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Blue Collar Built
by Blue Collar Built
A show brought to you by two everyday Blue Collar guys. We are sharing our journey with you in the hopes that you can take something from or even just relate to our experiences. On this journey we will share past and present experiences that are continuing reminders of our ultimate goal to live OUR best lives. We are two brothers who want to share with you as we learn and adapt to the ever changing world we all live in. So please take from this what you can and share it with someone else who may need to be reminded we are all in this together.
Episodes
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71. Time for a Pause
This week Jake and John talk about wrapping the show up for now. They discuss how fun its been to do the podcast for the last year and a half, what they have learned from doing this, and how its time to live life for a little while in order to come back and share the new stories and challenges.
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70. Feeling Alone in Business
This week Jake and John talk about that lonely feeling that comes sometimes when you are doing something most people aren't. They discuss that feeling we get sometimes when you're growing to the next level in life or business, how you aren't really alone even though it feels that way, and how the...
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69. Proactive Change
This week Jake and John talk about making changes. They discuss a project they did this week that might require a change to city code, how its important to recognize when and what we need to change in our lives, and how we need to actually make these changes instead of just thinking about them.
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68. Present or Future
This week Jake and John talk about how it isn't always great being in the present. They discuss how thinking about the future helps relieve anxiousness in the present, how focusing on the future helps you stay focused, and how there is also a fine line between getting lost in the future and being...
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67. Regression
Happy Mothers day to all the mothers out there! This week Jake and John talk about falling back a little. They discuss some ways they are letting old habits sneak in, how being self aware of regressing is important, and what it looks like diving back in to improving.
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66. Headline Ops 7
This week Jake and John discuss some news articles. They talk about the race to AI, the national debt ceiling deadline, the affect of Bud Lights boycott on their business, and why local news seems to be covering more national news than local stories.
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65. Passion or Lack of Interest
This week Jake and John discuss choosing what we pursue in life. They discuss a conversation John had with his daughter, different examples of doing or not doing things because of passion or interest, and how sometimes we have to do the hard things for our life passions.
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64. Unproductive Thinking
This week Jake and John talk about spiraling thoughts. They talk about the challenging project they are currently on, how everyone has to deal with overthinking all kinds of situations, and how we can prevent overthinking with action.
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63. Hello Youtube!
This week Jake and John are doing a small reintroduction. They discuss moving forward this week with video podcast on YouTube, reintroducing who they are and a little about the podcast, and sharing a not so fun situation Jake is in this week.
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62. Personal Responsibility
This week Jake and John talk about taking ownership of your actions. They discuss how easy it is to pass of the blame to someone or something else, why its important to be aware of our actions for self improvement, and how life tends to flow better when we accept responsibility. P.S. YouTube page...
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61. Getting Back to It
This week Jake and John discuss getting the work season going. They talk about how Johns recovery is going, how they both view getting back to work after having the winter off, and how its easy to think you need to be motivated to do something when really you just need to keep the momentum going.
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60. Nerves
This week Jake and John talk about being nervous. They discuss the surgery John just had, how everyone has nervous feelings in their own way, and how they have learned to deal with nerves when they come up.
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59. Control or Let Go
This week Jake and John take about needing to have control. They discuss how Jakes vacation was, how John is struggling with having to have surgery that will push the start of the work season back, and how it can be very tough to let go of things we cant control.
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58. Bad Habits
This week John shares some of his history with additions and bad habits. He tells his stories of dealing with some substances, how he decided it was time to deal with these things, and how we all have things we use as a crutch to hide from the things we should be working on or dealing with in life.
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57. Vacation Week
This week Jake and John have some vacation vibes. They discuss John's trip and the trip Jake is about to go on, how going to another country can be a friendly reminder of how life isn't so bad, and things to think about when someone is providing you with a service.
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56. Conversation Reactions.
This week Jake and John talk about handling yourself through difficult conversation. They touch on difficulties Jake is having getting healthcare through the market place, business news that required John to have a tough conversation, and how we can all talk to each other a little better whether...
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55. Growing Personally
This week Jake and John talk about personal growth. They discuss how we all grow in different ways, the importance of knowing when its time for a change, and how it may seem selfish but it is definitely important to grow and improve as an individual.
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54. Winter Limbo
This week Jake and John talk about going through winter. They talk about the Big Super bowl game, the stresses of planning a trip in the winter when you haven't been working, and how winter time off could affect a lot of people who work blue collar construction jobs.
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53. Its Business
This week John and Jake talk about Business. They discuss how business is apart of their lives, some dos and don'ts of starting a business, and how failure plays a role in becoming better at business.
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52. Headline Ops 6
This week Jake and John dive into some headlines. They discuss the use of AI and how that could affect the world as we know it, big tech layoffs, and the hurt we are all still feeling at the grocery store.
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51. The Story Continues
This week Jake and John talk about the beginning to the incoming year. The discuss continuing to pursue goals like new years resolutions, the soon to start work season, and a fun discussion and reminder of what this podcast is all about. Thank you to all the listeners new and old. it was a great...
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50. Feeling the Pain
This week Jake and John talk about avoiding pain. They discuss why we as people naturally want to avoid pain, how working through pain or hard times can actually be more rewarding than avoiding those things, and how even avoiding pain can cause more pain in a different way.
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49. Good or Bad.......or Neither
This week John and Jake dive into a though provoking question. They discuss the idea of good and bad, can there be a middle ground of not being good or bad, and how maybe the answer is less about being good or being bad and more about the energy we put out there.
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48. The Three Boys
This week Jake and John are joined by a very special guest. Along with their other brother Joe they discuss new years, growing up together, and how their current lives are different but share the same core values they where taught growing up.
