 Hey guys chat here Sorry my disheveled look I have not showered yet today, and I have not shaving yet today because today I am getting ready to go camping for the weekend, so you will not hear from me for a few days after today So that it was important to get a quick video out now a couple things before I get started here if you're new to this Facebook live feed come to the Electric Academy page if you're not already here go to the top and you'll see that there's a place where I've got a Resource a PDF of online resources for electricians. It's awesome. Click on the learn more button. Send me your email I'll blast that off to you Another thing is the past couple days. I've been driven nuts because my website was down It was a problem between go daddy and WordPress and finally whatever I was on the phone, and then I was on chat all morning getting it fixed So the site is back up www.TheElectricAcademy.com is back up and running. Thank the good Lord Also before I get started on today's post I would like to call your attention to I put a post in yesterday I know I put a lot of posts out there and a lot of polls lately I'm asking questions because I honestly want to know what you guys are at and I'm just trying to figure out what my next step is going to be so yesterday I posted a poll about whether or not you guys would be into an online community or subscription-based service if you Could do me a favor after this video, too Is just go check that poll out and give me a yes or no and honestly I want to know the nose just as much as the yeses so if you could do me a huge favor and just go to that poll If you think it's a good idea look at the description hit yes If you don't think it's anything you're interested in please hit no I just want to know if it's something I should be even bothering with not wasting my time on but putting my time towards I've heard from a few people a big yes, so that's kind of where I'm leaning to right now Now today's video like I got an awesome message. Let me just read this to you I'm just pulling it up on my phone from a previous student of mine and a Academy member here So he says here his name is Tyler since hi Chad great to see your meter safety video great stuff I've been doing super well working with the company got signed off in June. Congratulations Tyler. That's friggin awesome He's an awesome guy hard-working kid Well, he's not a kid anymore But just one of those students that you don't forget and you guys know who you are when you've been in my class We're always in my class He's gonna be running a 41-story building soon with lots of help from his formant Which is so awesome lots to do with everything I learned from you and I appreciate that always so that was kind of a warm fieldy Thank you Tyler now back to the videos and this is today's topic as I've been running sites and having guys coming into the trade one of the biggest things I find is the lack of knowledge towards tool value hmm So many companies spend so much on tools and the guys just don't understand the value of choppers hammer drill Band saws etc our trade demands respect and a good way of managing tools would be awesome. Yes. Yes I've talked about this in supervising courses and it's a huge loss towards companies and it needs to get addressed He puts an exclamation mark and I stand by that Keep in touch man. Keep up the videos. Thanks Tyler. You might see me in my entrepreneur in your entrepreneurial course sometime soon I teach a night course on entrepreneurship for the trades. It's an awesome course So if you're ever in the Vancouver area worth checking out Thanks for everything Chad. Thank you Tyler. That is awesome. What a great topic I think when we go to these companies when I was an apprentice, I never really thought too much about it When I first started my boss bought me a pouch and so which is awesome And he got me not just a pouch but the whole thing of tools and I remember the first time I lost my linesman We were coming cable tray I left them up in the tray went home for the day came back the next day and my lines were gone And I so I went to my boss and said hey ride lost my linesman Do you have any others and he was not impressed because we didn't know linesman are like 85 bucks I was absolutely blown away again. This guy was amazing and he bought me another pair But it just hit me then that I had no idea what my tools were now most of you guys have bought your tools So you know how your hand how much your hand tools worth But you go on the site you go to the job box and you're grabbing drills You're grabbing chop saws portable band saws even ladders Like you even have any understanding how much this stuff costs. Just I went online and Just some of the things that get hammered all the time cordless drill like a good Milwaukee 18-volt cordless drill Go Milwaukee hundred and fifty bucks Portable band saw which are awesome if you're doing any kind of tray work and in 620 bucks a Fiberglass stepladder, which is what we should be using no aluminum ladders out there guys is 295 bucks just for the six foot one That's not even the eight foot. I think the eight foot like 400 bucks and the 10 foot is getting close to 500 an Extension ladder again a fiberglass one. You're looking at both 600 bucks a fish tape just a fish tape alone 75 bucks Chop saws, you know for cutting your strut and stuff. That's 400 bucks Those are things that we never even think about when Ron say right you just grab it you zip through it You