SEAN: BECAUSE WORK ETHIC GOING
RIGHT DOWN THE TUBES A NEW
SURVEY SHOWS GEN Z LEADING THE
WAY IN QUIET QUITTING TAKE A
LOOK AT THE STATISTICS.
EVERYTHING FROM USING THEIR
PHONES MORE TO PLAYING HOOKY,
OUR NEXT GUEST IS NOT AFRAID OF
HARD WORK AND TOUGH LOVE.
HOW AMERICA WORKS.
SEAN: MICRO FROM HOW AMERICA
WORKS, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS I’M NOT
SURPRISED TO SEE THESE STUDIES
YOUNG JEN DISEASE NOT HARD
WORKERS NOT LIKE THE OLDER
GENERATION IS IT THE CULTURE,
FAMILIES, WHAT IS DRIVING THE
LACK OF WORK ETHIC FROM THESE
YOUNG KIDS.
>> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
SNOWFLAKE CULTURE AND I LIKE TO
SAY THEY ARE AN EASY TARGET AND
I’M GOING TO AGREE WITH 70% OF
WHAT IS SAID, WE ARE THE CLOUDS
FROM WHICH THE SNOWFLAKES FELL.
IT’S VERY DIFFICULT IN MY VIEW.
IT’S ACTUALLY VERY EASY TO PAINT
WITH TOO BROAD OF A BRUSH, WE
SHOULDN’T DO IT AND I DON’T WANT
TO SUM UP A WHOLE GENERATION BUT
I WILL TELL YOU THIS IS HER
15th YEAR OF OFFERING WORK
ETHIC SCHOLARSHIPS.
IT’S ALWAYS BEEN A HARD SELL.
EACH PIECE IS NOT POPULAR
ADVICE, SHOW UP EARLY, STAY LATE
VOLUNTEER FOR THE CRAPPY TASK
THESE ARE NOT MESSAGES THAT
TYPICALLY RESONATE AND TODAY
THEY STILL DON’T DESIGNATE WITH
THE FAT PART OF THE BACK BUT
WHEN YOU START TO DO THE
CALCULUS AND LOOK AT THE COST OF
A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE AND LOOK AT
THE COST OF THE SKILL AND DEMAND
AND $1.7 TRILLION IN STUDENT
LOANS ON THE BOOKS WITH
OPPOSABLE LOVE AND HALF-MILLION OPEN POSITIONS MOST OF WHICH
OPEN POSITIONS MOST OF WHICH
DON’T REQUIRE FOUR-YEAR DEGREE
YOU DON’T NEED TO BE A PHD TO
CONCLUDE THAT WERE LENDING MONEY
WE DON’T HAVE TICKETS THAT ARE
NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY
BACK IN TRAINING FOR JOBS THAT
DON’T EXIST ANYMORE WHICH IS
WHAT THE WORD, STUPID.
DAGEN: MY BROTHER AND I FOR
YEARS WE BOTH GOT OUT OF COLLEGE
IN THE ’90s AND WE WERE LUCKY
BECAUSE IT’S SO MUCH CHEAPER
THAN WE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS
WE SHOULD’VE NEVER EVER GONE TO
COLLEGE BECAUSE WERE BOTH IN
FIELDS THAT WE DID NOT STUDY
COLLEGE THEY WERE WASTED DEGREES
DEGREES.
WE WOULD HOPE THAT COMPANIES
HIRE PEOPLE RIGHT OUT OF HIGH
SCHOOL IN THAT WAY OR I WOULD
LOVE TO GET OUT OF SCHOOL AND
JUMP RIGHT INTO A JOB.
>> I DON’T THINK IT HAS TO BE
THAT BINARY IN MY LIBERAL ARTS
DEGREE SERVE ME PRETTY WELL I
GRADUATED AT THE END OF 19842
YEARS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE THREE
YEARS OF THE UNIVERSITY, $12000
TOTAL TUITION SAME COURSEWORK
TODAY, SAME SCHOOLS 92 GRAND.
WE CANNOT JUST TALK ABOUT IT
WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY
NOTHING IN THE HISTORY OF
WESTERN CIVILIZATION OF A
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE NOT HEALTHCARE
OR REAL ESTATE OR FOOD OR ENERGY
OR NOTHING THAT’S A BIG PART OF
IT, THE GOOD NEWS THE PHONES ALL
OVER THE TABLES HAVE ACCESS TO
98% OF KNOWN INFORMATION THAT IS
A LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE ON THE
TABLE.
IF YOU HAVE A CURIOUS MIND AND
YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A SKILL AND
DEMAND SAY YOU’RE A WELDER OR
STEAM FITTER ANY OF THE
VOCATIONS OF MY FOUNDATION
FOCUSES ON YOU STILL HAVE AT
YOUR DISPOSAL AND PROBABLY IN
YOUR POCKET A GOLDEN TICKET TO
ANYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANT TO
KNOW I DON’T THINK THERE’S BEEN
A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AND
TO BE INFORMED ON ALL FRONTS
THEN RIGHT NOW APRIL 2023.
