Welcome to Episode 13 of the Modern Electrician Podcast. We've got a good one for your tonight. If you're an electrician, there's a good chance that most of the stuff you know comes from this guy's books. Mike Holt is an industry leader and tonight he took the time out of his very busy schedule to join me on my podcast to talk about his life and his philosophies. Be sure to check him out at https://www.mikeholt.com/. Check out his IG page @mikeholtenterprises.  Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did producing it.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

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Life Skills with Mike Holt

In this episode, I chat with Rick Jones of Rick Jones Electric about everything from undertaking a massive home renovation to running your own electrical business. Rick comes from a family of tradespeople and has develop[ed his own brand and style of craftsmanship. His eye and passion for historic renovation is 20 years in the making and impeccable. Need a solid electrician in the Frederick historic district, Rick is your guy. Check him out at www.rickjoneselectric.com or follow him on instagram by searching Rick Jones Electric. https://www.rickjoneselectric.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

Season 1 Episode 2 - Rick Jones of Rick Jones Electric

In this episode I chat with Master Electrician and owner/operator of Figueroa Electric, Kyle Figueroa. Kyle and I chat about how he got his start in the trades and the impact that a good mentor can have on an apprentice. Kyle has a ton of experience and a lot of great stories to draw examples from. If you're looking for an online mentor, look no further. Hope you enjoy the episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

Season 1 - Episode 3: The First Step with Kyle Figueroa

Its impossible to walk the road of mastery without a leader, especially early on in your journey. In fact, you'll encounter many leaders along your way and it will be up to you to determine what to keep and what to throw away for yourself. If you stay on the road long enough, you will become the master and your world will open up to the understanding that leading people isn't as easy as you may have envisioned. Being a leader a is challenging and never ending responsibility and not everyone nails it. But those who do will inspire you to dig down and give something your all. They'll teach you to WANT to learn and to grow. Today's guest is one of those leaders, in my opinion. Chad German of @utah_electrician fame was super fun to talk to today. Enjoy the conversation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

Season 1 Episode 8 - Leadership with Utah Electrician

Welcome back to the Modern Electrician Podcast and welcome to our new website! Scroll around, make yourself at home and visit our Patreon page where you can become a contributing sponsor of the show! In this first episode, I sit down with the Utah-based electrician known on IG as Sparky Pride. This is a man who puts his all into everything he does and we dive deep into that mindset during this episode. We talk about everything from taking pride in your work to getting into the electrical trade a little later in life to the toughness needed to operate effectively in the trades. This conversation has it all and this hard-working electrician is an inspiration. He is also a large part of an online educational group called Sparky EDU. They’re a group of talented electricians, each with a unique skill-set or focus, who post educational videos and photos of their work, in real time. Go check them out on IG today and don’t forget to check out Sparky Pride. These are the people to follow if you want to raise the bar in your career! Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

Pride and Education with Sparky Pride

Episode 13 - Mike Holt

This week, I'm taking some time off from the podcast to get some much needed R&R out of town with my family. See you next week!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

See You Next Week

Welcome back everybody to the Modern Electrician Podcast. So happy to have you back and excited to share today’s conversation with you. For so many electrical contractors and people in the trades, we run into situations on a daily basis where we think to ourselves “there’s got to be a better way!” Whether it is a product that is not designed well or a scenario where a certain product would just help the job go more smoothly, we in the trades are always up against this issue of innovation. In today’s conversation I sit down with a man named Sean. Sean is the creator and cofounder of a company based around a very simple yet very needed product. The product Sean created is called BLOXX and it’s brilliant in it’s simplicity. Bloxx are simply plastic electrical box inserts that are designed to protect the interior components of your electrical boxes from drywall routers, mud and the occasional drywall cover-up. as simple as the concept is, it’s one of those little products that can revolutionize and simplify the way that we work. Go check out Sean on Instagram and YouTube and go to his website www.bloxx.pro to get your free Bloxx samples and find out how this new product can save you time, worry and a lot of headaches. Enjoy the conversation! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

Simple Solutions with Sean from BLOXX

Well hey there everyone and welcome back to another episode of the Modern Electrician Podcast. In this week’s episode, we chat with artist and sculptor Matt Gemmell about choosing the road less traveled as a career path and the type of determination required to overcome the obstacles along the way. Matt is an accomplished real-life sculptor who has contributed to works that can be seen across the country and he also happens to be my brother-in-law. This is a fun conversation that any geek of mastery can get something from. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

