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Yeti Stereo Microphone & SiP Camera:
And welcome to winning without college. (00:00):
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(00:01):
The podcast that helps you developyour mindset, habits, and skills.
You need to get aheadin business and in life.
Thanks for joining me today.
My name's Stuart, Takahara your host,your coach and fellow college dropout.
And when you're done listening to thisepisode, if I can ask you a favor, if
you got value from it, or you learnedanything new, can you go ahead and go
(00:22):
to other apple podcasts or Spotify?
If you're listening to the podcastversion and give us a review and
some five star ratings or something?
I've got it.
If you're listening onYouTube and you're actually.
Watching me here in my van.
Uh, could you just hit that subscribebutton and go through there as well?
That's just helps us out byrecommending this show to others who
are the same situation as you itreally helps with the algorithm to
(00:42):
get this show out to more people.
So thank you for supportingus in that way from myself and
everybody who works on the program.
Today, we're going to lookat the value of experience.
If you look at any resume on paper, orif you look at LinkedIn, what section
of that page takes up the most amount ofspace, more than your bio, more than your
(01:04):
references, More than where you put downwhere you did or didn't go to school.
What takes up the biggestamount of space in your resume?
It's your work experience, right.
So why do you think that workexperience is the most important aspect?
I have a resume it's importantbecause it shows what you've done.
It shows what you've accomplished.
It shows what you're capable of, andit shows that what you can bring to
(01:28):
the team and this above all else.
Is what most employers looking forwhen they're going to hire somebody.
So I want you to put yourself in this,in this, in these shoes here, if you
own a business, or if you manage a team.
This above all is what you're going to belooking for when you hire somebody, right.
You're going to be lookingto say, what have they done?
(01:48):
Not necessarily, wheredo they go to school?
If they have a great work experience,great track record, that's going to
Trump, everything else that you've done.
So.
If you ever do any hiring for your teamor your business, you know, Instinctively.
That's where you're going to look first.
Do they fit in?
Do they have the experiencethat I need, that somebody in
(02:09):
this position needs to fill?
Let me give you an example here.
Okay.
We're going to compare two people.
They're going to be the same age andwe're going to follow their paths from
high school all the way to college.
So let's say these two, uh, fictionalpeople, they both graduated high
school when they were 18 years old.
One of them we'll call him ed.
Went to a four-year universityright out of high school.
(02:31):
And the other we'll call her Tracy.
Took a year off to travel theworld backpacks across Europe
and maybe let loose for a while.
Okay.
So now at age 22, 4 years later.
Ed is graduating college.
You worked hard.
He studied hard.
And he did what the world told them to do.
He's a college graduate now.
But he didn't he didn't work whilehe was going to school because
(02:53):
he graduated in four years.
So he had to take out some studentloans to be able to do this.
Now, to Forbes, the average studentloan debt is just over $30,000.
And as a side note, accordingto educational data.org.
20 years, 20 years.
After entering school, half astudents still owe $20,000 on
(03:13):
outstanding loan balances, but thathas nothing to do with this story.
That's just an interesting fact.
I came across when I was researchingfor this now, Tracy, we know ed
went to college and he took out debtand now he's graduated now, Tracy.
She took a year off of school to travel.
She returned to her hometownand started at this entry-level
sales job at a mattress companywhen she was only 19 years old.
(03:34):
But now Tracy, one year aftergraduating from high school,
she's entered that workforce.
Now Tracy, she's met some amazing peopleat her job and everyone loved her.
The job may have not been themost glamorous, I mean, she's
selling mattresses, but she knewhow to take care of her customers.
She had positive reviews andpeople loved meeting her and
she loved meeting new people.
(03:54):
While she was doing this job, she'd learnhow to listen and how to match people.
Sleeping needs with the right type of bed.
She learned how to ask probing questions?
Like, are you a side sleeperor are you a back sleeper?
And she discovered the skillsetof listening and matching her
customers' needs with the productsthat they had, that they wanted.
(04:15):
She was solving their problems.
All of this while ed was buried ina book in the library or drinking
beer while standing on his head.
Now two years.
After working at a mattresscompany, Tracy is now 21 K.
She graduated when she was 18.
Took a year off.
Now she's 19.
Now she'd worked at the mattress company.
She's 21 years old now.
And she just got a new job ata bartender at a local pub.
(04:39):
Now ed.
Still in school is also 21.
And is now a customer at Tracy's bar.
Now, this is college endsup the bar a lot, right?
He's there with his friends,he's popular in a school.
He participates in a lotof groups and activities.
A lot of times he missed with his friendsat the bar and Tracy works there too.
So their paths cross.
