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Definitions Matter
4 Plays1 month ago
Words have meaning and we ought to understand and use them properly.
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The Evolution of Language
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Baker Plbg
Okay, good morning, everybody. Hope you're having a fabulous day, another day in the barn.
00:00:06
Baker Plbg
My DMs are full.
00:00:09
Baker Plbg
It's interesting to me that people are, you know, words mean things until they don't mean things. And when words become exclusive, and then people oh people get their knickers in a knot.
00:00:25
Baker Plbg
I don't know what to do about it. I mean, you can look it up yourself. I'm not i'm not gaslighting anybody. I'm not gatekeeping anybody.
Defining Blue-Collar Work
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Baker Plbg
Blue-collar workers are referred to individuals who perform manual labor or skilled trades, typically in industries such as manufacturing, construction, maintenance, and transportation.
00:00:45
Baker Plbg
These workers are often involved in hands-on work. ah tasks that require physical effort and technical skills. I mean, that's as broad a definition as you want. And I said it years ago, you can tell a blue-collar worker by their hands.
00:01:05
Baker Plbg
shake Shake a blue-collar worker's hands and you know instantly. Now, in today's day and age, with the tools that we have and sort of, quote-unquote, the self-care that we have, it's not quite as apparent, but you should have strong, rough hands. I'm sorry, but if you don't, if you have weak, soft hands, then you're not blue collar.
00:01:29
Baker Plbg
My father and my grandfather had incredibly strong hands, like freakishly, because they spent their whole life working with cast iron and lead. And I've yet to hear back from Miss Paige, which is fine. I'm not, you know, the invitation is there when she's ready. Let's be clear.
00:01:49
Baker Plbg
that Paige is the age of my daughters. So I'm not trying to, you know what I mean?
Elevating Trade Standards
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Baker Plbg
She can make the first step.
00:02:00
Baker Plbg
I can be, and oftentimes am intimidating to, it's that's a fact. i'm done it's That's the lens I see my life and what people tell me.
00:02:12
Baker Plbg
um That said,
00:02:17
Baker Plbg
my we're here to elevate the trades are we not i mean that's the whole purpose of this thing are we trying to make the trades a better place are we trying to make excellence part of it then excellence and elevation requires standards and qualifications and the fact that you can't you know and do stuff
00:02:41
Baker Plbg
ah hard, difficult stuff. And all the people that I see that are coming after me in this particular one, and is are all the people that are trade adjacent anyway, they're this.
Sales vs. Blue-Collar: Understanding the Distinction
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Baker Plbg
And I don't I'm not saying this as as an insult or belittling. You know, they're the trades.
00:03:07
Baker Plbg
They're the sales girls. They're the ones that travel all over the world ah selling product, which it doesn't mean you're blue collar. means you're a sales. Like, I should look up.
00:03:18
Baker Plbg
Let me look it up since I have the technology here. ah What is... A salesperson, what will it say? What will Wikipedia?
00:03:31
Baker Plbg
Tell me what is the role of a salesperson? Selling products or services and representing the brand. This can include asking questions to pinpoint the best offerings, giving demos or presentations and maintaining customer relationships.
00:03:47
Baker Plbg
Reaching out with to potentially through a variety of channels such as email, phone, text and social media. They're sales. They're a salesperson.
00:03:58
Baker Plbg
They're part of the network. No doubt. All the kudos. I'm not saying it's neat. have all the respect in the world for those guys. And anybody that I have talked to will attest that I have said to them, I don't know how you do what you do.
00:04:12
Baker Plbg
I could not travel this whole world selling a product over and over again and doing product demos. And that's what those ladies and fellas do. You are trade, I but i don't know else to call it. You are tangential to the trade.
00:04:28
Baker Plbg
You are ah arm's length transactions away from the trade. That's it. And just because you spent, you know, every, this will be my last point.
The Reality of Business Success
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Baker Plbg
Every, almost without exception, every person that I hired, and I have the ROIs, the re- notice, don't know what ROI stands for anymore. It's been too long.
00:04:51
Baker Plbg
um
00:04:54
Baker Plbg
That's what you give people when you fire them or let them go. I have like 75 of those ah from back in the day. And every, with almost without exception, every one of those people told me that they were going to either take my customer base or they were going to start a company and compete against me.
00:05:11
Baker Plbg
And out of those 75 people that said that to me, One person did it and they're doing incredibly well. and credit One person did it and we are not in the same field.
00:05:23
Baker Plbg
We don't compete against each other at all. And kudos to him. ah It is a difficult path to, first of all, get your tickets, become skilled, and then do the work.
00:05:37
Baker Plbg
And then run a business and be successful at it. And that's what
Aspirations and Job Exclusivity
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Baker Plbg
I'm saying. You can, you know, if wherever those she is,
00:05:48
Baker Plbg
I'll take it as a compliment that she wanted to be a baker. Everybody wants to be a baker. Mm-hmm.
00:05:57
Baker Plbg
It's a club. Anyway, ah that's it. um I'm not gonna go on and on about it. um i said what i I said what I said, I meant what I said, I'm not taking it back.
00:06:08
Baker Plbg
And ah the only people that I see that are upset about it are the people that are salespeople or the dudes that are blue
Motivations Behind Online Comments
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Baker Plbg
collar.
00:06:18
Baker Plbg
I'll say this as my final capstone of of Friday. and The people that are in her comments or in a woman's comments telling how great they are and just, hey, you're doing great. Don't let anybody keep you down.
00:06:32
Baker Plbg
They want to see your boobs.
00:06:35
Baker Plbg
I've been in this thing long enough and I can say exactly what it is. that Again, 94% of the people that are in those comments ah are hoping, thinking they can shoot their shot at some point at some trade show or some this future date.
00:06:54
Baker Plbg
And I'm not going to take that back either. Anyway, everybody have a fabulous day. Good luck out there. i hope and i hope you are profitable, successful.
Open Discussion on Business and Trades
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Baker Plbg
And i'm I'm not here, like I said, if you have a question, like a legit question about about running a business or getting into the trade or whatever the case may be, hit me up.
00:07:13
Baker Plbg
I would love to have a conversation with you about it open. It's literally open mic. Come on, let's have a chat and figure out how we make the trade a better place. And as usual, those are my thoughts and and not yours.
00:07:28
Baker Plbg
Peace to everybody. Namaste.
00:07:30
Baker Plbg
I should do one on yoga.