With the rise in AI and all kinds of new technology, what does the future of construction look like?

When AI first came into light, most people out in the world though that hard labor blue collar jobs would be the first type of jobs getting replaced by robots. That isn't the case now though! It's being shown that the first types of jobs getting replaced by robots are minimum wage jobs along with office jobs.

Blue collar jobs will be the last one to get replaced by technology because every job every single way is different than the previous day. It takes critical thinking and skill to master blue collar jobs. As the future gets closer and technology rises, blue collar jobs will become more and more valuable overtime.

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I'm sure you've heard the saying "Knowledge is power!" but that couldn't be further from the truth. The fact is that knowledge is only potential power. Knowledge is useless if all you do is gain the information and don't do anything with it. Knowledge becomes power when you actually put that into play and take action.

In this episode we share our thoughts on the fact that Knowledge is only potential power.

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Shoutout to Zach Harris from Hart Srone Studio & Design from Austin, Tx for bringing us this topic to discuss!

There's a huge controversial discussion about disconnecting from work everyday. Most people think of work as this bad and unhealthy thing that they must leave at the front door of their office when they clock out for the day or something they leave locked away in their laptop if they work from home. These same most people believe they can't mix and combine work and the rest of their lives. I believe we can and I believe that we should. Of course there's exeptions to this. As you probably know by now, I don't follow most of the shit that we have accepted as our "normal" especially the work/ life balance bullshit.

If you hate what you do for a living and it causes you huge amounts of stress, then of course you wouldn't want to involve your family in that negativity. On the contrary though, if you absolutely love what you do for a living and you have a bigger purpose than just yourself or your place of work, then why wouldn't you have your family also apart of something so amazing?

Listen carefully to our thoughts on this topic and let us know your thoughts about it!

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Personal Development in the trades is one of the most underrated things in the industry. 95% of the peoplein the construction industry don't focus on this and we believe it's a huge issue that needs to be addressed.

The reason we believe this is because working inside of the construction industry is one of the toughest and most difficult jobs you can have that will drain your body physically over time. If you don't take of your mental and physical health, then the job will become more difficult over time. I grew up in the indutry since I was 10 years old and I've seen this play out in the long run for many people and it isn't pretty.

Personal devolopment includes: reading books, daily stretching, lifting weights, meditation, journaling, drinking plenty of water daily, limiting alcohol and smoking and whatever else you think will help you not just out in the field but in life in general.

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Kevin Martinez who also goes by the name KSparky is an electrician from San Diego, CA who is on the come up and is making massive waves in the electrical industry. Only been in the electrical industry for a couple of years now, Kevin has been a major influence to younger and newer electrical apprentices who are intrested in building a solid career. 

He's one of the very few people in the construction industry, that I've meet since I got into the trades at 10 years old, that constantly works on his personal development. Staying mentally and physically fit everyday isn't an easy task when you mix it in with school work and field work, which is what attracted me to become friends with Kevin and have him on the podcast to share his story. He also plans to eventually branch out on his own and start his own company and inspire the next generation of tradesman and tradeswoman who look for advice in starting new in the field.

Kevin is sponsored by many top brands in the industry like Truewerk, Wiha Tools, Hammr, and Brunt to name a few. No one with a small influence gets that many sponsorships so you can say he's on the right path!

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Most of the people in today's society glorify entrepreneurship and starting a business as a the trending hot career to get into. Those same people that glorify it aren't aware of how difficult it is to start a business let alone build a successful business.

The game is difficult on it's own but adding to it other people's opinion of what you're trying to do makes it much more difficult. Most of the closest people to you with talk shit to you or try to unmotivate you to start and build this business that you have a vision for. The people you think that will support you will probably be the last ones to support you and other people you'll meet along the journey that are strangers wil be the first ones to get in line to support you. This isn't always the case though.

In this episode I talk about the things some of your closest people will say about you, how to deal with these people and their opinions and what I did during my phase of starting a business.

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Jazmine Mendoza joined Retiz Electric in June 2022 when she recently moved to Austin, Tx from Virginia. Not knowing anybody in Austin but hungry to learn and advance in the industry, she showed what she brought to the table and her willingness to learn and work hard in the field. 

Being a female in the trades is becoming more common as the years go by and she plans to inspire more women to get into the trades as it's a very rewarding career if you work hard. 

We dive into a lot of things in this episode from the bullshit going on in this country, to construction, to personal development, to the hobby of collecting cigars for the podcast studio. You'll hear more of her on this show as she will be a regualar on here! 

This New Year I give you a short and fire episode. I talk about you need to do to have a kickass 2023 and how you can win this year, what I did last New Years that helped me become mentally stronger that not only worked for New Years day but for the rest of the year, and what you need to do come Monday when you go back to work to complete your customer's projects. I talk from experience of the last few years so I know that this will help you as well.

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This Christmas I give you a short for sweet episode. I talk about not letting your kids down during the christmas holiday, not letting yourself go, and what you have to do during this time of year to become a person with more confidence and with more control of things around you, especially food and drink and how all this relates to taking care of your customers projects once you get back to work on Monday morning. I'm not talking out of my ass, I talk about experience on things that I did last Christmas that will help you too.

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Doug Powell is only 1/2 of the Lumen Brothers Electric Company based out of Frederick, Maryland. He started Lumen Brothers with his partner Josh Wright during the pandemic of 2020 which made things intresting for them. 

Doug was a stand-up comedian for more than a decade before transitioning to the electrical industry and starting from scratch with no basic knowledge of anything. He created content for social media about everyday electrical stuff with a little bit of comedy flavor mixed into it.

Listen to how he lives his life by design. Most people don't do this!

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