They do that for a year.
Now, they both turned 22.
(05:01):
Ed graduated from collegewith a business degree.
Tracy is still tending bar, but it'slooking for more of a Monday through
Friday nine to five type of thing.
So both ed and Tracy appliedfor the same job at entry level.
Call it a marketing positionfor a medium sized business.
So they both get interviews and the hiringmanager says, why should we hire you?
(05:21):
And ed says, well, I have a bachelor'sdegree in business from the university
of overly priced education, and Ireally enjoy my marketing classes.
I got all A's and I was really engaged.
Marketing is where I want to focusmy career and I'm excited to apply.
What I've learned in schoolto help grow the company.
Not bad.
It works.
Yeah.
So now it's Tracy's turn.
(05:43):
And Tracy's asked the exact same question.
Why should we hire you?
And Tracy says, marketing is justmore than signs and banners and ads.
It's about relating to people, findingout what they want and giving them
something they're happy to pay for.
When I was 19, I workedat a mattress company.
I had to find out how peopleslept, where the side sleepers,
where they back sleepers.
(06:03):
I had to discover.
But if they did for a living,because people who sit at a desk all
day have different pain points assomeone who digs ditches all days.
I had to balance the needs of couplesbecause one person likes a firm mattress.
The other one likes a soft one.
And I'm bartender.
And in that job, I have to prioritize.
I have to remember everyone's drinks.
I have to prepare foreverything and everything.
(06:25):
I have to pivot if we're busierthan expected and if we're
understaffed or if we had call-outs.
I learned how to prepare for anything.
And react accordingly.
You should hire me because Iunderstand people and getting
the right message in front of theright people at the right time is
something I've proven to be good at.
Who would you hire?
(06:45):
You see, there's nothingwrong with going to school.
Except school takes time.
And time is money.
And spent his time spendingmoney to get a degree.
Tracy spent her time making money.
And gaining experience.
Now, can buy an education.
But you can't buy experience.
And all I saying is thatexperience is more important than
(07:06):
education, but here's the kicker.
No matter what you should never stop.
Learning.
Learning can mean taking onlinecourses, reading books, trial,
and error, and even failing.
Because failing isn't failure failing.
If you apply your knowledge is learning,learning how not to do something, learning
from your own mistakes and learning fromother people's mistakes, finding out
(07:28):
what people want and giving it to them.
That's as simple as that companieswant experienced employees, companies
want people who can help them grow.
Companies want people whowill make them successful.
So working, gaining experience that canhelp other people become successful.
And in that process, You tooshall become successful as well.
(07:49):
in the news companies are saying wedon't have enough qualified people.
What do you think thatmeans qualified people?
It means the experience.
They don't have enough experiencedpeople who are here ready, willing, and
able to be able to take that job done.
And again, there's lots of waysto be able to get experienced.
Tracy went out here and she traveled.
She didn't even talk about maybesome French that she picked up
(08:10):
while living in Europe or a secondlanguage or different cultural
differences when it comes to marketing.
She didn't talk about any of that.
She talked about basic needs of people andlistening and understanding and matching
needs versus products and solutions.
That's what experience is youdidn't learn that in school.
You learned maybe the concept, but Ithink we can all agree that sometimes
(08:31):
a concept of something is different.
Than the actual process.
Of doing it.
And so I think that's one of thebig reasons why, when we look at.
Situations like this.
Education.
Doesn't mean you're experiencededucation just means you're educated.
You're knowledgeable.
But it doesn't mean, you know, how toturn that knowledge into tangible action.
(08:52):
I hope that makes sense.
Before I leave you today, I want totalk to you about one more thing.
There are five hard truths and goingthrough life without a college degree
and not accepting these five hardtruths are going to get you nowhere.
You can have great accomplishments.
You can have big and smallwins and you can have the
right thinking and the mindset.
But if you're going to ignore thesehard truths, or if you choose not to
accept them, unfortunately, You mayjust not have the life that you want.
(09:14):
And so I want to giveyou these hard truths.
And tell you exactly whyyou need to accept them.
And all you have to do is justlog onto my website, winning
without college.com/hard truth.
And sign up and I'm going tosend you these truths once a
day for the next five days.
Absolutely free winningwithout college.com/hard truth.
Or you can use the link in thedescription box below winning
(09:35):
without college.com/hard truths.
Beyond the lookout for those,I'm so excited to get your
feedback on what you think.
These are things that I've discoveredon my own in the past that would
have made my life a lot easier.
And I'm happy to sharethese with you for free.
So until next time, remember your success.
Doesn't come with the syllabus,forge your own path, break the mold
(09:55):
and keep winning without college.
