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In 2009… wow, was that almost 10 years ago already? In 2009, I was fresh out of university and believed I was ready for the “grown up” jobs… so I tossed my anemic resume at every firm that had an opening in-office. I had experience with sales-type jobs and customer service jobs, but no office jobs.I didn’t get any calls back.I had graduated shortly after the announcement of the Recession. Millions lost their homes. Millions lost stable, high paying jobs. Careermen with top quality experience could not find work. The portion of career men who could find work were hired to similar positions as the jobs they’ve lost, at a fraction of their original wages. It was a discouraging thought to dwell on: there were many of people with lots of experience willing to work for low wages, and then there were the rest of us with little to no experience. I lost all hope that a degree meant anything; not only were degrees of all types nearly worthless during this time, liberal arts degrees were especially worthless (and would have been even during a good economy). During my telemarketing days for the university, a gentleman told me his Chem E degree was worth less than toilet paper and that the uni wouldn’t get a single dollar from him.I needed to make rent and food, so I accepted a position at the Star Trek Exhibition in Hollywood as a photographer during the holiday season. It was brutal. Stood 12 hours a day, ran after children, watched the same films over and over again. Dealt with the crowds. The cold. The commission quota. Somehow I managed to hold on. During the final week of the Exhibition, my knee gave out on me. I could not sleep at night because the pain would twist up and down my leg and cause hours-long cramps and back pain. In this state, it was impossible to do another customer service job. At the close of the Exhibition, I went back to sending 100 resumes every 2 days. I scored a phone interview after weeks of pounding the listings. I could have jumped after that initial interview when the girl told me to come in! (But I didn’t because that would have really hurt.)When I came in for my in-person interview, I waited for almost an hour. A handsome man in a tailored suit sized me up, and with a noticeable sigh led me into the biggest office of the law firm suite. It may have very well been its own circle of hell. I learned the man across from me was one of the firm partners, looking for a personal assistant. My interview lasted 2 or 3 minutes. The man kept looking at his phone and putting it down. He made those few minutes feel like hours. He asked me where I went to school 3 times during that duration. When we got up, he did not shake my extended hand. I hobbled away on my crutch. In my head I was dwelling on the injustice committed against me: why didn’t he give me a chance? I knew I could do it if I put my mind to it. Why did he blow me off?When I got home I took a long look at myself.That long look revealed the following: I was obese. My hair was improperly made. My makeup was cakey and off color, my eyeliner thick as a raccoon’s eye circles probably because I was trying not to cry during the interview. Leaning against a crutch. Why did I wear lace up boots to a law firm interview? Why did I wear a green work-shirt looking button up with a long flowing spandex skirt? It dawned on me that having very little office experience was the least of my problems. I was also out of touch with simpler rules of engagement, which I will impart to you here:When you look your best, you feel your best.Unlike fairytales, most people judge books by their covers and judge you by your looks.Often times your looks are a reflection of your level of thoughtfulness, organization, and personality.You do not have to be physically attractive to put yourself together well and have others admire your style or feel at ease with you. Take it from me. I’m about a 4 out of 10 without makeup but I put myself together well and dress modestly and tastefully. People smiled more at me when I dressed well and brushed my hair. I used their reactions to help me understand what to wear with my body shape, while also considering what makes me feel comfortable and happy.There aren’t very many excuses to be obese. Your health is an asset, just like your time and money are. Being obese because of poor living habits is just like squandering money.Failure is only failure if you refuse to look at the most basic self evident truth: you are responsible for your success. If you begin to believe this, failures turn into lessons that take you to higher heights. No veteran ever earned their stripes by being perfect. They got their feet wet and took the punches—and one thing they never did was give up.Engaging in uncomfortable personal truths is the fastest way to improve yourself. For me, it was recognizing for the first time in my life, literally, that I was physically unattractive. School life insulated me from noticing that sort of thing—I was told I was ugly a few times but I chalked it up to mere bullying. I also had a lot of faith in my intelligence to win me grades and cool friends. Maybe your uncomfortable personal truth isn’t about your looks. Maybe it’s about how you hate the opposite sex, or how you hate liberals or conservatives, or hate religion, or how your mother always critizing you as a teenager has affected your self esteem, how you are very jealous of your friend with his or her seemingly perfect job, family, and house, or how you grew up in poverty and how you are unable to imagine what it’s like to be rich.