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come through,

they're finished,

in the box,

so closing up the box,

placing the box on a crate,

and then they take them away

to be shipped out to the stores.

You know, it sounds

really boring,

but actually it's kind of fun.

You get into a mode

and it's just...

Team steam.

This job is absolutely

my passion,

and as soon as I started

delivering beer

and got involved

in the brewing business,

I realized this was

the right fit for me.

What sells beer

is having a network of contacts.

I spent the afternoon

with Richard,

one of the sale reps

here at Steam Whistle.

It was a lot of fun, you know,

we went out

and met some clients,

tried to generate

some new clients.

Should I just put this

over by your bar here?

You know, he identifies

it takes a lot of motivation.

Most of the time,

you go in there,

they are going to say no,

and you just got to be

persistent and keep going back.

Think about the things

that you like to do

and how you may be able

to apply those interests

to a career,

and then based

on that information,

go out there and make a search.

If you are waking up

in the morning

happy that the fact

that it's Monday morning

and you are going to go to work,

life is going to be way better.

Then all the other stuff,

which is evenings,

hanging out with friends

and family, and weekends,

enjoying your time off,

life is good.

Welcome to Steam Whistle,

and hope you have a good week.

So I stand out on the streets.

A big part

of what I'm doing this week

is promote the ride

to conquer cancer.

We have different pamphlets

and displays

for the different stores,

so basically

what I'll be doing

is going around to these

different stores around here

to hopefully to get up

some point of sale information

about promoting the ride

to conquer cancer

that's happening next June.

I have been hired

by the foundation

to come and manage and oversee

what's going to be

the largest bike-ride fundraiser

that Canada has ever seen.

I have the ultimate job.

I'm able to combine my passion

for bike riding

and sports and athletics

with doing something meaningful

and giving back

to the community.

Thank you.

It's good.

I like when they say yes.

It's a good feeling.

It's like you made a sale.

Not really a tough sale,

but it's a good feeling

nonetheless.

When I first graduated

from school, I took a job

which I really loved

and I had passion for,

and I thought, "Okay, it's time

to try something else...

branch out."

I took a job,

well, selling toilet paper.

I hated that job and my advice

is don't sell out.

Don't find a job

that is a means to an end

because it's a paycheck for you.

Find something that inside

your heart, you want to do.

At the end of the day,

it'll work out.

So I'm pretty happy with the way

things turned out today.

Uh, I got the promotional stuff

into about, I guess,

Um, not bad for the first day

on the streets.

Time to head back to the office.

I went to go meet

the, uh, world-renowned

cancer researcher

Dr. Tak Mak today.

Uh, I'm fortunate

because I'm trained

as a scientist

and I'm paid to do

what I want to do every day.

I mean, isn't that amazing?

I realized that the people

who are most passionate

about their jobs

were the ones who had an idea

of how they were contributing

to something greater

than themselves,

um, working

on a cure for cancer,

I mean wow, talk about

making a difference!

You know, it mattered

that they showed up to work

every morning

because they were part of it.

Week 25, day 1,

working with

Roots Canada this week.

Roots is a big sponsor

of the Toronto

International Film Festival

that's happening this weekend,

and they're responsible

for the clothing

and also the celebrity area,

so who knows, maybe we'll get

to meet some stars.

To be honest, I have no idea

what I'm doing for the week,

I think there's...

we're going to be covering

the film festival,

so doing their blog,

taking some video footage,

photos for the roots. Com

website,

I think that's all I know.

I don't really know.

I guess I'll find out.

So, we've spent a lot of the day

I guess waiting for celebrities

to arrive

and to get our chance,

our opportunity,

our moment to speak with them.

So we just came down the stairs,

and we just got yelled at

for not doing our job,

but we don't really know

what our job is this week.

We have three different bosses,

and each one of them has

different expectation on us,

and it's just making it

really hard.

I think that my biggest

challenge with the Roots week

was that I didn't know

what was expected of me.

Trying to deal with that

is difficult

because you can't

please everyone,

which is a constant sense

of unease

and a little bit of anxiety

'cause you're uncertain of

"Am I doing my job correctly?"

Near the end of the week,

I was told

to go over to Toronto Island

to this music festival

and we were told to go backstage

and shoot interviews

with the different bands.

So we get to the concert gates

only to find out that we can't

take our camera in with us.

Uh, they gave us tickets

for the concert,

but they didn't give us

media tickets,

and that was kinda

the whole point

of going to the island

in the first place.

And so once again,

we're unable to do

what's asked of us,

and that's just

not a great feeling.

That whole miscommunication has

tainted the whole experience,

and that uncertainty,

and just not having

a great feeling about it all.

Sean's world

is ultra optimistic,

and I would say that the

negative side of Sean's world

is when things

don't come through,

I guess it's a lot

more disappointment

when you set your sets

that high.

I think I've learned

a lot this weekend

the importance

of communication

and clearly defining roles,

and as an employee,

if I'm not entirely certain

what is expected of me

to just stop and say,

"Wait a second," you know,

"I'm not too sure

what my role is."

How you approach a situation

and the attitude

that you bring in it

is going to dictate, you know,

the outcome

or your overall experience

of that situation.

Success in life

is a result of good judgement.

Good judgement

is often a result of experience,

and experience is often

a result of bad judgement,

also known as failure,

but we get an education.

Lots of action going on

down here

at the festival headquarters

down here at Roots.

Wyclef Jean just came in,

just doing some yoga moves

on the yoga mat.

That was pretty impressive.

I mean, I was a yoga instructor

Week 7,

but I don't think I could

pull that off.

So my advice to you is

while you're in college,

do like my homey right here...

you know what I mean?

Get 52 jobs,

you know what I mean...

one job a week.

Stop being lazy,

you know what I'm saying?

Let's get this thing going.

So we decided we'd bust it

to Montreal for a few days.

Got a ride...

posted on a ride share website,

Craigslist,

and hooked up with Rob,

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