hi today I want to talk about a concept
called humanizing your mentors when I
say that you should humanize your
mentors what I'm saying is that when you
look up to people when they know more
than you and when you're in a working
relationship with them where you're
learning I want you to look for their
flaws I want you to look for what makes
them human I want you to look for when
they screw things up I want you to look
for their stress I want you to look for
when they are trying to produce for
their clients or their boss and when
they have stress over not being able to
or when they fail I want you to look at
their personal lives I want you to look
at the things that don't go right I want
you to look when they feel lonely or
discouraged because when people fail it
makes them human and when you see others
as human it makes it easier for you to
say hey they have the same problems as
me they are on my level and as a result
of them being On My Level I can
accomplish everything that they can
accomplish a defense and coping
mechanism that a lot of people come up
with to deal with the fact that they are
over here in their life and somebody
else maybe the same age same education
and same background as over here is they
will just say oh that person's a Next
Level genius they're just on another
level and that really just dismisses the
truth the truth is that that person is a
regular human being just like you who
may have just so happened to learn
something that you didn't and that
allowed them to get ahead in Life or
they may have just tried more at
something it's easier to just dismiss
all their success by saying oh well
they're just on another level that's why
they're there and I'm here but it allows
the average person to feel good about
the fact that they have not accomplished
what this Mentor or this boss or this
employer has so one of the things I'm
encouraging you to do is look at other
people like they're human and the
easiest way to look at other people like
they're human is to look for the flaws
because flaws are what make us human
failure is what makes us human I'm not
saying that you should root for people
to fail that's not what I'm saying nor
am I suggesting that you disrespect your
mentors because you shouldn't what I'm
saying is that you should look for the
failure you should look for the stress
you should look for the humanity in
these people that exists it does there
is there are no human beings out there
that don't fail there are no human
beings out there that do not feel stress
at times in their lives and there are no
people regardless of how smart they are
that on occasion just can't figure
something out and I want you to find
that I want you to look for that I can
tell you that the most encouraging thing
to me above all else is when I see that
somebody who's incredibly intelligent
cannot solve a problem that I can and
it's not because I'm smarter than them a
lot of the times I'm much dumber than
the people where I'm solving an issue
that they can't but when I see that
somebody else is struggling with an
issue this really puts off a light bulb
in my brain it's not because I think I'm
better than them it's not because this
means that I'm a genius or that I've won
it's nothing like that it's none of that
silly nonsense what it is is it's the
realization that that person is like me
and if that person who's accomplished so
much more is just like me then that
means that everything that they've
accomplished is something that I can
accomplish as well for myself and that's
something that's very very encouraging
why am I getting calls from 800 numbers
at 3: in the
morning
[ __ ] anyway point is and I
didn't really notice this until I was a
mid late teenager and I was working for
somebody who was on just an again he
knew a lot more than I did he had
accomplished a lot more with his life
than I did and he knew he just learned
everything on his own he didn't go to
college he didn't he barely did well in
high school and he was really really
good at what he did and I just had him
on this you know he was he was good as a
recording engineer he was amazing as a
technician you're not going to find a
lot of people out there who are equally
versed in you know recording platin
records as they are in finding short
circuits and consoles that cause cross
talk on the different buses that you
know that's just a multi-talented human
being and the first time that I ever saw
him as a human being I remember was when
one of the other technicians and I had
to go up to talk to him or get some
tools or something from the top floor
office and we saw him just sitting
leaning over the console just kind of
sad and he was talking to somebody on
MySpace or something and it was a client
that he had been recording who was late
teens early 20s he was in his 40s or
early 50s
and he was like you know this woman I
think actually wants to go out with me
and he didn't really know if he was just
seeing it or if it was actually there
and he just seemed 1 or two in the
morning terribly lonely terribly
confused like he just didn't know what
