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).
New episodes bi-weekly featuring the stories, and strategies that matter most to your success.
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This Woman Quit Sales & Built a Carpentry Empire
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What if quitting your corporate job to swing a hammer could make you MORE money? Christina, @christina_nomadak, ditched her sales career to become a union carpenter—and now runs her own successful construction business. In this episode, she's breaking down the REAL path from paycheck-to-paycheck to building wealth in the trades, including the cash flow mistakes that almost tanked her business and why unions are the secret weapon nobody talks about.
Check out Christina's company Home Nomadak Builds
What You'll Learn:
- How to transition from ANY career into skilled trades (even with zero experience) The truth about union vs. non-union carpentry work
- Cash flow management secrets for new trade businesses
- Why women are actually BETTER suited for construction than you think
- The biggest mistakes new contractors make (and how to avoid them)
- How to use social media to grow your trade business
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