Literally how I fell into welding. I got tired of all the shit jobs and I set my sights on something I thought was for me and I’m glad I did everyday I wake up I love what I do and I make good money. Always keep your passion because that will allow you to succeed when the world against you 🙏
Same man lost my job at a hotel setting up events because of covid so I went to landscaping, then during the winter I was off work I randomly applied to a welding shop and got the gig!
It's funny you post this. My daughter just got accepted into our local Vo-tech for welding. Her mother, my x-wife hated the idea as she was trying to program our daughter that she HAS to go to college. My daughter wants to carve her own path. Yes, I'm proud as hell!!
I love Mike Rowe’s perspective (and his voice, and his mannerisms… Love that he’s unapologetically a MAN, encouraging work in the skilled trades, and motivating the next generation. ❤
Employers and consumers rewarding labor with wages that keep pace with housing and healthcare costs would reduce quiet quitting. We know why some employers have an easier time of finding labor.
It's not a passion for the job itself, it's a passion for what it means. I did pest control for over 20 years, and loved the fact that I was solving problems for people and making their lives better. If I was able to do that by being an investment banker or a doctor, it would have been fueled by the same passion to help people.
Thanks for explaining this, because it describes my first career. In high school I visited the guidance counselor for help in picking a profession. I dreamed of doing some kind of science research. I looked through his office's career listings. It was 1979, and our school didn't have PC's or laptops. But when I saw that a computer scientist made top $$, my eyes lit up. I enrolled as a Computer Science major, switched to Management Info. Systems, and became a business systems analyst/designer. I wanted computers in science, but the $$ and jobs were in business. It was worth it to forego part of my dream. But I've had some challenging, fun, and well-paid jobs. (Ha, eventually I went back to college and got a 3 year degree in ministry...worked with people for peanuts .)
What people don’t get is when things get tough…….. don’t ever give up! I moved 13 hours from where I used to call home. I was not happy where I was in life so I made a radical change in my life! I went to work in Alberta’s oilfield, I got my class one license and was off to the races! I never gave up I simply tried something new and ran with it, I tend to get quite busy with my job but I found a way to love it. Most days it does not even feel like work! My grandfather who was a ww2 vet went to school I believe in his 40s to become a chiropractor. That man worked day shift and attended night school. That man busted his ass to follow his dream later in life, moral of the story if things are not working out never give up try a different approach!
I wonder if he'd ever consider running. He should at least run for the Senate, or maybe his local government... he'd be great no matter what he chose. He's so smart, honest, humble and patriotic... he would be a godsend in the current quagmire that is our political system.
One crucial thing he doesn’t emphasize as much as he could is that some jobs lack any avenue for real fulfillment… they will never give you the feeling that you’re a contributing member of society. That’s what’s so undervalued by the trades: they give that amazing sense of accomplishment and purpose. After a day of washing windows or waiting tables I felt far better than a day writing legal briefs that no one would read (just creating paperwork to impress a client).
I walked into Plumbing with no skills at 7:25 an hour subsequently they taught me everything I needed to know. Now 25 years later I'm a master at this s*** and I can honestly say they've never turned the lights off since I started playing with the glue.
Im figuring this out now. You can become passionate in something you make heavy sacrifices to be as good as you can be. Passion in the act of striving / growth
Mike Rowe has provided an exceptional & truthful insight into the downfall of skilled labor & so called safety in the workplace. As a safety advisor in the civil & infrastructure construction industry for 23yrs, I myself have been trying to have workers realise the importance of their skills. I have also noticed the now nothing but propaganda on workplace safety by companies. I have tried very hard to individually empower workers to take ownership of their and their coworkers safety & to claim their rights to work in a safe environment but it has cost me dearly as companies do not appreciate empowerment of workers. As I have always said, these are hard working human beings, not donkeys and no job is worth you being injured or dying. No company has the right to own your soul! Remember this, no company can survive without a skilled labor work force but a skilled labor work force can survive without a company 😊
Yes, but you’re missing his point here. And let’s face it: if you don’t work hard in a difficult situation, you’ll make the situation easier, but you’ll never get into a better situation
@@ErikVRed I have no problem with that. But it's kinda hard to be motivated when working 40 hours a week and below the poverty level. You & me? We're smarter than average probably better educated than average. Think about people who aren't (that's 50% of the country). Do you expect them to excel in a system designed to bleed them dry through limited public transport, bank fees, traffic fines, payday loans, non-existent medical or mental health care, etc.?