to do and I'm not saying that I was
happy at the fact that he didn't know
what to do I'm not saying that I was
happy at the fact that he seemed
confused or lonely or sad because that's
just a sick thing to think but what I
was happy about was the fact that he was
a person he was a human just like me he
wasn't a robot he wasn't somebody who
just you know mechanically just every he
was in a robot he was in somebody where
he wanted to do something you just push
a button and it happens he was a person
he had feelings he could fail he could
feel lonely and inadequate at 1: or 2 in
the morning when he just fails at
dealing with the the opposite sex or
anybody else in the human species and
then there was another day where he had
you know he had talked up the owner of
this place and how he was going to make
this headphone system that was way
better than the crap that they were
using and he was going to build it
himself and he was similar to how I am
now you know he was the one who taught
me this whole idea that you can learn
anything that you put your mind to it
doesn't have to be from college as long
as you want to learn it that the buck
stops with you if you want to do
something and you say that you're going
to do something that one way or another
you're going to do it so when he says I
can create a headphone system that's
better than that what this company
that's had hundreds of thousands of
dollars and 10 or 20 years in time to do
it has made he he put himself to it so
the owner said you know what sure fine
like he he took him up on his challenge
instead of just listening to him say
that this thing sucks he actually gave
him the money to do it so you know 10 20
or $30,000 later he had he didn't really
produce a working system yet so I was
there at 1 or 2 or 3 in the morning
watching him try to figure out why a
function on it doesn't work just
confused out of his mind as to why this
one little thing isn't working and he
just couldn't figure it out I wasn't
happy that he failed trust me I wanted
to see him succeed I really did but the
thing that made me happy about seeing
him fail was that he has to figure
things out just like I do his brain
doesn't just magically come up with a
solution to every problem he actually
has to think he has to think he has to
do brain work to figure out problems and
if he fails at figuring things out just
the same way that I do that means that
he's the same that I am he's a human
just like me he fails just like me which
means I can figure things out and I can
become successful just like him and it
encouraged me to try to move forward
with my life to try to take the skill
set that I had and take it to the next
level to take that skill set with me
that I had at the next level and take it
other facilities where I could make good
money doing what I did and I did and I
built a life for myself around the idea
that I can learn from other people even
if they are much smarter than I am and
seem like they've accomplished so much
more than I have that that's not going
to limit my success instead of
distancing myself from other people
because they are so far ahead of me as a
coping mechanism so that I don't feel
bad when I look at what they
accomplished rather I look for how they
fail I am telling you there are times
when I've literally woken up at 2:00 or
3:00 or 4: in the morning because I got
a
notification on some Forum that somebody
was wasn't able to figure out something
and I look at this post and it's like
wait you can figure this out because I
figured this out before and I actually
ride my bike to work at 3:00 or 4 in the
morning saying oh if he couldn't figure
this issue out I'm definitely going to
figure this issue out and by 400 or 5:
in the morning I've actually figured out
a board issue that three other places
weren't able to figure out and now it's
in the storage bank for next time
because when I see that somebody who's
very intelligent cannot solve something
that I've solved it it it builds my
confidence and my confidence is what I
need to learn something when I'm in the
unstructured environment of trying to
reverse engineer other people's work
when I'm trying to learn something that
there is no guide for I need that
self-confidence I need that boost that
comes from knowing that these other
people who have accomplished so much
with their lives these other people
who've done so much and contributed so
much to the world are people just like
me who fail just like me who don't know
the answers to questions just like me
who need who feel lonely sometimes at 1
or 2 in the morning when things just
don't go right for them the same way way
that I do and that's what this channel
is about and the reason I'm mentioning
this the reason I'm bringing this up is
because there are so many comments
lately that I'm getting where it's like
wow you're a genius wow I hope to be as
good at fixing stuff as you one day wow
you're just amazing and I don't know how
I'm ever going to catch up and it's like
[ __ ] I mean are you are you even
watching the content that's posted here
again I appreciate the compliments I
