 Hey guys Chad here from the Electric Academy a Couple things I want to talk about today first off again I just like to call attention if you're looking for a free PDF of online resources for electricians Go to the top of the Facebook page, and there's a link there. It says a little button This is learn more hit that and just sign give me your email there, and I will send you that PDF It's awesome. I'm getting lots of downloads on it and lots of good Feedback on it if there's anything you think I should be adding to it. Let me know and Today, I just want to talk a little bit about what my vision is for the Electric Academy And I'm not gonna get too much into I just want to let you guys know where I'm coming from a lot of you guys are New to the show here, so I just want to let you know who I am what my whole business is and Well, actually, I don't even have a business, so there's that what I do, but it has nothing to do with this online stuff Anyways the Electric Academy. It's a blog. I started a few years ago. Well three years ago now and I teach at a vocational college I teach electrical apprenticeship and I found that there was a lot of students that were struggling with With the theory so what I thought I would do is I enjoy teaching and I felt like I had a good way of Sharing my information So I started making these little tutorial videos and I started posting them on YouTube And then I started posting them on my blog and that's how the Electric Academy was born I wanted to have some sort of resource for electrical apprentices then of course I got on the Facebook And I started building this community and it has been an unbelievable ride I have learned so much you guys have been so awesome to deal with The interaction that you have in the group this is being posted on my Facebook page the business page But there's also an Electric Academy Facebook group where you guys are asking questions getting jobs sharing Information sharing pictures. It's an awesome awesome interactive group. Make sure that you get over there and check it out So that's kind of my thing my jam is I really really like to help electrical apprentices And I've been doing it now for three years. I've been teaching for eight and I just want to keep growing it So right now my website is going through a whole redo. I'm getting a redesigned by professional designer I'm super excited about the way it looks and how it's gonna work out And I just want to double down on all this and I've just been having so much fun with it So that's what I've been doing the Facebook live videos every day. I just have so much fun doing it I've been getting a lot of good feedback on it. So that's where I'm coming from Some of you guys I've talked to you online and if you are getting something from this Maybe to add something in the comments that you've really enjoyed or you've liked you've learned Like this share it Please get the word out there for the Electric Academy because we all know that as apprentices It's hard. It can be hard and that leads me to my big point of my talk today is I was watching this on Facebook this video popped up and it really resonated with me Basically, the whole gist of the thing is don't constantly compare yourself to others and this is especially for you apprentices out there The big thing is do not compare your day one to somebody else's day 20 I love that quote because you guys are just getting started in this and it can be hard man It can be brutally hard. I know with my foundation. I've got I teach this Level or entrance trades program. So these guys come to me and then we send them out into the field They finally get a job They will all say that the first few weeks is the hardest work. They've ever done and it's super-duper hard The first year is hard. I know for my apprenticeship. It wasn't the easiest first year, but it is so worth it It is 1000% worth it I highly recommend being this trade and just remember that it's going to be hard And if you look back on my if you go to my blog at www.theelectricacademy.com There's a post there and it's called this to shall pass we might want to take a look at that I talked about how it it is hard at the beginning, but it totally gets better. It gets easier. It's an awesome awesome trade I cannot say how much I love this trade enough and it leads to other things like it's a building stone It's a stepping steps into other things like I because I got my trade which I never really meant to get in the first Place it was just something I wanted to do for a summer I ended up working for this greenhouse control system learn all that which was super-duper interesting getting into automation I went up to Fort McMurray and got into industrial, which is super awesome. I Ended up being a project manager site supervisor I ended up being an operations manager for a construction company a large construction company an awesome company Centurion I just kept growing and growing and growing and then now I teach and then from that I've gone on to teach entrepreneurship for trades. I'm doing this Electric Academy thing It's such an awesome thing and it would never have done it had it not gotten my trade So I cannot encourage you guys enough Get out there and get an electrical trade or get any kind of trade if you agree with what I'm saying hit a like button on that That'd be awesome So yeah, that's just what I wanted to say. It's not gonna be a long one today I just want to say remember do not compare your day one to somebody else's day 20 It will get easier if you're having issues or questions or anything get in the group. Let me know You send me an email man I've had lots of guys email me chat at the Electric Academy calm and there's some guys that I'm talking to constantly online Send me a message through the Facebook page Just get out there and realize that you are not alone in this day and age now that we are all online You don't have to worry about just the guys you're working with you can talk to anybody you can reach out And I am constantly on my phone much to the sugar in my wife and family sometimes But if you want to send me a message I promise I will get back to you as soon as possible if you're struggling with things Let me know if there's things that you'd like to learn or you want me to post about let me know if there's tutorial videos You'd like me to make please let me know my whole purpose for Electric Academy is to help you guys out All right, that's it. That's all my little shending for today. Remember check out that PDF So you might want to just remember again go to the top of the page there hit the learn more button get that downloaded Let me know check out the website www.theelectricacademy.com Check that out if there's any tutorial videos you want Let me know send last me a private message if you have any questions at all or any kind of tutorials Like I said, there's a few guys that I'm talking to Steve, you know who I'm talking about right now Constantly into discussion for these guys. I learned just as much from you guys as you're learning from me and That's about it. Keep your eyes open on the website. I will let you know when it launches Hopefully it'll be pretty soon I think we're gearing up for like a September release and there's lots of other cool things coming on the pipe Again, as always guys just work safe out there today Have a great day, and you know it's Friday So I probably won't be posting much this weekend unless something crazy happens like last weekend when I was in Whistler and the power Went out it was a neutral problem for those of you guys are just checking in and Check back on the other videos yesterday did awesome one on well awesome. I'm so awesome There was a one that I posted about what's in my toolbox. It's getting lots of guys talking about their favorite tools So pop by and take a look at that. Alright, anyways, have a good day might see this weekend probably not We'll definitely see on Monday. Have a great day guys work safe