Sparky Life
On Your Construction Network, welcome to The Sparky Life with Lia Lamela - Your Escape Route from Dead-End Jobs!
Tired of living paycheck to paycheck? Hate your current career? Discover how skilled trades can transform your life - delivered with humor, real talk, and zero BS. If you already in the skilled trades transform your career with real stories, expert insights, and proven strategies from industry professionals who've built successful careers in the construction industry.
What You'll Get:
Career change strategies for people stuck in unfulfilling jobs
How to go from broke to building wealth in the skilled trades
Safety tips that could save your life and career (with a laugh)
Real stories from people who escaped corporate hell for trades heaven
Business growth advice for contractors and entrepreneurs
Industry insights delivered with humor
Perfect for anyone ready to ditch the cubicle, stop living paycheck to paycheck, and build a career that actually pays the bills - and then some. From office drone to skilled trades success - we'll show you the way (with a lot of laughs).
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Episodes
157 episodes
50% of Skilled Trades Workers Are Retiring: Here's Your Opportunity
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.The construction industry is facing a ...
The Hong Kong Wang Fuk Court Building Tragedy Explained
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.This past Thanksgiving holiday, In Nov...
We’re Thankful for the Men and Women Who Build Our World
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.In this special Sparky Life Thanksgivi...
A Walking Electrical Grid - The Secret Science Electricians Don't Tell You
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.Did you know that secretly… we are all...
Stop Wasting Hours Driving to Job Sites: How One Tool Changed My Business
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.I was losing thousands of dollars e...
This Woman Quit Sales & Built a Carpentry Empire
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.What if quitting your corporate job to...
Why This Generation Refuses to Work In Toxic Work Environments?
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.March 2023 marked a turning point ...
Why doesn't anybody tell women about construction careers?
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.If you're tired of dead-end jobs, payc...
The 2 Milwaukee Tools Every Electrician Needs Right Now
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.This episode of Tool Time with Lia, I ...
What Is the Secret to Earning More In Construction?
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE - Use code SL5 for 5% off! Code applies to purchases under $1,000 and first time buyers.What if the difference between earnin...
Who Saves Lives Every Day
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SL5 for 5% off!When disaster strikes, everyone sees the firefighters and first responders—but what about the invisible...
Why you don’t need passion—you need a plan
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SL5 for 5% off!Ever wake up and wonder, “Is this really all there is?” You’re grinding, you’re exhausted, and yet it feel...
How Did She Get a VP Job Without Applying?! | Jennifer Harrison - SupplyHouse VP
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SL5 for 5% off!🎧 In this episode:This week on Sparky Life, we’re breaking barriers — and glass ceilings — with Jenni...
How The Coalition is Solving the Skilled Trades Crisis
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SL5 for 5% off!Meet Mark Hedstrom: Executive Director of Skilled Careers Coalition, skilled trades champion.
What Happens When Your Mentor Is Inappropriate? Episode 3 of Series
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SL5 for 5% off!🎧 In this episode:Welcome back to Sparky Life, where Lia pulls back the curtain on one of the darkest...
How I Broke into the Trades with Zero Experience
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!Here helping people actually make the leap into skilled trades—especially those who feel s...
Here’s What Nobody Tells You About the Trades? | Episode 2 of Series
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!In this episode:This week on Sparky Life, Lia dives into one of the most hones...
Why Building Stuff is the Real Antidepressant: Fruit Loops, Brains & the Skilled Trades
Every skilled professional need the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!Ever wonder why you feel like a rockstar after nailing a tricky install? Turns out, your brain is literally...
How I went from Living in a Women's Shelter to making Six figures? | Episode 1 of Series
Every skilled professional need the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!Welcome back to Sparky Life, where we don’t just wire up circuits — we rebuild lives. This week, Lia...
How to Start Your Career as An Electrician?
Every skilled professional need the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!What if college isn’t the only path to success — or even the best one for you?In this episo...
Who Secretly Built the Brooklyn Bridge?
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!The Woman Who Secretly Built the Brooklyn Bridge (While Hollywood Kept Blowing It Up)Hollywood lo...
Stuck at Minimum Wage? There's a Path Out — Here's Your Road Map
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!Tired of living paycheck to paycheck? Working your butt off at minimum wage jobs that lead nowhere? I've b...
Work Fails That Will Save Your Life (True Stories)
Two TRUE construction stories that prove why safety isn't optional. Story 1: The Elevator Shaft of Shame - A superintendent ignored safety warnings for weeks. Then karma struck. Story 2: The Fan Blade Incident - Billy Bo...
This AI Revolution is Making Electricians RICH in 2025
BOOM! The AI revolution is HERE and electricians who ignore it will be left in the dust! While most sparkies are still stuck in the stone age, the smart ones are using artificial intelligence to literally PRINT MONEY in 2025! ⚡Fro...
Why Electricians Laugh at These Hollywood Movie Mistakes
Every skilled professional needs the right tools to succeed → Get the right tool for YOU at SUPPLY HOUSE — Use code SH5 for 5% off!"Think you know electricity because you've seen it in movies? Think again. I'm about to destroy thr...