@ErikVRed that's simply not true. The idea that you have to hate your job to be successful is archaic. The younger generation in my family is showing that.
@@erivej Who ever said anything about hating your job? The whole point of finding something to be passionate about in your job is so you don’t hate your job (because, as someone who’s worked in all kinds of industries, you won’t LOVE all your jobs)
@@jimmiller5600 no, obviously hard work does not guarantee success nor is it easy to work hard. But, as the economy gets worse, and prices go up, if you give up at trying to make more money or finding new opportunities, you’ll get poorer and poorer. It’s a hard reality, but that’s how it is
Passion indeed fuels our aspirations, but it's essential to not only have it but also to actively follow and pursue it. Embracing your passion and taking steps to turn it into action can lead to remarkable achievements and personal fulfillment🌟🔥✨
Keep the passion and focus it somewhere in your life - as a hobby, a side gig, somewhere you volunteer, etc. Make the career and money decisions carefully and clearly.
As a seven year old i decided to be an artist snd cartooning has always been the thing im most passionate about , i have made it a job i have walked away from that , also at seven i wanted to know about what my Dad did so i went with him to work and learned drywall I ended up doing that as a job too i work a night job now in a warehouse but i still do drywall on the side as well and of course the cartooning thing has mutated to childrens literature ide say imnliving my dream because i was raised to be realistic about it all
In my 30s I’m realizing idea of finding “my passion” and “true love” have given me unrealistic expectations for both my professional and love life that has left me in paralysis rather than taking steps forward.
I work maintenance because I am good at it. You helped me see the value of my work. I do not get paid very much. Me and my wife live on less than 15k a year. We are ok so long as I don't get hurt, she's disabled. I'm not sure where all this pay is you talk about. I feel like you should not tell people that there are people doing what I do making 6 figures. If there are, I have never met one in my 20 years fixing and building. If you actually read this, I'm actually curious. Where are these jobs? I'm 42.
This is exactly how I fell into nursing. I worked at our local hospital in a dead end position and went to HR to see what I could find for our hospital to pay for and our nurses made great money. Flash forward to a few years later and travel nursing getting to see different parts of the country and get paid great to do so. Following your passion is silly for a career
It's horseshit. Fucking Mike Rowe followed his passion, he went to a fucking liberal arts school for ACTING and got gigs selling precious moments figures before he started cosplaying as someone who supports blue collar workers while also rallying against unions and other things that actually help those workers -.-
That's why you find a passion that isn't a job and then get a job that pays enough money in a reasonable time so you can pursue your passion after the work day ends. Quiet quitting is people realising this fact and giving employers only as much as they pay for.
@KadeBronson I liked working I loved installation work. Designing it making it easier to work on and it looked great. I loved what I did. Got hurt on the job and had to retire.
I never dreamed of doing what I do but saw the opportunity to make a good living at it. So I've been doing it for about 30 years and I'm really good at it. I don't get excited to go to work every day but I find aspects of my job that I like and I focus on them. In the end, I have had a nice life and will have a nice retirement soon. Wouldn't change a thing.
We built houses outside the city,but lived in its center. The reverse commute. The boss had been a professor of a dvanced mathematics. His partner had an MBA. I had been teaching English in Japan and barely spoke Japanese. My workmate was a fluent speaker of Flemish. We were an eclectic crew and when the Belgian consul living in the house next to the one we were building complained of the scruffy Mexicans we went to Goodwill and turned up in suits to set forms. When the consul complained of our mockery my workmate couldn't contain himself and regailed her in Flemish. Shocked embarrassment ended in a lasting friendship. You never know who wears a blue collar or the journey they took to reach the point they met you.
