The One That Celebrates Our 200th Episode!
Scaling Up Nation! I want to thank you for listening to\xa0200 episodes! I have been honored to be your host of this weekly podcast over the past 4 years, and I cannot wait to bring you another 200 episodes, thank you for making the podcast what it is today!
Looking back, if you had told me when I recorded Episode 1 of The Scaling Up H2O podcast that 4 years later, I\u2019d be celebrating our 200th Episode, I would have laughed. Creating this episode made me realize just how far the podcast has come, and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the listeners and team that makes this weekly podcast possible.\xa0
I love this industry.\xa0Being a water treater has been an outstanding career. It\u2019s been so good to me, and I want to return that goodness to the industry I love.\xa0\xa0
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Bottom line:\xa0My mission is to raise the bar in the water treatment industry. I hope that each episode you listen to elevates you and helps you become a better water treater so that you have more enjoyment for the industry you are serving\xa0in.\xa0\xa0\xa0
Your roadside friend, as you travel from client to client.\xa0\xa0
\xa0\xa0-Trace\xa0\xa0
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Timestamps:\xa0\xa0
Celebrating our 200th Episode by looking back at how much\xa0we have\xa0grown [0:01]\xa0
What the past 200 episodes have meant to me [6:30]\xa0
What the past 200 episodes have meant to you, our listeners [9:28]\xa0
Using the podcast as a training resource [17:10]\xa0
Water treatment is a professional profession [19:00]\xa0
Water is a finite commodity [20:00]\xa0
More thank\xa0yous\xa0[21:30]\xa0
James\u2019 Challenge: \u201cRun a jar study on a wastewater sample (or learn how to do one).\u201d [29:13]\xa0
James\u2019 Challenge BINGO Game on our Scaling Up H2O Facebook page [30:55]\xa0
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Quotes:\xa0
\u201cYou can do anything you want to do, and it\u2019s not going to be pretty the first time that you do it. The important thing is that you take the first step.\u201d - Trace Blackmore\xa0\xa0
\u201cWhatever you want to start, get started!\u201d - Trace Blackmore\xa0\xa0
\u201cI have a passion for this podcast!\u201d - Trace Blackmore\xa0\xa0
\u201cMy dad told me whenever I thought I learned everything in this industry was the day I needed to quit because that was impossible.\u201d - Trace Blackmore\xa0\xa0
\u201cCongrats! You are in a job that has endless learning. You should never be bored, you should never feel that you have reached a plateau, and if you have you are not trying hard enough.\u201d - Trace Blackmore\xa0\xa0
\u201cPlease don't fall into the\xa0day-to-day\xa0rut, there is always something else to learn and always something to get better at.\u201d - Trace Blackmore\xa0\xa0
\u201cThe biggest thing this podcast has done is that it has created is community.\u201d - Trace Blackmore\xa0\xa0
\u201cMy hope was this podcast was going to be your onboard companion as you go from account to account and motivate you to learn new things.\u201d - Trace Blackmore\xa0\xa0
\u201cThe podcast showed me that my work matters, that we can get better, I\u2019m not alone in this\xa0industry.\u201d -Reid Hutchison\xa0
\u201cTime flies when you\u2019re having fun, keep up the good work.\u201d - James McDonald\xa0
\u201cIt's\xa0been a great way to know some of the industry titans.\u201d - Laith Charles\xa0
\u201cThe podcast acts as a constant reminder that water treaters can be\xa0impactful,\xa0and we can use the podcast as a training tool.\u201d - Adam Sites\xa0
\u201cWater is a very finite commodity on our planet.\u201d - Trace Blackmore\xa0\xa0\xa0
\u201cWe as water treaters are the most inexpensive bill that our customers will ever pay. You are the most valuable vendor they have. Please make sure they know it.\u201d - Trace Blackmore\xa0\xa0
\u201cScaling Up has been really good for us, it\u2019s the place we come to for industry insights.\u201d -Russ Baskin\xa0
\u201cIf all of us get better, the industry gets better.\u201d - Trace Blackmore\xa0\xa0
\u201cTrace, thank you for helping us scale up our knowledge so we don\u2019t scale up our customer\u2019s systems.\u201d -Mark Lewis\xa0
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Links Mentioned:\xa0
001 A New Podcast for Water Treaters
190 The One Where I Celebrate Four Years Of Hosting This Amazing Podcast
004 It\u2019s Not Easy Being Green!
Scaling Up H2O Facebook Page\xa0
The Rising Tide Mastermind\xa0
AWT (Association of Water Technologies)\xa0
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