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Mike Rowe’s Excellent Career Advice

By Ari Armstrong

May 05, 2014
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Mike Rowe, host of the popular television show Dirty Jobs, recently offered some largely excellent career advice to a man who couldn’t “figure out what to do” with his life. The man had no specific career in mind, saying only that he was a “go-getter” who wanted an exciting, high-paying outdoor job.

Rowe offered the following gem (among others):

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