remarkable way of revealing what criticism could never recognize.
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Here's Pete Carroll in his endless wisdom with an AMAZING take on how to handle your haters, overcome adversity and manage self doubt on the journey to your own personal greatness: "They didn't know how great he was... maybe they don't know how great I can be either." In one of the lowest moments of his coaching career, Pete Carroll couldn't sleep. He'd taken a risk becoming the New England Patriots head coach knowing the massive expectations would be hard to match and it wasn't trending the right direction in his 3rd season at the helm. He feared his young career as a head coach may already be over. At 3 a.m. that sleepless night, he turned on the TV and happened to catch a movie about Babe Ruth... In the scene, Boston fans relentlessly booed Ruth after he had been traded to the Yankees. It's in that moment, watching a fanbase annihilate the greatest baseball player of all time, in which Coach Carroll credits gaining a perspective that changed the remainder of his coaching career: "They didn't know how great he was... maybe they don't know how great I can be either." He made a promise to himself going forward, regardless of where he coached, that instead of changing who he was to satisfy the critics, he would double down on the standards, beliefs, and culture he believed would help his team succeed. He went on to win multiple national championships with USC Football ✌️ and a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks: 🧭 Most people can't evaluate potential, they can only evaluate evidence. Great leaders often see the destination long before anyone else does. If you constantly adjust your convictions to earn short-term approval, you'll never stay with an idea long enough for it to become extraordinary. 🌱 Build your organization around principles, not popularity. If your standards are rooted in serving others, developing people, and advancing the mission... NOT feeding your ego, don't bend simply because they're misunderstood. The greatest cultures are almost always questioned before they're respected. ⏳ History usually arrives late. The same people who doubt your vision today may celebrate it tomorrow. Your job isn't to convince everyone you're right. Your job is to keep becoming the leader your team needs so that the outcomes become positive and sustainable. Nobody knows how great you can become except you. Protect that vision. Stay true to your standards. Build it YOUR way. If your mission is bigger than your ego and your work consistently serves others, time has a remarkable way of revealing what criticism could never recognize.

