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Marriage Kids and Money: Personal Finance for Families

High Paying Jobs With No College Degree (for your Teenager) - with Ken Rusk

Marriage Kids and Money: Personal Finance for Families

Andy Hill

Investing, Business, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9604 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Think your child is better suited for a career in the trades instead of traditional college? Find out how your teen can earn a high-paying job with no college degree from Ken Rusk, Author of "Blue Collar Cash". He discusses six-figure career options for your teenager and why selecting a college for the "experience" might be something to think twice about.  RESOURCES **Sponsor + Partners + Deals: https://www.marriagekidsandmoney.com/sponsors  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's not always about working for somebody else and gluing pipe together.

0:03.9

It's about controlling your own time.

0:06.4

It's about controlling your own destiny.

0:08.1

It's about, you know, setting your own hours and being in control of your life.

0:17.9

This show is dedicated to helping you.

0:20.5

Strengthen your family tree and live financially free.

0:24.0

Welcome to the Marriage Kids and Money podcast, everybody.

0:26.2

This is Andy Hill.

0:27.3

And today, we're talking about how to make over $100,000 without a college degree.

0:33.7

As parents, we're in a tough spot lately.

0:36.5

We want our kids to have the best shot at life with a college education, but we also see the student loan crisis as a huge disaster we want our kids to avoid. Now, scholarships, saving and investing early and kids working through college are all smart options to consider. But what about not going to

0:55.1

college at all? That's what we're going to be discussing today. And the man who's going to teach us about

0:59.3

this option is Ken Rusk. Ken is an Ohio-based entrepreneur and a self-proclaimed million-dollar

1:07.2

ditch digger who believes it's time to celebrate the possibilities and financial opportunities

1:13.1

that a blue collar life can bring. He's also the author of the new book, Blue Collar Cash,

1:20.1

Love Your Work, Secure Your Future, and Find Happiness for Life, which is due out this month.

1:28.2

Welcome to the show, Ken.

1:29.2

Thank you.

1:30.0

Thanks for having me.

1:30.6

Absolutely.

1:32.3

So, Ken, let's talk about this.

1:33.8

I want to talk about your background first.

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