A speaker shares how doing unglamorous tasks like organizing rooms and managing chairs got a mentor's attention, leading to collaboration. He built a Discord community with that mentor's help and stresses the power of openly asking for what you need.
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I'm looking for people to add value to the group. The way I got the attention I did from the mentors was because I added value to their world. Dumb little shit. I'd help with stuff like this. Organize rooms, take care of the chairs, erase white— just dumb stuff that helped him do what he was doing. He saw that early and he was like, WhatsApp, stocks, Discord. I'm like, dude, I don't know Discord. He goes, I'll build it. So anybody that's— and we have our Discord community that we open to the public. So I have my agency one, but we have just the community people who follow me have access to it too. He fucking built it. That was his contribution to the team. You don't think I'm gonna pour more into him with him doing that for me? The psychology of that is really simple. I just put it out there openly. I'm looking for that. I need help. Please fucking help. I don't know where the buttons are in the e-apps today. Merco froze. What do I do? Fuck, I don't know. I'm so far removed from it that I'm like, I need help from people. So when I'm setting expectations with managers, I can help you with the part I know. I know how to build. I know the psychology. I know all that stuff. Dude, the day-to-day stuff, I don't know none of that shit. So my expectation is the manager's help contribute to the overall team.