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47. Christmas week
This week Jake and John talk about their week up to Christmas. They discuss working through the cold weather and snow, last minute Christmas shopping, and just being ready to enjoy some Christmas time with the family. Merry Christmas to all!
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46. Don't wait, Start now
This week Jake and John talk about getting started improving your life now. They discuss why new years resolutions are a waste, they talk about lifestyle changes and how they struggled to understand what that meant and what that takes to do, and they discuss the processes they went through the…
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45. Personal Gratitude
This week John and Jake talk about having gratitude. They talk about what gratitude looks like, how no matter what , big or small, we should find gratitude in what we do, and how better life seems when we stop tearing ourselves down for the bad things that happen.
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44. Jumping into Business
This week Jake and John talk about business. They dive into some of the things a new entrepreneur might think about when getting started, why some people want to get started but decide not to, and how you don't have to have it all figured out right away you just have to be willing to put in the...
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43. Headline Ops 5
This week John and Jake dive into a couple headlines. They dive into headlines about Chinas zero Covid policy still in affect, Europe's take on the U.S. role in the Russia-Ukraine war, and how Elon Musk might have to make a smart phone.
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42. Dashing to Laziness
This week Jake and John talk about what they are doing in the work off season and how society is getting lazy. They discuss how they are going to keep busy during the cold months, how eye opening John's first couple days delivering food was, and how we need to get out of our comfort zones more...
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41. Life's Tough Question
This week John and Jake talk about death. They discuss what you think about your life if you were to die soon, what are some things you might focus on before you die, and how to be honest with yourself when answering the ultimate question.
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40. Self Worth
This week Jake and John talk about knowing your value. They talk about understanding your worth as an employee or a business owner, How you figure out what your actual worth is, and how its more valuable to show your worth then it is to talk about it.
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39. Self Aware
This week Jake and John talk about being Self Aware. They dive into what it looks like to do the same things over and over because you aren't aware its happening, why we dive into cycle of victim mentality instead of owning up to us being the problem, and a way to help change and build more self...
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38. Life's Little Moment
This week John and Jake share a work story that could have ended bad. The interesting part was what this accident brought light to and how our reactions to these situations can show us a little about ourselves daily life can not.
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37. The Grind
This week Jake and John talk about grinding it out. They discuss how the grind has different levels, how you need to have a purpose for your grind, and how the grind should evolve to be efficient.
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36. Standards
This week Jake and John talk about personal standards. They dive into why you should have standards, how personal standards tie into business standards, and how standards help bring control to your life.
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35. Headline Ops 4
This week Jake and John dive into some headlines. The talk about crazy social media trends, the housing market, "quite quitting", and immigration.
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34. Distractions
This week John talks about being distracted. He dives into how easy it is to be distracted in todays society, how we all are guilty of spending to much time in front of screens, and how maybe if we looked at our daily routine we could find we have more time to be productive in some aspect of our...
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33. Defining Yourself
This week John and Jake talk about defining yourself. They diving into how they define themselves, what defining yourself means, and what you can do to help you figure out the question "what defines me?".
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32. Health Journey
This week Jake and John get caught up on their health journey. They start with where they started, where they are now, and the things they learn in between .
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31. Money
This week John and Jake talk about money. They discuss the difference of what money used to mean to them when they where younger compared to now, how wanting money is not a bad thing, and how we should continuously be learning about what to do with the money you have no matter how much that is.
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30. Perfection
This week Jake and John discuss perfection. They dive into whether it is possible to achieve perfection, why people are afraid to do things because they wont be perfect the first time, and how even though you might be perfect at something you can still get better at it.
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29. Do it for Yourself
This week John and Jake talk about why you need to improve for yourself. They discuss how society right now promotes dependence, how we shouldn't expect someone to come in to save us or do the work for us, and how really just improving yourself could help change society just by being an example…
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28. Headline OPs 3
This week John and Jake dive into some headlines. They share their opinions on the state of the housing market, a new bill that got passed in the senate, a tech hack that left a tesla customer almost out $4,500, and how sought out resume skills may be changing.
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27. Being Better
This week John is flying solo. He shares what he heard this week that got him thinking about how important it is to live a full life, how we need to try and be better everyday, and a challenge for those listening.
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26. Working for a Small Business.
This week Jake and John talk about the difference between working for a small business and a corporate company. Its about halfway through Jakes first season so the question was asked how is this different from what you where doing. They discuss the different type of stresses each kind of business...
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25. Positive and Negative Energy
This week Jake and John talk about the different energy we put out as humans. They discuss negative energy in forms of thoughts and speech, they talk about how positive and negative energy can have an overall impact on daily life, and they talk about how being positive or negative can be so…
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24. Faith
This week John and Jake talk about Faith. They discuss the differences they have in faith and religion, they discuss how faith or belief is a very personal thing and how each person experiences this in their own way and how having faith in something doesn't always have to align with an organized...
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23. Downtime Challenges
This week John and Jake talk about taking down time. They discuss how this is challenging sometimes for business owners, the difference between the joy that comes from working towards a goal and the fun you experience while taking down time, and how its hard sometimes to take downtime without…
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22. Business Lessons
This week John and Jake talk about John's first business. They discuss the failures and lessons that John had to learn along the way, how he uses these lessons in his current business and how they are both able to see how their past has lead them to this point.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A show brought to you by two everyday Blue Collar guys. We are sharing our journey with you in the hopes that you can take something from or even just relate to our experiences. On this journey we will share past and present experiences that are continuing reminders of our ultimate goal to live OUR best lives. We are two brothers who want to share with you as we learn and adapt to the ever changing world we all live in. So please take from this what you can and share it with someone else who may need to be reminded we are all in this together.
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