When your paycheck doesn’t pay the bills just quit. It’s not like the owner cares that much. They would pay better if they cared. Worker want a profit 😂
I followed my passion to become an electrical engineer after working as a plumber's helper. I graduated Summa Cum Laude and got accepted into the Engineering Honor Society. No loans, just scholarships, am I a moron for following my passion?
@@thomaslawrence6353... So few actually achieve their first passion. I think you're in a rare minority. I think his point is that if you can have the flexibility to mold your passion to circumstance, the resulting contentment is life changing. It's not settling. But it is making the best of any circumstance. Then you find ways to love where you are.
@@GordonGordon I get where you're coming from. I just don't know if his message is really a healthy message that mike rowe is spreading. I used to follow the guidelines of mike rowe's S.W.E.A.T pledge before he even came out with it. I did my best to make the most of what I was doing. As I have mentioned, I worked as a plumber's helper and a railcar mechanic, and as much as tried to "bring my passion", it just made me more miserable. It wasn't until I broke almost every rule of the S.W.E.A.T. pledge and was honest about how much I hated my job that I was able to succeed in life as I have. I understand that not everybody is going to be able to follow their passion and everyone has a different experience for what works for them, but I think it's a lot more nuanced than mike rowe makes it out to be.
@@thomaslawrence6353 Wow. Thanks for sharing your experience. I work in the medical field and it's chock full of people who push to follow their dreams, only to have a giant pile-up of substance abuse, depression, broken marriages, etc. years after we all graduate as jaded MD's (just look up "burn-out" in medicine, and while the % is not 100, it's certainly a significant number). You're absolutely right. There's a ton of nuance, and I wish there was a definite way to determine whether "follow" or "adjust" one's passion is the way to go for any given person and circumstance. Thank you again for letting us know how you dealt with this topic at hand. For everyone reading this, I wish their best in pursuing their love and being able to thrive in the long term. And if short of it, being able to discover that love, even if in something unexpected.
Fucking Mike Rowe followed his passion, he went to a fucking liberal arts school for ACTING and got gigs selling precious moments figures before he started cosplaying as someone who supports blue collar workers while also rallying against unions and other things that actually help those workers -.-
I love everything this man stands for. Plus, my maiden name is Rowe. If he would marry me, my name would be Kelly Rowe Rowe! 😂 Hey, Mike, what do you think??😊
Doesn’t it depend on what the object of your passion is? Is it to be able to say at the end of the day, my skill or knowledge made someone else’s day/life better? Or was it a means to a bolstered wallet? Does what we trade our time ultimately matter?And what about passion for the things that really matter?Relationships? Like The Lord, your wife, and family?
I went against mike rowe's advice. I did work as a plumber's helper for a while, then I FOLLOWED MY PASSION, went to college and became an engineer, graduate Summa Cum Laude and got accepted into the Engineering Honor Society. Best decision I ever made. It's also ironic that mike rowe is preaching what he is preaching considering he went to college and graduated with a degree in communication studies and has done pretty well for himself.
He never said don't go to college. He said college isn't for everyone. He also pointed out there were no connections or building structures for anyone that wanted to go into trades. When I was in HS everything you did was preparing for college, while they were cutting our shop classes.
A degree in comm is USELESS In spite of wasting his time in academia, he’s found a niche to make a great living Engineering requires college, but only because we’ve whitecollared it.
Props to you. It's very easy to be unhealthy on the road. I'm getting a lot better with avoiding crap at truck stops myself. Anyway i only drive a box truck currently but i love it. There is nothing that gives me peace of mind like the highway personally
I’m starting a career to pay for a R.V park then quit my career. With good credit building and a bank help I plan only 3 years tops in my career I have no passion for. I’m a ruthless player in the work force and before forty I will be out of the 9-5.