Josh Chambers

44,229 views • 2 months ago

My first two words on this particular Sunday morning were "Hallelujah!” followed by, “Amen!” I was not in church when I uttered them. I was at my kitchen table, watching the CEO of the most valuable company in the world say precisely what mikeroweWORKS has been espousing for the last sixteen years. In other words, this is what I look like before coffee, when I find myself in violent agreement with a multi-billionaire. If you haven’t already heard, a massive challenge is upon us. With regard to artificial intelligence and the energy we need to feed it, America will either change its current direction, or get left far, far behind. I know this because I run a modest foundation that has been arguing for decades that the portion of our workforce most often described as “the skilled trades,” will become the most essential component of our economy, our independence, and our collective future. Well, the future is here. Obviously, I didn’t know that the race to dominate artificial intelligence would be the thing that finally galvanized the folks at the grown-up table. When I founded mikeroweWORKS in 2008, I figured it would be a new commitment to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure that would necessitate a collective push to reinvigorate the trades. That need is still pressing, but I never imagined the most urgent cry for more welders and electricians would be ushered in by the need for more data centers. Back then, I didn’t even know what a data center was. But today, here we are. Data centers are headline news, because they are – as Jensen Huang says - AI factories. And if we want to remain competitive with China, we need to build thousands of them. Now. And presently, we simply don’t have the workforce to do it. I’ll be discussing all of this next Tuesday in Pittsburgh, at the Energy and Innovation Summit, which is turning out to be a pretty high-profile event. looks like I’ll be joining a panel of elected officials, including the President, and dozens of well-known CEO’s to discuss Pennsylvania’s role in the energy renascence. A lot of money is being invested in Pennsylvania, (a LOT), and my message to those writing the checks will be no different than it’s been since we launched mikeroweWORKS: "Set some of that money aside to make a more persuasive case for the work itself. The skilled trades need better PR, and they need it on a national level. The country needs to see thousands of examples - real world examples - of men and women who have prospered as a result of learning a skill that's in demand." I first made this point to President Obama in an open letter to The White House in 2009, shortly after he promised 3 million “shovel-ready” jobs in his Highway Infrastructure Act. I was rooting for the President back then, and offered to use Dirty Jobs and mikeroweWORKS as vehicles to help promote his initiative. I did so because I was skeptical that people would line up to take those jobs simply because they were "created." “Filling three million shovel-ready jobs,” I wrote, “will be a lot easier if people feel enthused about the prospect of picking up a shovel. Investment alone, won’t create that kind of enthusiasm.” The White House did not respond to my offer. Understandably, most presidents do not seek the advice of marginally famous cable television hosts best known for crawling through sewers. But it’s worth remembering that the unemployment rate back then was over 10%. Millions of people were newly unemployed, and I think the former President assumed that creating three million shovel-ready jobs would translate to three million people going back to work. But that’s not what happened. Because back then, even with record high unemployment, there were 2.3 million open jobs, most of which did not require a four-year degree. Nobody wanted to talk about that. Today, that number is more like 7.6 million. Nobody wants to talk about it now, either. This is why I'm going to Pittsburgh. Just as I was rooting for President Obama in 2009, I’m rooting for President Trump today. I hope he succeeds in reinvigorating our industrial base and reshoring our manufacturing capabilities, and I want to offer my support. But if he does succeed, we’re talking about millions new jobs in manufacturing alone. And currently, there are over 400,000 jobs in that sector that are currently open, begging the obvious question... If we can’t fill the openings we have, how will we fill the one’s we’re about to create? That’s the question I’ll pose in Pittsburgh. I’ll let you know if anyone has an answer. Mike PS. Not to put too fine a point on it, but this change is truly upon us, and I've had a front row seat. Over the last six months, mikeroweWORKS been flooded with inquiries to collaborate on various recruitment initiatives and multiple industries. I mean, flooded. Not a week goes by that I don't hear from an industry leader who has come to the realization that they’ve gone as far as they can go without more skilled labor. Panic, is not too strong a word. The Maritime Industrial Base for instance, is currently tasked with delivering three nuclear powered submarines to the Navy every year for the next decade, and looking to hire 140,000 tradespeople. 140,000!!! “Do you know where they are?” they asked me. “We’ve looked everywhere.” “Yes,” I said. “I know where they are. They’re in the 8th grade.” I’ve had similar calls with the automotive industry, who needs 80,000 technicians and collision repair workers. Every single home service company is hiring – from foundation repair to roofing. The energy industry is looking for hundreds of thousands of skilled workers, and so too is the construction industry. A few weeks ago, at something called The Aspen Ideas Festival, I heard Larry Fink, the CEO of Blackrock, say we’re short 500,000 electricians. A few months before that, at an Energy Conference in Newport, I heard Governor Rick Perry describe the race to build data centers and catch up to China with all things AI as nothing short of a “modern-day Manhattan Project.” I think he's right. Part of the problem is an aging demographic. For every five skilled workers who retire, two replace them. That’s why we need to engage with eighth graders today. Maybe even before that. We have to make a persuasive case for these jobs to the next generation, and just as importantly, to their parents. That won’t solve the immediate problem, but this is marathon, not a sprint, and these jobs need to be magnified and amplified at an early age. The more immediate problem is the labor force participation rate. As we speak, millions of able-bodied Americans - for all sorts of reasons - are not working and not looking for work. According to economist Nick Eberstadt, that number is close to 7 million able-bodied men. I’m not sure what to do about that, but it’s a colossal problem that needs to be addressed. On the positive side, our last round of work ethic scholarships generated unparalleled interest. This year, mikeroweWORKSwill award $5 million to help train the next generation of skilled workers. That's ten times the number of qualified applicants we got this time a year ago. The needle is moving, and I believe we can move it a lot further, with a little help from the companies most incentivized to see the trades reinvigorated. Should be a lively conversation in The Keystone State…
