The Builders' Table Ep. 156: Justin Martin

I think that's so important too.

And there were several things when you were saying that.

I was thinking, number one, in construction, there's always stories.

People love to tell their stories.

But also traveling around and living with different crews or even the same crew, it teaches you a lot about camaraderie and teamwork and caring for the people that are on your team.

Am I right?

Yeah, and it was great for me to be able to see how some of my leaders handled the different personalities.

And really, I learned before I was given the responsibility to lead people.

I got to watch leaders meet people where they were at and help them grow from there.

And not, you know, they treat everyone the same.

That might sound odd.

They treated everyone differently.

They treated everyone well, but not the same because they didn't need the same things.

And so it was really neat.

And they didn't all want the same things.

Some people were really anxious about getting more opportunity to progress in their careers and become leaders.

Other people really just wanted to perfect their craft.

And so giving people the opportunity to do the thing that they were passionate about was something that I got to witness and then kind of replicate later on.

I used to put my own ideas about what someone should want on them, but really being able to find out what it was that they wanted and helping them keep pressure.

One of the things my mentor said to me early on was, I'm here to keep pressure on your vision for your life.

Not to create a different vision for you.

And so I adopted that.

And if I can meet people where they're at and help them keep pressure on their vision for their life, then they can thrive in the ways that they wanted to.

And not need to assume that they wanted to do the same things I wanted to do.

I love that.

I think that's so important too.

And there were several things when you were saying that.

I was thinking, number one, in construction, there's always stories.

People love to tell their stories.

But also traveling around and living with different crews or even the same crew, it teaches you a lot about camaraderie and teamwork and caring for the people that are on your team.

Am I right?

Yeah, and it was great for me to be able to see how some of my leaders handled the different personalities.

And really, I learned before I was given the responsibility to lead people.

I got to watch leaders meet people where they were at and help them grow from there.

And not, you know, they treat everyone the same.

That might sound odd.

They treated everyone differently.

They treated everyone well, but not the same because they didn't need the same things.

And so it was really neat.

And they didn't all want the same things.

Some people were really anxious about getting more opportunity to progress in their careers and become leaders.

Other people really just wanted to perfect their craft.

And so giving people the opportunity to do the thing that they were passionate about was something that I got to witness and then kind of replicate later on.

I used to put my own ideas about what someone should want on them, but really being able to find out what it was that they wanted and helping them keep pressure.

One of the things my mentor said to me early on was, I'm here to keep pressure on your vision for your life.

Not to create a different vision for you.

And so I adopted that.

And if I can meet people where they're at and help them keep pressure on their vision for their life, then they can thrive in the ways that they wanted to.

And not need to assume that they wanted to do the same things I wanted to do.

I love that.