And we'll see you in the next episode.
undefined
(00:01):
The podcast that helps you developyour mindset, habits, and skills.
You need to get aheadin business and in life.
Thanks for joining me today.
My name's Stuart, Takahara your host,your coach and fellow college dropout.
And when you're done listening to thisepisode, if I can ask you a favor, if
you got value from it, or you learnedanything new, can you go ahead and go
(00:22):
to other apple podcasts or Spotify?
If you're listening to the podcastversion and give us a review and
some five star ratings or something?
I've got it.
If you're listening onYouTube and you're actually.
Watching me here in my van.
Uh, could you just hit that subscribebutton and go through there as well?
That's just helps us out byrecommending this show to others who
are the same situation as you itreally helps with the algorithm to
(00:42):
get this show out to more people.
So thank you for supportingus in that way from myself and
everybody who works on the program.
Today, we're going to lookat the value of experience.
If you look at any resume on paper, orif you look at LinkedIn, what section
of that page takes up the most amount ofspace, more than your bio, more than your
(01:04):
references, More than where you put downwhere you did or didn't go to school.
What takes up the biggestamount of space in your resume?
It's your work experience, right.
So why do you think that workexperience is the most important aspect?
I have a resume it's importantbecause it shows what you've done.
It shows what you've accomplished.
It shows what you're capable of, andit shows that what you can bring to
(01:28):
the team and this above all else.
Is what most employers looking forwhen they're going to hire somebody.
So I want you to put yourself in this,in this, in these shoes here, if you
own a business, or if you manage a team.
This above all is what you're going to belooking for when you hire somebody, right.
You're going to be lookingto say, what have they done?
(01:48):
Not necessarily, wheredo they go to school?
If they have a great work experience,great track record, that's going to
Trump, everything else that you've done.
So.
If you ever do any hiring for your teamor your business, you know, Instinctively.
That's where you're going to look first.
Do they fit in?
Do they have the experiencethat I need, that somebody in
(02:09):
this position needs to fill?
Let me give you an example here.
Okay.
We're going to compare two people.
They're going to be the same age andwe're going to follow their paths from
high school all the way to college.
So let's say these two, uh, fictionalpeople, they both graduated high
school when they were 18 years old.
One of them we'll call him ed.
Went to a four-year universityright out of high school.
(02:31):
And the other we'll call her Tracy.
Took a year off to travel theworld backpacks across Europe
and maybe let loose for a while.
Okay.
So now at age 22, 4 years later.
Ed is graduating college.
You worked hard.
He studied hard.
And he did what the world told them to do.
He's a college graduate now.
But he didn't he didn't work whilehe was going to school because
(02:53):
he graduated in four years.
So he had to take out some studentloans to be able to do this.
Now, to Forbes, the average studentloan debt is just over $30,000.
And as a side note, accordingto educational data.org.
20 years, 20 years.
After entering school, half astudents still owe $20,000 on
(03:13):
outstanding loan balances, but thathas nothing to do with this story.
That's just an interesting fact.
I came across when I was researchingfor this now, Tracy, we know ed
went to college and he took out debtand now he's graduated now, Tracy.
She took a year off of school to travel.
She returned to her hometownand started at this entry-level
sales job at a mattress companywhen she was only 19 years old.
(03:34):
But now Tracy, one year aftergraduating from high school,
she's entered that workforce.
Now Tracy, she's met some amazing peopleat her job and everyone loved her.
The job may have not been themost glamorous, I mean, she's
selling mattresses, but she knewhow to take care of her customers.
She had positive reviews andpeople loved meeting her and
she loved meeting new people.
(03:54):
While she was doing this job, she'd learnhow to listen and how to match people.
Sleeping needs with the right type of bed.
She learned how to ask probing questions?
Like, are you a side sleeperor are you a back sleeper?
And she discovered the skillsetof listening and matching her
customers' needs with the productsthat they had, that they wanted.
(04:15):
She was solving their problems.
All of this while ed was buried ina book in the library or drinking
beer while standing on his head.
Now two years.
After working at a mattresscompany, Tracy is now 21 K.
She graduated when she was 18.
Took a year off.
Now she's 19.
Now she'd worked at the mattress company.
She's 21 years old now.
And she just got a new job ata bartender at a local pub.
(04:39):
Now ed.
Still in school is also 21.
And is now a customer at Tracy's bar.
Now, this is college endsup the bar a lot, right?
He's there with his friends,he's popular in a school.
He participates in a lotof groups and activities.
A lot of times he missed with his friendsat the bar and Tracy works there too.
So their paths cross.
They do that for a year.
Now, they both turned 22.