—the uncomfortable truths are the ones that reveal what’s wrong, ugly, or inbalanced in your character, attitude, belief system, or situation. Knowing why you overlooked your uncomfortable truth and making a plan of action to confront it is THE most effective way of generating a successful life.I knew I could not give up. I knew I had to stop lamenting with my former classmates about not finding jobs in a “shitty economy”. All the time I wasted complaining could have been dedicated to learning something new, and I certainly wasn’t learning anything new dwelling on the same old boring excuses and complaints!Once I took an honest, literal look at myself, I vowed to make changes. I hit the gym with my last few hundred bucks and rehabilitated my knee over 3 months of rigorous, meaningful exercise. I ate healthier. I interned unpaid for those 3 months to get office experience, taking a bus 2 hours to work and 2 hour back. My unpaid internship turned into a paid internship, and from a paid internship into a $12.00 hourly. Then to a $15.00 hourly. I also, through some fortuitous occurence, did editing work for them which paid $35.00 an hour. I left the agency and maintained my editing work for them while I went after data entry jobs. One gave me a chance at $17.00 an hour. The opportunity ended and I got hired at a new company. I left there at $25.00 an hour. My next job paid me $35.00 an hour. At every turn that seemed like a failure, I took an honest, literal look at myself. Was there a self evident truth that I was avoiding? If there were one, how would I work on confronting it?I recently quit a very lucrative job to start all over again. I do not regret doing this. Was I scared to quit? Not really. For the first time in my life I wasn’t afraid. I had lots of money in the bank and a very good resume, and lots of determination. I decided to take a year off. 10 months into my 12 month vacation, I received a call from an employee I worked with years ago about an opening at a corporation for a mid level job. I ended up getting many calls that week, without ever once looking for work or mentioning I was looking for work. Payloads from investments rolled in. I traveled to different countries. Could I have seen myself being this comfortable a decade ago? No.Success isn’t so much an external thing.Many men who have accumulated wealth, prestige, and admiration still view themselves as failures.Why? Because they’re not actually tackling the uncomfortable truths. They’re not taking that long, hard look in the mirror.Success is actually the science of comfortable confidence—from which springs forth an actual scientific fact that no matter what economy you’re in or what obstacles are in front of you, you’ll do great because you are DETERMINED to make success. You are DETERMINED to stay honest with yourself. You are DETERMINED to learn from every situation and convert it into a new plan of action for self improvement. DETERMINED not to let excuses overrun your life, others’ woes overrun your life, bad health overrun your life. You will not be alone if you believe you are the person who can turn your life around. Once you truly incept this belief, people will come crawling out of the woodworks to help you succeed! And you will feel the deep fulfillment that comes from being in harmony with yourself, and having your thoughts accord with your actions, and your time sought after by people more powerful than you. Others will find your determination infectious, and they, too, will begin to shake off their own excuses and complaints.

Yes, I owned a burglar alarm company. The employee had been on the job about three weeks but was well trained. He failed to dispatch on an alarm. I fired him. He was black. He filed an EEOC complaint alleging I fired him because he was a black male. He had a black female supervisor and I had many employees of different races working for me. I did not discriminate on pay, male vs female, black vs white. The EEOC called me about the complaint and told me he would settle it for $1995. I told her no. She asked what I would counter with. I told her I wouldn’t counter. She told me they would have to audit me. Maybe I should counter with $995. I told her to audit. I was audited and no wrong doing was found. About a year later I received a notice that he had appealed. I called the EEOC and told them I was pissed. I was ready to sue but I had a supervisor on the line. He said just cool it. Ok. Was everything just as it was when I was audited? Sure! Ok, ty. The appeal was denied. Another year later I received a notice that he had appealed again. Really pissed now. Same supervisor. Really ready to sue. He said cool it. Was everything the same as when they audited? I said no, employees had come and gone but the ratios and pay were still equitable. I asked how many times this guy had done this. I was told that couldn’t be divulged but would hear nothing more. Appeal denied. The thing that still bothers me is that the EEOC initially really wanted me to pay to make the problem go away. Sad.

What is your goal here, are you wanting criminal charges against the PO, or are you serking to get this person disciplined by their employer.If the PO was supervising the person that victimized you and you feel they dropped the ball in some way, go to or send a letter to his/her supervisor giving them specific details that you can corroborate in some way.If the PO victimized you in some way, without violating your civil rights you can write a complaint letter to the county district attorney, the state attorney general, as well as the POs supervisor. Again make a very detailed letter and provide supporting documents, photos, text or email messages, any evidence you might have. Note in your letter whether you intend to file criminal charges, civil lawsuit, or both.If you feel your federal civil rights were violated by the PO, then send your complaint letter to the Special Agent in Charge of the local FBI office.Lastly, most governmental agencies have a strict policy on how they take complaints on employees. Most likely they are going to want something on an affidavit or other sworn document in order to go forward with the internal investigation. Your initial letter will get the process started, but diligence will be required to see your complaint to its conclusion. Do not embellish anything on your letter, just give them the facts.Good luck.