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Be a make it happener · Learnings and Missteps by Depth Builder

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  This thought is about going from being a complainer, like a chronic complainer, to a make it happener.
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  Yes, that's an official term that I just came up with.
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  and it's a reflection of my life.
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  Early in my career, it was very easy for me to identify people's shortcomings in the workplace.
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  And there was this one individual in particular who really, really just irked me, man.
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  He made my butt itch.
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  And I would like, I'd have a list of all his deficiencies, all his shortcomings, all the poor decisions that he made, the lack of leadership he displayed.
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  I would tell people about it.
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  I would tell my bosses about it.
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  Uh, and finally, like his boss worked in a different city.
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  So I sat down with his boss and I'm like, Hey man, we really need to talk.
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  And I'm going through my list of complaints, all the issues, all of which I had support, right?
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  I wasn't the only person that wasn't satisfied with his support.
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  And the gentleman asked me, he says, Jess, like I didn't realize that he had these many issues.
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  He said, I'm going to verify them.
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  He didn't argue.
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  And he's like, but Jess, you spend more time with them than I do.
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  Is there any way you can help him?
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  And right there in the moment, like my brain shifted.
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  Because all this time, all I was doing was sitting around waiting for him to screw up.
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  So that I could pounce and add it to my list and go and be a damn tattletale.
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  Instead of taking action and helping the gentleman improve.
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  And so, this is for us chronic complainers out there.
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  there.
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  The things that you see may not be obvious to everybody and you have a choice.
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  You can either let them eat you up and keep you discontent or you could use that list of complaints as a list for support.
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  So my question to you is how are you going to live your life?
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  Be cool and we'll talk at you next time peace