Proverbs 22:19 talks about a person that is skilled in his trade standing before kings. It isn’t the trade, it is the skill. Make it your passion to be the best whatever you can be.
It is the attitude of willingness; prompt, ready, diligent Skill is never the key, character is U can always learn something - but only if u have the character to do so, keep on when it’s hard, or inconvenient, take criticism well, do the small things well, etc
@@John_GGGthe act of taking Latin exercised ur brain in ways u don’t understand Analytics, memorization, vocab building Latin wasn’t the object, learning was Algebra is same thing Who uses it? No one except select careers. But to DO it, u had to get ur brain working ways that enhanced everything else. Ur time was not wasted in Latin, friend
Those men could then go on to afford a good life.... And have a wife he didn't have to be in competition with so the payoff was there..... What are the odds of that payoff? What INCENTIVE do men have to do hard things they don't want to do FOR YOU because YOU need them to be done? A few bucks more than a burger flipper that DOESN'T need to buy his own tools and make low pay for 5 years before even starting to make decent pay..... incentive baby ...... What is it?
Mike Rowe has a communications degree and a career as an actor and in media, his whole job is to be convincing whether its advocating for trades or doing messaging for Walmart or other corporations
The problem with School is the Self - esteem BS💩. Telling students that they can be anything they want if they believe. That is Bull 💩. If Billy was to be a Doctor but he a average or below average student. Billy is not going to be a Doctor.
I was a below average student in high school. I dropped out, got my GED, worked a number of years as a plumber's helper which I tried to bring my passion into, but couldn't. I went to community college for a couple of years, transferred to a four year university where I majored in Electrical Engineering, graduated Summa Cum Laude and got my name in the National Engineering Honor Society. No loans, no debt, I applied for scholarships and got them. Maybe it's not Bull, maybe it just depends on what they want.
Most ppl can learn anything They just might have to go slower I have a farmer cousin who studied law for a decade, himself- out of dire need in the 80s the govt was stealing farms He ran circles round a courtroom, using the law those evil men tried to twist. Our justice system is nothing about Justice, it’s simply an industry. And he had no intention of becoming a lawyer, but he was an honorary one. I believe I could be a neurosurgeon if I was given enough time to learn it. Of COURSE.
Dude is a $25 million actor that followed his passion. But he tries to glorify jobs he would only cosplay as while publically working to reduce their safety regulations while he takes Koch money (they fund his foundation). Don’t buy his grift.
@@YeshuaKingMessiah he very vocally promotes deregulation and advocates for deprioritizing safety. I’m sure in his simplistic mind it sounds good on paper. I don’t think he sees what he does as bad. Standard libertarian stuff (just anarchy for educated people). But he’s not the guy grinding out day in and out in these jobs for real. Those safety nets were largely paid for in blood and suffering over time. Time he wasn’t there. Yes, employers need to be the most mindful of safety, but companies not held to strict account will hurt workers because they had child labor until they were forced not too. Greed is too powerful. Why do you think Koch funds him? Cause they’re just so nice? No, because deregulation is great for bottom lines and convincing the working class with Mike (the Trojan horse) Rowe is a good tactic.
Yeah. People are quiet quitting because corporate America doesn't compensate people who go the extra mile. So instead people are adjusting their effort to match their pay. It's important to remember that quiet quitting just means that people do exactly what they're hired to do.
the thing is this guy doesn't have a good communication skills...let me simply what he said [When it comes to making money things that you love to do won't always work...say you are studying too hard and passionate about Maths physics and all other stuff..but it doesn't guarantee you that studying these subjects will bring you money...and btw making money and gaining knowledge are two different things..lets get back to the topic to make money you have to find the way that could give you money but this changes as your location change..so the thing is find a thing that will make money for you and just starting implementing it whether you like it or not.]
@@greenbrickbox3392translate not waste 4-8 yrs n have gargantuan debt when u get out to boot AND get an actual valuable skill that will support a family n subsidize ur carefully planned retirement
