Mentor Hacking, How to Get Advice Without Needing a Mentor (#5)
Learn about the 6 hacks for engineering a mentorship experience without needing an actual mentor. Welcome to mentor hacking.
Learn about 6 hacks for engineering a mentorship experience without needing an actual mentor. Welcome to mentor hacking. Here is what we'll cover in the episode.
(1) Content Stalking a Person You Admire
- Subscribe to their blog newsletter
- Buy their book on Audible and Blinkist (if they have one)
- Search for any recent podcast interviews they did
- Follow them on Twitter to get a feel for where their head is at
(2) Three Levels of Reading
- Blinkist skim: I get the book summary (via Blinkist) in 15 minutes to learn the core principles and decide if I want to read the entire book.
- AudioBook: This is great for getting the details of the book when I don’t have the time to actually sit down and read. (This Dad / Founder thing can zap your schedule.)
- Paperback: If I really like a book then I get the paperback version to toss on my shelf. It’s nice to thumb through it and to have as a reminder to read it again.
(3) Mentor Call Girls: Hey can I pay you $150 for 45 minutes of your time
(4) A Phantom Board
- Executive Coach
- CMO of a publicly traded company
- Another Founder that's being doing it 4 years longer than me
(5) Cold Outreach
(6) Professional Communities
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