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50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD

Ryan Thompson found his way, and you might find yours, too

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD

Jim McDonald

Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Tv & Film, Business, Health & Fitness, Film Reviews

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Thompson is a plumber. He’s actually Jim’s plumber. But he didn’t plan to be a plumber. After fighting through addiction, a chance moment at a gas station led to a path forward for him. Locking in on new goals -- and relying on discipline learned through sports and in the gym --- he found a rewarding trade and career that changed his life.

He shares how he worked through this change and how he maintains his contagious positivity. You can follow Ryan on Instagram at @rhinorooterplumbing.

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Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) https://www.instagram.com/silentmikke/ and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd). https://www.instagram.com/thejimmcd/ Produced by Jim McDonald Production assistance by Sam McDonald and Sebastian Brambila. Theme by Aaron Moore. Branding by Joseph Manzo (@jmanzo523).

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to this episode of 50% facts. I'm Jim.

0:14.0

Hello, I'm Michael. That's Michael, Mike, Michael.

0:18.0

And we're here with Ryan Thompson who happens to be my plumber.

0:22.0

And he has an... who happens to be my plumber.

0:22.6

And he has an interesting story and an interesting perspective.

0:27.7

And I thought, well, what the hell?

0:29.4

Why not have him on and talk about where he like gets me is that people don't necessarily know what they

0:40.9

want to do in life number one they often choose you know even

0:45.4

even going to college they often choose a major a concentration or whatever that doesn't necessarily lead to making any money or

0:55.3

paying off their student loans or whatever and people often bypass the idea of doing

1:08.0

you know something in the trades that actually, it can be very lucrative. It can be very lucrative.

1:10.0

It would have you actually like had any work done to your house or you know whatever you know that it's not cheap to to do that stuff and

1:21.0

my job wise you know what you're doing like like all right at

1:24.4

least I'm going into this trade you know what that trade is I'm going to be

1:27.3

cooking all day yeah if you go to college or anywhere and you're like well I like

1:31.4

history like what job is history going to or anywhere and you're like, well I like history.

1:32.5

Like what job is history going to be day to day

1:36.8

that's going to make you money?

1:37.8

Or business even.

1:38.7

Everyone's a fucking business major.

1:40.5

But do you like doing business?

1:42.2

Because what you're learning in school will be like 10% of actually running a business.

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