Air Force Pilot / Week #51
Join Sean Aiken for his epic journey as he travels around North America, working 52 jobs in 52 weeks.
This 90 minute documentary, aimed at high school and college students aged 17-25, reveals anything can happen when you set out to find your passion.
On his inspirational quest, Sean tried everything: Bungee Instructor, Dairy Farmer, Advertising Executive, Baker, Stock Trader, Firefighter, and more. Wherever he could find work, he’d go there, find a couch to crash on and immerse himself in whatever profession was at hand. And then he’d move on.
The media went insane. The New York Times, Rachel Ray, Good Morning America, CNN, 20/20, FOX News and countless other outlets covered the story.
Yahoo.com sent over 30,000 visitors to the website OneWeekJob.com in under an hour (crashing the server in the process). Publishers opted for Sean’s upcoming book, which is now set to publish spring 2009 by Random House in the US, Penguin in Canada.
Sean realized he hadn’t started on his own journey. He’d started a movement.
Thousands of people began following his journey, looking to him for inspiration in their own lives. They commented on his website, wrote about the journey on their blogs.
Hundreds joined the Facebook page. College students were relieved to find others uncertain of their careers. Baby boomers wrote how they’d found the courage to change their jobs, or go back to school and discover their passions once again.
Now at the end of his journey, it’s time to share the complete story and the lessons learned along the way.
