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It's my first time in Michigan, and my first stop was at the Ford Rouge Plant outside Detroit.

I played a very small part in assembling some new Ford F-150s on the line by adding antennas, cleats and drilling screws.

I even signed the inspection sticker on one.

You're welcome, future F-150 owner.

But the most interesting part was sitting down with some of the people who do this every day.

Working on the line at an assembly plant is physically hard, and the people I met talked about how tiring it is and how worn down you get.

Each person told me separately how important it is to have good shoes because you're essentially walking on a treadmill for 10 hours a day.

Every 52 seconds, you have to go through your set of tasks 650 times a day.

You have to be perfect, but the biggest challenge is having the focus to do the same thing over and over again.

The people I met are so good they keep the line running at full speed and listen to audio books or music in one earbud to stay engaged.

Working at Ford is a long term thing.

Most of the workers I met had been at the plant for at least a decade, and a lot of them have kids and friends who work there, too.

Someone told me that when you spend 11 hours a day, four days a week together, you end up becoming family and friends outside of work, too.

Thanks to Bill Ford and everyone I met for having me. And thanks to the line workers who checked my work.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Sits.... Grabs popcorn

Zuckerberg the explorer

Popcorn ready

But the most interesting part was sitting down with some of the people who do this every day.

I even signed the inspection sticker on one.

Dear Mentor Mark


Eku ishe.

Oga Mark wehdon sir

verygudbadguy:
Don't tell me he visited Nigeria before Michigan.

Yankee big sha. Omo, as I see explorers ehn, na front page flash my eyes straight.

Mark dey save a lot of money by wearing that t-shirt everyday. I love his simplicity.

Person wey hold money no dey make noise at all. #Tatibillion4dakant

Alaska alone is nearly twice the size of Nigeria.

Explorer the wicked thread producer lets go there.

See small boy with big money

Humility in life is the greatest treasure.

Libo45:
Sits.... Grabs popcorn

I dey sell chin chin, puff puff and zobo ooo.

I never see Mark wear any color apart from ash sure say him baba no code am say na only ashes he go dey wear?

buskie13:
I never see Mark wear any color apart from ash
sure say him baba no code am say na only ashes he go dey wear?

Not again bro, just as expected. Even if it is bro, let's try relinquish these our mentality towards the affluence.

Tobitrueman:
Not again bro, just as expected. Even if it is bro, let's try relinquish these our mentality towards the affluence.

I just dey yan my mind bro

1 of dream rides tho

this mark of a person, is the kind of role model alot of people should look up to.

He keep integrating ideas into his business and inventing better product

DEIFIED:
this mark of a person, is the kind of role model alot of people should look up to.

Sure.

DEIFIED:
this mark of a person, is the kind of role model alot of people should look up to.

Not so, my friend. We only have 2 Role Models. 1 in Moskow, Russia and the other in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Am ganna invent something new soon