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Good Money with Derrick Kinney

Ken Rusk – Be a Millionaire (No College Required!)

Good Money with Derrick Kinney

Derrick Kinney

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

5.01.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Were you taught that college was the only path to a successful career? Ken Rusk spent his younger days digging ditches and working construction. Now he’s built a thriving business and coached countless others to do the same. Ken shares that a blue-collar career is one of the fastest ways to become a millionaire. If you’re stuck wandering from Friday to Friday, Ken explains why visualizing your ideal life is the first step to getting what you’ve always wanted.

What you will learn:

  • How you can become a blue-collar millionaire
  • How to be lightyears above your competition
  • Input equals output
  • Begin with the end in mind
  • The difference between an “If Goal” and a “When Goal”
  • Why you should pay yourself first
  • The power of good

Quotes:

  • “Now, just so you know, I’m not an anti-college guy, I’m an anti-college-is-for-everybody guy.” – Ken Rusk
  • “But I think that’s where the opportunity lies, because you can create a lot of success in your life if you are a contrarian thinker.” – Ken Rusk
  • “It has never been more important to be on time, to return a phone call, even to look someone straight in the eye and give them a firm handshake.” – Ken Rusk
  • “I call it the People Portfolio, when you’re asking them, ‘How do I help you get what you want?’, which then helps me get what I want.” – Derrick Kinney
  • “You can either have a lot of fun building a lot of amazing, loyal employees or teammates, or you can spend a lot of time interviewing and hiring.” – Ken Rusk
  • “If I can create a bunch of people that can all say, ‘Wow! I can get what I want out of my life here,’ then my company naturally grows.” – Ken Rusk
  • “It’s the people who don’t see that clearly enough that just kind of wander from Friday to Friday.” – Ken Rusk
  • “Why are you just kind of going week to week when you could be living in a way that life happens? Instead of life happening to you, you’re actually happening to life.” – Ken Rusk
  • “You really have to start thinking differently in order to make your life happen the way you want it.” – Ken Rusk
  • “I think the world would be a much better place if people who had means could affect change.” – Ken Rusk
  • “You’re talking about giving back, you’re talking about feeling good, you’re talking about what we’re all put on this planet for, which is to share all of our personal gifts.” – Ken Rusk

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the good money, good hands, good work podcast, where we believe money is not bad and good people should have more of it.

0:15.0

Good money in the hands of good people gets good work done.

0:19.0

I'm your host Derek Kenny.

0:21.0

If you believe a college degree is the only path to a successful career, my

0:26.4

guest today is about to prove you wrong. Ken Russ says that working in blue collar fields can be one of the fastest ways you can become a millionaire.

0:36.0

Ken spent his younger days digging ditches and working construction.

0:40.0

He never went to college.

0:42.0

Instead, he set goals, made a plan, and worked hard.

0:46.0

Now he's a successful entrepreneur with multiple businesses,

0:50.0

and he uses his experience and success to help others achieve their goals and dreams.

0:56.0

If you feel like life is just happening to you, don't miss Ken's powerful insight on how a simple box of crayons can help you visualize your

1:05.6

ideal life and get exactly what you want for yourself. I think you will enjoy my

1:10.7

conversation with Ken Rusk. Ken welcome to the show. Well thank you so much I

1:15.3

really appreciate you having me today. Well Ken I have been looking forward to this and

1:19.2

let's dive right in. Many people have been told if you don't go to college you have no shot at success.

1:26.5

Why do you disagree with that?

1:27.5

You know Derek I don't know when this pendulum kind of swung towards colleges the only way.

1:35.0

It seems to me that back in the 80s we decided to get rid of shop class and

1:41.6

replace those rooms with rooms full of computers.

1:45.0

And again, I realized that we had to learn those skills, but I never really thought this was

1:51.1

a binary choice.

1:52.4

It was one or the other. And I think what happened was you essentially eliminated the opportunity for millions of kids to grow up and experiment learning things like welding and plumbing

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