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My first two words on this particular Sunday morning were "Hallelujah!” followed by, “Amen!” I was not in church when I uttered them. I was at my kitchen table, watching the CEO of the most valuable company in the world say precisely what mikeroweWORKS has been espousing for the last sixteen years. In other words, this is what I look like before coffee, when I find myself in violent agreement with a multi-billionaire. If you haven’t already heard, a massive challenge is upon us. With regard to artificial intelligence and the energy we need to feed it, America will either change its current direction, or get left far, far behind. I know this because I run a modest foundation that has been arguing for decades that the portion of our workforce most often described as “the skilled trades,” will become the most essential component of our economy, our independence, and our collective future. Well, the future is here. Obviously, I didn’t know that the race to dominate artificial intelligence would be the thing that finally galvanized the folks at the grown-up table. When I founded mikeroweWORKS in 2008, I figured it would be a new commitment to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure that would necessitate a collective push to reinvigorate the trades. That need is still pressing, but I never imagined the most urgent cry for more welders and electricians would be ushered in by the need for more data centers. Back then, I didn’t even know what a data center was. But today, here we are. Data centers are headline news, because they are – as Jensen Huang says - AI factories. And if we want to remain competitive with China, we need to build thousands of them. Now. And presently, we simply don’t have the workforce to do it. I’ll be discussing all of this next Tuesday in Pittsburgh, at the Energy and Innovation Summit, which is turning out to be a pretty high-profile event. looks like I’ll be joining a panel of elected officials, including the President, and dozens of well-known CEO’s to discuss Pennsylvania’s role in the energy renascence. A lot of money is being invested in Pennsylvania, (a LOT), and my message to those writing the checks will be no different than it’s been since we launched mikeroweWORKS: "Set some of that money aside to make a more persuasive case for the work itself. The skilled trades need better PR, and they need it on a national level. The country needs to see thousands of examples - real world examples - of men and women who have prospered as a result of learning a skill that's in demand." I first made this point to President Obama in an open letter to The White House in 2009, shortly after he promised 3 million “shovel-ready” jobs in his Highway Infrastructure Act. I was rooting for the President back then, and offered to use Dirty Jobs and mikeroweWORKS as vehicles to help promote his initiative. I did so because I was skeptical that people would line up to take those jobs simply because they were "created." “Filling three million shovel-ready jobs,” I wrote, “will be a lot easier if people feel enthused about the prospect of picking up a shovel. Investment alone, won’t create that kind of enthusiasm.” The White House did not respond to my offer. Understandably, most presidents do not seek the advice of marginally famous cable television hosts best known for crawling through sewers. But it’s worth remembering that the unemployment rate back then was over 10%. Millions of people were newly unemployed, and I think the former President assumed that creating three million shovel-ready jobs would translate to three million people going back to work. But that’s not what happened. Because back then, even with record high unemployment, there were 2.3 million open jobs, most of which did not require a four-year degree. Nobody wanted to talk about that. Today, that number is more like 7.6 million. Nobody wants to talk about it now, either. This is why I'm going to Pittsburgh. Just as I was rooting for President Obama in 2009, I’m rooting for President Trump today. I hope he succeeds in reinvigorating our industrial base and reshoring our manufacturing capabilities, and I want to offer my support. But if he does succeed, we’re talking about millions new jobs in manufacturing alone. And currently, there are over 400,000 jobs in that sector that are currently open, begging the obvious question... If we can’t fill the openings we have, how will we fill the one’s we’re about to create? That’s the question I’ll pose in Pittsburgh. I’ll let you know if anyone has an answer. Mike PS. Not to put too fine a point on it, but this change is truly upon us, and I've had a front row seat. Over the last six months, mikeroweWORKS been flooded with inquiries to collaborate on various recruitment initiatives and multiple industries. I mean, flooded. Not a week goes by that I don't hear from an industry leader who has come to the realization that they’ve gone as far as they can go without more skilled labor. Panic, is not too strong a word. The Maritime Industrial Base for instance, is currently tasked with delivering three nuclear powered submarines to the Navy every year for the next decade, and looking to hire 140,000 tradespeople. 140,000!!! “Do you know where they are?” they asked me. “We’ve looked everywhere.” “Yes,” I said. “I know where they are. They’re in the 8th grade.” I’ve had similar calls with the automotive industry, who needs 80,000 technicians and collision repair workers. Every single home service company is hiring – from foundation repair to roofing. The energy industry is looking for hundreds of thousands of skilled workers, and so too is the construction industry. A few weeks ago, at something called The Aspen Ideas Festival, I heard Larry Fink, the CEO of Blackrock, say we’re short 500,000 electricians. A few months before that, at an Energy Conference in Newport, I heard Governor Rick Perry describe the race to build data centers and catch up to China with all things AI as nothing short of a “modern-day Manhattan Project.” I think he's right. Part of the problem is an aging demographic. For every five skilled workers who retire, two replace them. That’s why we need to engage with eighth graders today. Maybe even before that. We have to make a persuasive case for these jobs to the next generation, and just as importantly, to their parents. That won’t solve the immediate problem, but this is marathon, not a sprint, and these jobs need to be magnified and amplified at an early age. The more immediate problem is the labor force participation rate. As we speak, millions of able-bodied Americans - for all sorts of reasons - are not working and not looking for work. According to economist Nick Eberstadt, that number is close to 7 million able-bodied men. I’m not sure what to do about that, but it’s a colossal problem that needs to be addressed. On the positive side, our last round of work ethic scholarships generated unparalleled interest. This year, mikeroweWORKSwill award $5 million to help train the next generation of skilled workers. That's ten times the number of qualified applicants we got this time a year ago. The needle is moving, and I believe we can move it a lot further, with a little help from the companies most incentivized to see the trades reinvigorated. Should be a lively conversation in The Keystone State…

The Real Mike Rowe

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