>> YOU ALLUDED TO THIS YOU
TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR THE
SCHOLARSHIP AND THE MICRO WORKS
FOUNDATION YOU’RE TELLING US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT IN THE
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PEOPLE THAT
APPLY IS THERE CLASS OF PEOPLE
OR GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
TO HAVE MORE SUCCESS I’M TALKING
ABOUT THE FUTURE FARMERS OF
AMERICA YOU GREW UP ON THE FARM
YOU GREW UP ON A FARM AND
KNOW-HOW TO FIX STUFF, YOU ARE A
WORKER IS THERE OTHER TRADES AND
UPBRINGINGS THAT LEND THEMSELVES
TO KIDS THAT CAN BE SUCCESSFUL
IN THE VIEW OF MICRO?
>> YES I BEEN WORKING WITH THE
FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA SINCE
2008.
WHEN I FIND, THE CONNECTIVE
TISSUE IS IMPORTANT.
THE BOY SCOUTS ARE CONNECTIVE
TISSUE, SKILLS USA, 4H, TEACHER
FARMERS THESE ARE YOUTH BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT STILL TEACH
WORK ETHIC IN WAYS THAT OUR
SCHOOLS DON’T MY FOUNDATION HAS
A WORK ETHIC CURRICULUM 30
SCHOOLS AND I LIKE TO GET 3000
MORE.
>> PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY,
POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND DELAY
GRATIFICATION IS A BIG ONE AND
THERE ARE 12 TENANTS AND WE
BASICALLY POINT TO
UNAPOLOGETICALLY WITH MORE
EARNESTNESS THAT I’M TYPICALLY
GUILTY OF EMBRACING AND WE SAY
THERE’S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE
SUN.
I DON’T KNOW ANY SUCCESSFUL
PERSON ABSENCE AND TRUST FUND
BABIES WHO HAVE EMBRACED ALL OF
THESE TENETS AT SOME POINT IN
THEIR LIFE.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENED
IN THE LANGUAGE THE WAR THAT WE
WAGED ON WARS LIKE WORK ETHIC
THESE VERY THINGS AND VERY
TALKING ABOUT HAVE BEEN
AFFIRMATIVELY SCRUBBED OUT OF HR
MANUALS AND SOME OF OUR BIGGEST
COMPANIES.
IT COULD BE THAT.
IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL LIKE IT’S
THEIR FAULT IF YOU’RE FALLING SHORT.
SHORT.
SEAN: IT IS THEIR FAULT TELL ME
ABOUT THE OLD WOMAN YUMA AND
VIRGINIA.
>> SHE WAS IN THE BACK ROOM OF
MCDONALD’S IN OPAL VIRGINIA AND SHE WAS CLEANING THE BATHROOM
SHE WAS CLEANING THE BATHROOM
AND I SAID SHE IS ELDERLY AND
SHE SAID SHE WORKS HER ONE DAY
WEEK AND I SAID HOW OLD ARE YOU
AND SHE SAID 79 MY NAME IS RENO
CAN I GIVE YOU A HUG AND I SAID
WHY AND SHE SAID BECAUSE I LIKE
WORK AND I LOVE THE PEOPLE HERE
AND I LOVE HELPING THEM OUT.
>> THAT IS THE WORK ETHIC TO
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THAT I’M
TALKING ABOUT.
YOU CAN TEACH IT.
I CAN’T TEACH YOU TO CARE BUT I
CAN TEACH YOU TO GO THROUGH THE
MOTIONS OF SHOWING UP EARLY AND
STAYING LATE IN CHEERFULLY
VOLUNTEERING FOR EVERY CRAPPY
TASK THAT THERE IS.
THAT IS A MUSCLE THAT YOU CAN
TRAIN.
IF YOU’RE AN EMPLOYER AND YOU
FIND THAT QUALITY AND CARE FOR
GEN X, GEN Z, WHATEVER IT IS YOU
WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR
THAT PERSON TO LEAVE YOU WILL
REWARD THEM AND CHERISH THEM AND
KEEP THEM CLOSE, RITA KNOWS THAT
THAT IS AN OLD DOG THAT KNOWS AN
OLD TRICK.
TO CELEBRATE THAT IN THIS DAY
AND AGE, EASIER SAID THAN DONE
BUT WE HAVE TO TRY.
>> YOU GIVE THEM A PURPOSE AND
MAKES THEM HAPPY WHEN WE WORK
HARD AND I THINK THE CULTURE HAS
UNDERMINED THE MICRO.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK
BE BACK ANYTIME.
>> I’M GRATEFUL FOR MY PARENTS
EVERY DAY.
>> SPEAKING TRUTH TO THE YOUTH
OF AMERICA, I LOVE IT.
SO NICELY.
>> THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME TO
WORK HARD AND BEING AFRAID OF
BEING FIRED, THAT IS REALLY THE
WHOLE THING.
I’M SERIOUS I’M ALWAYS AFRAID OF
GETTING FIRED.
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