We need to promote an ethic of work. And there's no way one guy or one company is going to be able to do it. It has to be a big hot mess - public, private, government, NGOs and smart alecks on the TV talking about it. Mike Rowe More Quotes by Mike Rowe More Quotes From Mike Rowe Im a B-list celebrity trying to give it an honest look. They see me do actual work. ... I try to be the viewer with a microphone. Mike Rowe trying giving looks If you’re whole model for job satisfaction is based on finding your ‘ dream job, ’ right – it’s a bit like going out in the world and looking for your soul mate, it’s difficult. Find the thing that’s available, be great at it and then figure out how to love it … You have to work. You have to own it. Mike Rowe entertainment True, I am often attired in a sweatshirt and ball cap, and yes, I do share a certain resemblance with the culprit, i've also been spotted in Medford on more than one occasion, (a lovely town by any standard.) However, I am not '5'6. Mike Rowe us-news Sometimes, you hear about a person who makes you feel good about humanity, but bad about yourself. Mike Rowe top-news There is a lot of stuff we can't control, but it is completely in our power to decide what the definition of what a good job is. That's up to us. Mike Rowe control job good power Work ethic is important because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, charisma, or any other natural attribute, it's a choice. Mike Rowe choice intelligence important work Boredom is a choice. Like tardiness. Or interrupting. Mike Rowe choice like tardiness boredom In a very general way, our society has fallen out of love with the skilled trades. Part of the problem is a myriad of myths and misperceptions that surround the jobs themselves, but the biggest cause is our stubborn belief that a four-year degree is the best path for the most people. Mike Rowe best path love people Stop looking for the 'right' career, and start looking for a job. Any job. Forget about what you like. Focus on what's available. Get yourself hired. Show up early. Stay late. Volunteer for the scut work. Become indispensable. You can always quit later, and be no worse off than you are today. Mike Rowe yourself you work today There's a belief... in the country that we can cure unemployment by creating opportunity. The skills gap proves that opportunity along is not enough to get people employed. Mike Rowe enough opportunity country people At the risk of being glib, I would say if you really want to make America great again, you have to make work cool again. Mike Rowe great cool you work The one thing that TV is bad at doing is preaching. There are two extremes, you either turn the people into a punchline or turn them into hero, and both of those things suck, because most people are neither in real life. Mike Rowe you hero life people I've got one of those over-stuffed leather chairs from the Pottery Barn. It faces north. I live in San Francisco, so there's the Golden Gate Bridge off to the left, and there's Alcatraz off to the right, and I've got a pile of pulp fiction next to me, and there's usually a decent bottle of red wine next to the fireplace. Mike Rowe bridge me red wine One of the things that continually surprised people with the kind of shows I do, is that we try and find people who aren't doing jobs that are traditionally aspirational but who have nevertheless prospered and found real contentment doing it. Mike Rowe doing try real people We've waged war on work. We have collectively agreed, stupidly, that work is the enemy. Mike Rowe collectively work war enemy If you're trying to raise a son, it gives you a chance to say things like, 'Chop your own wood; it will warm you twice.' Mike Rowe will you chance son To me, we're living in a non-linear world... But the truth is we are linear creatures. Everything unfolds one after the next. And that's the thing we've become disconnected from. Mike Rowe me truth-is truth world Meaningful work is very different than drudgery. Mike Rowe than very different work 'Bloody do-gooders' is my expression for people who are nicer than me, who are better than me. Mike Rowe better me expression people It’s so weird, i was on John’s show ‘The Pursuit!’ He was interviewing me, and we were talking about music. I sang something, and he said, ‘Man, you can really carry a tune.’ I said, ‘Yeah, I can carry a tune.’ He said, ‘We ought to do an album.’ I’m like, really? But he said, ‘Yeah, that’d be great. We could do a ‘Dirty Jobs’ album. You know, Santa's gotta dirty job.' So we literally wrote the song in 10 minutes. Mike Rowe