do whatever you kind of drop it you're going But it's not your money and it's money that's going into the company and the company needs to make money too And I know you think your boss is out there making money hand over fist He's not some of your bosses might be doing really well But you would be surprised at how much money these guys take home at the end of the day after they have to buy tools They have to pay insurances they have to pay your vacation pay They have to pay all your stats all that stuff it adds up quick just start running a company And you will start to understand how quick this stuff adds up and every time that you wreck a drill or drop a Something off a ladder or lose something or don't take care of something It comes out of their pocket not out of yours and remember they're the ones paying you guys So it is a bit of a privilege that you are helping them out for sure But they are also providing you employment. So it's important that you take the time and Take care of their tools just as much as you would take care of yours And I know this is gonna fall on deaf ears to some of you guys because now some of you guys are just to take Your own tools leave them out the rain and who cares But I know a lot of you guys especially if you're looking at this page here and other pages Then you will know how to take care of tools and it's just it blows my mind when I start seeing guys Just treating their bosses tools like absolute shite. All right, there's my rant rant over. Thank you Tyler Tyler solace everybody Such an awesome suggestion If you guys have suggestions, please as always send me a private message through Facebook Or you can send me an email Chad at the Electric Academy comm if you get signed up to that PDF you get on my newsletter as well, which I sent out about once a week So sometimes it's like two or three times week, but I'm slowing it down to once a week so you'll get the information on that and Yeah, thanks, Tim. I shall rant on it's amazing. It just again when Tyler brought that up I just I got a knot my stomach side I've had guys work for me and seeing them treat my tools like crap and it just drives me crazy We I worked at one company where we would get a free truck one not a free truck We got a truck to use and it was amazing how those guys just ragged on those trucks Their philosophy was you don't want to pin in it. So pin it so they were just treating them like garbage Anyways, make sure you're checking this stuff out guys Make sure you're sharing this if you're liking this video whether it's live or not You can still hit the like button on it and make sure you're sharing it with other groups and other people I'm getting lots of great feedback. So I appreciate that and That's basically all I want to have to say about that again There's that post that I put in yesterday a poll if you can if you can just go down there do me a Huge solid and just give me a yes or no. I want to know both if it's yes or no. Hey Josh I see you there. I responded to you. I sent you an email. So make sure you check that out You signed up to one of my my free courses. They're an AC generation. I just asked you a couple questions about that So thank you for signing up for that. That's awesome Okay, I am gonna let this go because I'm approaching my 10-minute mark We all know how I want to keep it under 10 minutes. So check out the electric Academy comm it is online and live now Make sure you like this page. Make sure you like this video. Make sure you share this video Make sure you're doing everything you can to stay safe while you're working out there, too That's the most important thing. I will not be doing any videos for tomorrow because I'm on the road I won't be doing any videos Saturday because I'm on the road Sunday. I'm on the road So it probably won't hear from me till Monday again. I said that before they'll have an eye All right. Love and doing these so let's keep it up. You guys work safe out there. It is my Friday It is yours Thursday, so Yeah, let's hit the road. Oh Tim. Yeah, I'm gonna send you a text message in a second. I made a huge mistake Anyways, talk to you guys soon. Oh before I forget. Yeah, here's a good one Make sure you speaking of Tim. Tim Carson is a buddy of mine. I was on his podcast. He has his podcast called the guild It's an awesome podcast if you're into podcasts You need to listen to it if you're not into podcasts need to listen to it It is for trades people you need to listen to there's so much value in these and not only because I was on it But I was on it was yesterday. Yeah yesterday's podcast and it was great I had so much fun Tim and I have great camaraderie there But there's other guys that he talks to as well There's so much value if you're struggling with your apprenticeship struggling in the trade or just want to learn more about it Listen to his podcast the guild so just go to the Apple's iTunes store and go to podcasts and just check out the guild Or you can go to www.timcarson.ca and that is T. I. M. C. A. R. S. O. N. C. A. It is so good. All right, that's all I got to say about that Well, if you want to hear my story and it is a good story You're gonna want to check out that podcast. All right guys work save having lots of fun I will talk to you guys on Monday. Let you know how my weekend went going camping up in Penticton area, so we'll be hitting some vineyards That'll be good, but I'm going with a four-year-old So it could be very interesting. All right later guys