Mike Davis

And he's telling me about the day he decided that he was going to be a mechanic. And it was during an episode of Dirty Jobs. And he applied for a scholarship from my foundation. And now I'm sitting there like a big squish going, oh, it's just so great to hear. And they stood up, all 50 of them. And I stood there for two hours.

And the whole evening went off the rails with the help of a little bourbon. And and I just listened to story after story after story after story of these men who and three women among them, just to be clear. But it's still fundamentally a man's game. These guys didn't go to college. They learned a skill that was in demand. and now they're killing it.

And the whole evening went off the rails with the help of a little bourbon. And and I just listened to story after story after story after story of these men who and three women among them, just to be clear. But it's still fundamentally a man's game. These guys didn't go to college. They learned a skill that was in demand. and now they're killing it.

And the whole evening went off the rails with the help of a little bourbon. And and I just listened to story after story after story after story of these men who and three women among them, just to be clear. But it's still fundamentally a man's game. These guys didn't go to college. They learned a skill that was in demand. and now they're killing it.

I know I said I wasn't earnest or sentimental about it, but I swear to God, Megan, when you sit there and listen to story after story of guys who mastered a skill that was in demand and then went to work, And now they're raising their families. Many of them have no debt. They're not saddled with some awful college millstone around their neck. They're thriving and they're proud and they're hopeful.

I know I said I wasn't earnest or sentimental about it, but I swear to God, Megan, when you sit there and listen to story after story of guys who mastered a skill that was in demand and then went to work, And now they're raising their families. Many of them have no debt. They're not saddled with some awful college millstone around their neck. They're thriving and they're proud and they're hopeful.

I know I said I wasn't earnest or sentimental about it, but I swear to God, Megan, when you sit there and listen to story after story of guys who mastered a skill that was in demand and then went to work, And now they're raising their families. Many of them have no debt. They're not saddled with some awful college millstone around their neck. They're thriving and they're proud and they're hopeful.

And most importantly, they're enthused. They're enthused. And everything we've talked about so far is the first example is a perfect example of exaggerated and false enthusiasm. Yeah. The second one, when you're talking about Michelle Obama, it's just an absence of enthusiasm, just an absence of joy. And yeah, I guess we're making the same point.

And most importantly, they're enthused. They're enthused. And everything we've talked about so far is the first example is a perfect example of exaggerated and false enthusiasm. Yeah. The second one, when you're talking about Michelle Obama, it's just an absence of enthusiasm, just an absence of joy. And yeah, I guess we're making the same point.

And most importantly, they're enthused. They're enthused. And everything we've talked about so far is the first example is a perfect example of exaggerated and false enthusiasm. Yeah. The second one, when you're talking about Michelle Obama, it's just an absence of enthusiasm, just an absence of joy. And yeah, I guess we're making the same point.

But my life today, by and large, is blessed primarily because strangers come up to me to tell me about the time they paid their dues, to tell me about the time work mattered most to them. And it's important for them to be heard. And that's a big part of my job these days.

But my life today, by and large, is blessed primarily because strangers come up to me to tell me about the time they paid their dues, to tell me about the time work mattered most to them. And it's important for them to be heard. And that's a big part of my job these days.

But my life today, by and large, is blessed primarily because strangers come up to me to tell me about the time they paid their dues, to tell me about the time work mattered most to them. And it's important for them to be heard. And that's a big part of my job these days.

Methadone.

Methadone.

Methadone.

I didn't either.

I didn't either.

I didn't either.

I really didn't think. I thought you lost your teeth and then you lost your name and then you're never heard from again.