The Dirty Truth About Passion w/ Mike Rowe

Jan 4, 2022

Mike Rowe, the charismatic host of 'Dirty Jobs' and advocate for skilled trades, shares his unconventional views on work and passion. He challenges the idea of following your passion blindly, emphasizing instead the importance of solving problems and mastering skills. Rowe shares captivating stories from his experiences in grueling job sectors, discussing the undervaluation of vocational skills and the disconnect between education and meaningful work. His insights are a refreshing take on redefining success in today’s changing workforce.

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ADVICE

Chase Opportunity

Chase opportunity, not passion, for career success.
Focus on identifying and pursuing available opportunities instead of solely seeking your passion.

ANECDOTE

Les Swanson's Story

Mike Rowe shares a story about Les Swanson, a former psychologist turned septic tank cleaner.
Swanson found passion in his work after leaving his previous career.

INSIGHT

Cookie Cutter Advice

Following your passion isn't universally applicable advice.
People need different advice at different stages of life.

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Should you chase your PASSION or should you SOLVE a PROBLEM? Fill a NEED?

Are you ready for the REAL DIRT with one of the SMARTEST and MOST PRACTICAL thinkers today about work in America?

MIKE ROWE has been slogging it out in trenches, coal mines, sewers, and garbage dumps for a long time now as the host of DIRTY JOBS.

There’s a RUGGED, DOWN-TO-EARTH and TRUSTWORTHY quality about Mike. Coupled with the fact he can take any dirty job, tell a great story, add some humor, and hook you from the start, makes him one of the more unusual and compelling people in television for the past several years.

A self-described chronic freelancer, Mike has worked in more than 350 JOBS on his hit show. But he’s also an in-demand Fortune 500 speaker, podcaster, executive producer, and author as well as a vocal advocate and CEO of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation that debunks myths and promotes the value of skilled trades in the workforce.

Mike’s got some CAPTIVATING STORIES and SAGE ADVICE about THE NATURE OF WORK you’re going to want to hear.

Mike redefines why and how PASSION should be a part of what you do but probably not in a way you’ve thought of before.

He has a great take on the value of HARD WORK and MASTERING SKILLS that leads you to a path to success, whether you work with your HANDS, your HEAD, or some combination of both.

There’s also a big disconnect going on right now about the nature of EDUCATION and matching it up with meaningful work. Mike talks a lot about changing how we should REFRAME our thinking about both areas, and why we should always approach our work with a sense of HUMILITY AND CURIOSITY.

You, your children, and pretty much everyone you know are going to spend the better part of your lives working. Doesn’t it make sense that you should give a lot of THOUGHT about what it’s going to take to be HAPPY and SUCCESSFUL in whatever you choose to do?

This week’s show with Mike Rowe will start that important conversation you need to have with yourself.

This one is really gonna get you thinking!

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