Going It Alone with Matt Gemmell

Hey everyone. Welcome back to the Modern Electrician Podcast! We’re happy you’re hear because we’ve got a fun episode to share with you today. In this episode, I touch on a concept I picked up watching Bruce Lee’s new 30 for 30 documentary called “Be Water.” The concept involves allowing yourself to go with the flow. To become your opponent as opposed to meeting it head on. Now, obviously in Bruce Lee’s case, an opponent is a person who wished to best him in combat. However, as electricians and tradespeople, our opponent can be many things. A challenging client, a frustrating situation or a job going sideways. These things can happen on a daily basis and if we meet these challenges as “water” we can flow around them, be flexible and turn our challenge into something that works for us. I bring this up because today’s interview is with a young Hawaiian sparky named Brian Marrocco. Brian is not just a second generation sparky, he’s also a surfer and motocross rider. He’s also only 23 years old and he’s spending his days dedicating himself to something larger than himself in an effort to shape himself into the best version of himself possible. Pretty incredible for a 23 year old, if you ask me. I hope you enjoy this conversation and I hope that this coming work week, you can approach all of your challenges by being water. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

Be Water / The Next Gen of Electricians

Hello out there all of you Modern people. Welcome back to another episode of the Modern Electrician Podcast. In this episode, I sit down with Neil of www.ledlightingsupply.com to talk about the concept of “photometrics.” We discuss LED lighting and its rapid evolution to become the predominant option for any lighting scenario as well as a number of other things. Enjoy the conversation and check out www.ledlightingsupply.com for help with your next Commercial or Industrial lighting project. Use promo code “MODERN” and get 5% off the contractor rate of your next purchase. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

Let There Be Photometrics

Welcome back to the Modern Electrician Podcast, where we talk about the lives and stories of people in the trades. This episode is a fun one for any of your electrical history buffs out there, like myself. I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Robert Bradley, CEO and founder of Institute for Energy Research, an economic think tank that provides a voice to Free Market Energy Research. He’s also an electrical historian and author of several books on the topic of energy history. In today’s conversation, we chat a bit about energy economics but we mostly take a deep dive into the life of one of the electrical industries most forgotten-about business magnates of the early 1900s, Samuel Insull. Check out new episodes every week! Hope you’re enjoying the content. There’s so much more to come!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

Samuel Insull's Electric City with Dr. Robert Bradley

Welcome to Episode 3 of the 3rd season of this little thing we call the Modern Electrician Podcast. In this episode, we sit down with Jonny Slick of Straight Shot Training. Jonny is a personal trainer living and working in a little historic town called Shepherdstown, WV, not too far from our little city of Frederick, MD. I reached out to Jonny to have a discussion about body mechanics, exercise and nutrition for the everyday blue collar worker. Since we have such physically demanding jobs, it’s hard to find extra time and energy to adhere to a fitness routine but as we age, our body’s need that attention more and more. In my mind, the first step to being an electrician is being healthy because without your health and without your body, you can’t BE an electrician. This was an insightful conversation. Jonny helped me feel like I’m on a good path moving forward. You can find Jonny’s company Straight Shot Training on Instagram and Facebook. He offers great tips and online training. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

Health and Longevity in the Trades with Jonny Slick of Straight Shot Training

We never really know the ultimate direction that life is taking us. We may think that we have a grasp on where we’re headed but at a moment’s notice, everything can change. It’s an interesting fact of life and I believe that with the understanding of that information, it’s wise to develop the skills necessary to embrace change in our daily lives. Because, as much as we’d like to believe that we’re in control of our lives, we’re often reminded of the fact that we are just along for the ride and the best we can do is to go with the flow. I mention this because Episode 2 of Season 3 of the modern electrician podcast centers around change. Our guest today is a woman from Wisconsin named Maggie who spent her early years pursuing med school and a career as a physician. While she didn’t become a doctor, that path lead her into the fitness and nutrition field where she built a business of her own. But then, as so many of us have had to do, she had to make a sudden change. Luckily she chose to pursue a career in the electrical trade! This brings us to our second topic of change for this episode and that is the changing of the guard that is taking place in the trades today as we see so many young women choosing a trade as their career path. The trades, which for so long was considered a man’s world, is changing its stripes as it welcomes in tons of talented and passionate women across the world. Pretty cool, if you ask me. Change is hard. Whether you’re changing career paths or changing the face of an industry, it takes courage. You’re going to run into a lot of people that are going to tell you its not possible or that you don’t belong but that can’t stop you. It’s important to pursue your passions, no matter who you are. Don’t allow social norms to stand in your way. I was really happy that Maggie made some time to chat with me, tell me her story and open up about the new adventures she’s taking on. Hope you all enjoy this episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doug-powell9/message

Embracing Change with Maggie from Electric.mags

The age old tale of the wise master sitting on some far away hillside, waiting for an eager apprentice to find them and learn all there is to know from them about their craft is as old as time itself. It’s the thing of legend and what countless Kung-fu movies have been mirrored after. Today, that idea seems more a myth than reality, but in the world of the trades, the dynamic of master and apprentice is alive and well. Join Doug as he explores what makes someone a master by talking to tradespeople, comedians and business owners to learn the secrets of their success. This is Modern Electrician!

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