Mental Health Breaks, Switching Jobs, & Inspiring the Next Generation with Aaron Gibson

Learnings and Missteps

There’s a lot of room for improvement in demonstrating care and appreciation for people in the trades. Tradespeople change lives! As a tradesperson, you have the opportunity to help develop other people by sharing the knowledge you’ve gained. Though, it’s a lot harder to help others when you aren’t taking the time to help yourself.

Join me in this episode as I talk with HVAC pro, Aaron Gibson, about the importance of mental health breaks, the pains of frequently switching jobs, and how we can inspire and educate the next generation of tradespeople.

“When you are genuinely happy with yourself, then you have the ability to project that energy onto others and help start that river going for them.” – Aaron Gibson

Aaron’s biggest dream is to create a trades school to teach people the things he wishes he had known at the beginning of his career in the trades. Listen in to learn the inspiration behind this incredible dream!

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

· Ways to inspire and educate the next generation to pursue a career in the trades.

· How do we break down the stigmas around working in construction?

· Aaron shares his experience with PTSD and the inspiration behind the mental health breaks he promotes on social media.

· How to gain the courage to put yourself out there on social media and build momentum, despite how uncomfortable it might be.

· Why you shouldn’t be intimidated to join the skilled trades.

· Aaron’s Learning and Misstep: Switching jobs to keep learning and developing… is it a good idea?

Resources Mentioned:
Just off the Cuff HVAC: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl6tFANMD7BcjJjx4XJ7D8Q/videos

Listen to the episode with Bob Baker: https://bit.ly/3RDDN8O

Bring Back the Trades: https://bringbackthetrades.org

Get your loved one a copy of Lean & Love at: https://www.depthbuilder.com/5s