MI277: Blue-Collar Cash w/ Ken Rusk
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4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TIP. |
| 0:02.4 | On today's show, I chat with Ken Rusk. |
| 0:05.2 | Ken is the president of Rusk Industries. |
| 0:07.7 | He's an entrepreneur and author of Blue Collar Cash, which is a book all about how to love your work, |
| 0:13.8 | secure your future, and find happiness for life. |
| 0:17.0 | And a spoiler alert, how you can do this with a blue collar career. |
| 0:20.8 | During this episode, Ken |
| 0:21.8 | discusses the blue collar crisis the industry is currently facing, the reasons there are such |
| 0:26.5 | shortages in blue collar work, and the opportunities this supply and demand imbalance presents. |
| 0:32.2 | He sheds light on some of the common misconceptions people have about blue collar careers, |
| 0:37.1 | like how they can't make |
| 0:38.1 | as much money as white collar jobs. And Ken shares advice for those who feel unfulfilled at their |
| 0:43.5 | current job and how to change that. He shares his top tips for entrepreneurs just starting |
| 0:47.5 | out and those trying to turn a side hustle into a full-time career and much, much more. |
| 0:52.5 | And now, without further delay, let's get into this week's episode with Ken Rosk. |
| 0:57.9 | You're listening to Millennial Investing by the Investors Podcast Network, where your host, Robert |
| 1:03.6 | Leonard, interview successful entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors to help educate |
| 1:08.8 | and inspire the millennial generation. |
| 1:19.9 | Hey, everyone, welcome back to the millennial investing podcast. I'm your host, Robert Leonard, |
| 1:25.5 | and with me today, I am joined by Ken Rusk. Ken, welcome to the show. |
| 1:30.2 | Thanks for having me. I'm looking forward to our conversation today because I grew up in a blue-collar |
| 1:37.3 | family, a lot of my dad's a blue-collar guy, my uncles, some of my best friends own plumbing companies, et cetera. So a lot of the |
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