really do but do you really think I'm a
genius I mean when I am when I have a
screwdriver right in front of me and I
can't find it do you think I'm a genius
when I let the trip drop onto the board
not once but twice over the course of a
video do you think I'm a genius when I
solder that chip onto the board that
cost 50 bucks and a board that cost $600
and it's not even aligned and it's on
camera that it's not aligned do you
think I'm a genius like I'm not when I'm
breaking oh the webcam and I'm not even
editing the out of the video when I
break the webcam and I have to solder a
capacitor resistor back on at 2: in the
morning do you think I'm a genius
because this is something that a lot of
people who have a lot less experience
than I do have been able to do properly
then there come the trolls there are a
lot of messages that don't make it way
to the onto the YouTube comments because
a lot of these people are usually
spineless which is why they have to do
this stuff you over private message
where they'll say things like you are an
idiot look at what you messed up you are
an idiot wow you think you're
professional when your desk looks like
this wow you're using the wrong tool to
do this oh there's a way to do this
where you save 10 or 15 minutes you're
an idiot for doing it that way you're a
jackass why do we even post these and
again if that's your standpoint then
you're missing the point of this channel
the point of this channel channel is not
to show you that I'm some genius who
does everything perfectly if you want to
see people who are afraid to fail if you
want to see people who are afraid to
humanize themselves all you need to do
is search on YouTube for hyperedited
videos at 10 or 20x where people remove
the adhesive from the glass before they
even do the take of removing the glass
all you need to do is look for these
videos where they hide everything where
they edit out all the mistakes where
they edit out all the crap where they do
five or 10 or 20 takes to get one that
looks decent because what they are
they're they lack the confidence to show
you that they're a regular person just
like you that screws up just like you
that has to figure things out just like
you which is why they have to do videos
in that professional fashion that's not
the point of this channel the point of
this channel is to humanize the business
to humanize the industry to humanize the
process so that you can realize that
even people who have accomplished a lot
with their life even people again I'm
not to prop myself up but even people
who make good legitimate money doing
this in an honest fashion who are able
to create and a business that provides a
proper living for half a dozen people
[ __ ] up has to learn screws up does
silly crap has a messy desk if you look
at these videos and you see that
somebody who's been doing this
professionally and making a living for
17 years screws up just like you are you
not more encouraged do you not feel
better do you not feel like well if this
guy who knows what he's doing screws up
the same way I do maybe I have the
capability to get there is that not what
you're thinking because that's the point
of this channel the point is for you to
develop a confidence in yourself I want
you to look at what I do and say I can
do just what he does wow I can't he let
the chip drop on the board oh my God I
have to be able to do this I want you to
look at what I do and think to yourself
I can do better I can do better than him
I can accomplish more than him I'm going
to accomplish more than him and I'm
going to show the world how amazing I am
if this guy can do it so can I and I
don't want you to be doing it in a
degrading fashion you don't have to put
me down and do this all I want you to do
is see that I'm a human just like you
who has needs just like I want you to
see that I'm a human just like you who
screws up just like you who has
uncertainty and stress in his life at
times just like you because if you see
me as a human it's that much easier for
you to have the confidence to accomplish
what you want to accomplish and what you
set out to do the MacBook Air Screen
Video was a good example of this that
was my first MacBook Air that was not
the second the fourth the 10th the 30th
that was the first take that I did on
the first Mac era that I ever replaced a
screen on the regular Tech was on
vacation I had to figure it out for
somebody and I was confident enough in
the work that I did even though I did
the whole process completely ass
backwards to zoom in on the finished
product and show you what the screen
looked like so that you could see that
it was good the whole point of that
video was after I saw a thread on I fix
it or as we like to call it here I broke
it where everybody's talking about on a
on a community Forum that's sponsored by
people who claim that they want to fix
the world and Empower people this is
impossible to fix there is no replacing
this I tried and it's not possible there
were at least nine posts in this thread
on how this is just not possible so I
decided not only is it possible but it's
