From Homeless to Homeowner by 26 - Special Guest: Jon Perez with Benjamin Franklin Plumbing

Waste No Day: A Home Services Motivational Podcast

Brian Burton & Nate Minnich

Entrepreneurship, Business, Business:entrepreneurship

5.0 • 547 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In today’s show, we are putting Jon Perez in your passenger seat to share his story on how the trades had a big impact in his life. Graduating high school, Jon was faced with the typical “what am I going to do with my life” question. However, in Jon’s case the answer to that question required more urgency because he no longer had a place to live. Hopping from couch-to-couch Jon considered his options and decided to check out a local trade school to see about the plumbing program. Deciding to give it a chance he jumped head first into the trades with zero previous experience. Starting with how to read a tape measure and progressing into piping, soldering, and more Jon was a quick study. Transitioning into the real world he started his plumbing career with Benjamin Franklin Plumbing in Lancaster, PA and put his education to work. While it hasn’t been easy, the trades gave Jon an opportunity to make a better life for him and his family. No longer couch surfing, Jon is the proud owner of his own home and has aspirations for more. Listen to this life changing story of how the trades changed one man’s path.

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0:00.0	Yeah, I got kicked out when I was about 18.
0:04.3	Yeah, parents, I moved out, and that was it.
0:07.2	I never returned.
0:08.2	They were like, you can't, you know what I mean?
0:09.8	You don't have a home, really.
0:11.3	And that's where it all started going downhill for me.
0:14.7	Yeah, I was able to buy a home for my, for my wife, you know, provide for my daughter,
0:20.4	show a great man example for my daughter, you know, provide for my daughter, show a great man example for my daughter, you know,
0:25.1	all those things are a part of this company, you know, it helped me build myself to, yeah,
0:32.5	to be me.
0:37.1	Welcome to the Waste No Day podcast, a podcast specifically for and about the home services industry as it relates to plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical.
0:48.9	More than a podcast, Waste No Day is a credo, a determination, a mindset.
0:54.5	It is a never-ending discipline. It is a never-ending discipline.
0:56.6	It is a refuse to lose pursuit.
0:59.1	It is a wake-up call every morning to waste no day.
1:03.1	Now here's your host, Brian Burton and Nate Minnick. Hey, welcome to another episode of the Waste No Day podcast.
1:18.7	We are super excited to be hanging out with you again.
1:21.2	Nate and Brian, your host, are joining you on a new Monday morning with a new topic and a new guest.
1:26.7	This time we're focusing on
1:27.9	determination with a great story from my man John Perez. He's joining us later today to talk
1:34.6	about his story and how the trades literally changed his life. But before we jump into that,
1:39.1	we're going to hear from Brian with our quote, you cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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