(05:01):
Ed graduated from collegewith a business degree.
Tracy is still tending bar, but it'slooking for more of a Monday through
Friday nine to five type of thing.
So both ed and Tracy appliedfor the same job at entry level.
Call it a marketing positionfor a medium sized business.
So they both get interviews and the hiringmanager says, why should we hire you?
(05:21):
And ed says, well, I have a bachelor'sdegree in business from the university
of overly priced education, and Ireally enjoy my marketing classes.
I got all A's and I was really engaged.
Marketing is where I want to focusmy career and I'm excited to apply.
What I've learned in schoolto help grow the company.
Not bad.
It works.
Yeah.
So now it's Tracy's turn.
(05:43):
And Tracy's asked the exact same question.
Why should we hire you?
And Tracy says, marketing is justmore than signs and banners and ads.
It's about relating to people, findingout what they want and giving them
something they're happy to pay for.
When I was 19, I workedat a mattress company.
I had to find out how peopleslept, where the side sleepers,
where they back sleepers.
(06:03):
I had to discover.
But if they did for a living,because people who sit at a desk all
day have different pain points assomeone who digs ditches all days.
I had to balance the needs of couplesbecause one person likes a firm mattress.
The other one likes a soft one.
And I'm bartender.
And in that job, I have to prioritize.
I have to remember everyone's drinks.
I have to prepare foreverything and everything.
(06:25):
I have to pivot if we're busierthan expected and if we're
understaffed or if we had call-outs.
I learned how to prepare for anything.
And react accordingly.
You should hire me because Iunderstand people and getting
the right message in front of theright people at the right time is
something I've proven to be good at.
Who would you hire?
(06:45):
You see, there's nothingwrong with going to school.
Except school takes time.
And time is money.
And spent his time spendingmoney to get a degree.
Tracy spent her time making money.
And gaining experience.
Now, can buy an education.
But you can't buy experience.
And all I saying is thatexperience is more important than
(07:06):
education, but here's the kicker.
No matter what you should never stop.
Learning.
Learning can mean taking onlinecourses, reading books, trial,
and error, and even failing.
Because failing isn't failure failing.
If you apply your knowledge is learning,learning how not to do something, learning
from your own mistakes and learning fromother people's mistakes, finding out
(07:28):
what people want and giving it to them.
That's as simple as that companieswant experienced employees, companies
want people who can help them grow.
Companies want people whowill make them successful.
So working, gaining experience that canhelp other people become successful.
And in that process, You tooshall become successful as well.
(07:49):
in the news companies are saying wedon't have enough qualified people.
What do you think thatmeans qualified people?
It means the experience.
They don't have enough experiencedpeople who are here ready, willing, and
able to be able to take that job done.
And again, there's lots of waysto be able to get experienced.
Tracy went out here and she traveled.
She didn't even talk about maybesome French that she picked up
(08:10):
while living in Europe or a secondlanguage or different cultural
differences when it comes to marketing.
She didn't talk about any of that.
She talked about basic needs of people andlistening and understanding and matching
needs versus products and solutions.
That's what experience is youdidn't learn that in school.
You learned maybe the concept, but Ithink we can all agree that sometimes
(08:31):
a concept of something is different.
Than the actual process.
Of doing it.
And so I think that's one of thebig reasons why, when we look at.
Situations like this.
Education.
Doesn't mean you're experiencededucation just means you're educated.
You're knowledgeable.
But it doesn't mean, you know, how toturn that knowledge into tangible action.
(08:52):
I hope that makes sense.
Before I leave you today, I want totalk to you about one more thing.
There are five hard truths and goingthrough life without a college degree
and not accepting these five hardtruths are going to get you nowhere.
You can have great accomplishments.
You can have big and smallwins and you can have the
right thinking and the mindset.
But if you're going to ignore thesehard truths, or if you choose not to
accept them, unfortunately, You mayjust not have the life that you want.
(09:14):
And so I want to giveyou these hard truths.
And tell you exactly whyyou need to accept them.
And all you have to do is justlog onto my website, winning
without college.com/hard truth.
And sign up and I'm going tosend you these truths once a
day for the next five days.
Absolutely free winningwithout college.com/hard truth.
Or you can use the link in thedescription box below winning
(09:35):
without college.com/hard truths.
Beyond the lookout for those,I'm so excited to get your
feedback on what you think.
These are things that I've discoveredon my own in the past that would
have made my life a lot easier.
And I'm happy to sharethese with you for free.
So until next time, remember your success.
Doesn't come with the syllabus,forge your own path, break the mold
(09:55):
and keep winning without college.
And we'll see you in the next episode.
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