possible enough that I an [ __ ] can
figure this out on the first try and I'm
so confident that I can figure out how
to do this in the first try and how I
can fix something that all of you are
saying are unfixable that I am going to
camcord my first take of it and upload
it to the internet the point of that
video was not to show Perfection was not
to show that that is the the end all way
to do it was not to show that I'm a
genius was not to show that I'm better
than you if you think that was the point
of the video then you have clearly
missed a point if you think that the
point of anything on this channel is to
demonstrate perfection in doing things
is to hide all the flaws is to hide all
the mistakes you are missing the point
the point is to humanize the process to
encourage you to do it when somebody is
showing you a hyperedited video where
they have like done 20 or 30 takes and
picked out the specific spe ific one
that's best for each part of the process
and done it like a robot where every
single screw comes out properly where
every single piece just comes out and
goes back together quickly and
efficiently in a perfect fashion how's
that supposed to make you feel like
you're just when you're just starting
out like oh crap this person just knows
everything I got to know everything to
be able to do this but when I show you
it like huh what the [ __ ] am I supposed
to do here let me try this oh that that
don't work let me try oh never that
doesn't work either okay okay ah here I
think this is working here now it works
when I do it in that fashion you can see
that I have to figure things out just
like you that I wasn't born with the
world's knowledge base that I actually
have to figure things out just like you
and that is something that I want you to
realize you know again one of the like
one of the videos I did recently was
about this you know for the for the
entirety that I've had my business I've
had other people do BGA rework for me
whether I outsourced it to somebody else
or whether I hired somebody whose sole
job is to stand here all day and do BGA
rework BGA rework is just something that
I didn't screw with I'm a business owner
the fact that I am even doing board
component level repairs at 2:00 or 4 in
the morning instead of you know being a
business owner and focusing on expanding
my business is silly but BGA rework it's
like no I will limit myself to doing
circuit rework not BGA rework I can I
will fly through circuit rework but BGA
rework which is timeconsuming pain in
the ass I'll give to somebody else I'll
tell them what I need done and they do
it I decided that my first successful
BGA rework was actually going to be a
video so I put up the camera that first
video UC of the zau that's the first
time that I took a BGA chip off a board
and I put a new one on and it worked
that was the first time and it's on a
video the point of that video is not to
show you that I'm a genius the point of
that video is to show you OG G this
jackass who's never done it before who's
a dumbass enough to drop crap on the
board and have little things explode off
of it can do it in an hour and 48
minutes while he's filming it and
explaining the process I got to be able
to learn this too I don't want you to
think wow he knows so much and it took
him years to get there I'm never going
to be able to do this because that's
admittedly what a lot of these YouTube
videos are they're dick waving contest
they're dick waving contest where they
are actually trying to create distance
between themselves and you they're
trying to show you that they can do
things that you can't and you don't have
the ability to get there and they do
that by hiding the process by editing
the process by leaving things out and by
not talking to you and engaging you as
if they were just where you were at one
point in time I'm trying to accomplish
the opposite I want you to come away
with this channel knowing I can do the
same thing he can and some of it is
through humorous self- depreciation but
some of it is seriously showing you that
I have to figure things out just like
you I screw up just like you I have a
messy desk sometimes just like you I
have sad points in my life just like you
I have stress just like you you should
humanize the people you look up to
because when the people that you look up
to are right down here it's real easy to
figure out that you can accomplish
everything that they have when I see
that somebody who's better than me at
all these things fails or is a human in
these small parts of their lives I don't
Revel in the fact that they failed I
don't Revel in the fact that they are
miserable but rather I smile a little
bit realizing that they're human just
like me and that I have the ability to
accomplish everything that they have in
life and I want you to feel the same way
I want you to look at other people
who've accomplished more than you and
think that the sky is the limit for
yourself that not only can you do what
they've done but you can do what they've
done better faster more efficient and
that you can do all of this just being
Who You Are