Lessons I Learned from Jobs Before My Education Career - Plumbing Supply Warehouse - 814

Lessons I Learned from Jobs Before My Education Career: Plumbing Supply Warehouse. This is episode 814 of Teaching Learning Leading K12.

Did you have a job or two before you entered your career field? Maybe you started in high school and then college before finally entering the path that you were ultimately focused on achieving. Just to be clear, when I say a job, I do mean working for someone other than your father or parent or guardian. Actually, having a boss and getting an official paycheck - you know one where taxes are removed from your gross pay?

My third job that fits this description was at a plumbing supply warehouse. In this job my main purpose was to load and deliver plumbing supplies for a plumbing company at a job site. I had two immediate supervisors and interacted with the owner of the shop. I learned to make sure that I helped to load my delivery orders and to become a safer driver. Interactions with others taught me to bite my lip and treat people as I wanted to be treated. Team membership was important. And once again, the adage "you never have nothing to do" was pervasive in this job, as well as at McDonalds, and the grocery store. 

Join me as I reflect on being a team member, owning the job, treating others as I wanted to be treated, and living with the understanding that "you always had something to do."

So, did you have a first job that created lessons that impact you and your job today? What were those lifelong lessons? It would be great if you shared those lessons with me. If you go to my website there is a box that lets you contact me. There also is a place that you could leave me a voice message.

Thanks for listening.

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Next episode: I connect these lessons learned with my career. 

All the best!

Images: Plumbing Repair Service and PVC Pipes both downloaded from Freepik.com.

Length - 29:44