Mentors are Overrated šØ
Just-In-Time mentor, 63 Quintillion, Bernie Meme and many more...
Hi š Prado here
3 Things I thought worth sharing with yāall
1. In this internet age, Mentors are overrated š
I know this is a bold statement and itās not a clickbait.
Hereās why.
In the 1960s & 70s people who took a job usually end up staying in the same job till they got retired.
Changing industries & companies was like breaking a law back then ā
Donāt trust me? Go ahead ask your parents about it.
If you ask me⦠personally Iāve changed over 5+ industries and worked with over 5 different companies (Not worked⦠interned lol)
I first did Sales & Marketing,
then Event Management,
then Digital Marketing,
then B2B,
then Freelancing,
and now Iām into Consulting.
Thatās so many different things in 5 years and thatās my leverage š
Mentors are not new in this world šÆ
For example:
āPlatoās Mentor was Socrates
And Aristotleās mentor was Platoā
Aristotleās work helped in creating the foundation for the Western Philosophy and his disciple āFrancis baconā created the foundation for the Scientific methods
Up until 20th-century people looked for a mentor because mentors were someone with experience and who were in the same industry
They lived a similar life and the mentee want to know-how š
But the Internet & Technology has disrupted it š
Everyone can share the know-hows from anywhere in the world.
Iām stuck on a particular issue⦠I just need to DM someone or google it to learn more about it.
If you are looking for someone to keep you accountable⦠well then get a coach or an accountability partner)
(P.S: Life Coach is not a Mentor)
The world is moving too fast and changing rapidly every 5-10 years.
Hereās a quick story ā¤ļø
Once a moderator asked Mark Cuban, āDo you have a mentor or were there people in your life who you considered mentors?ā
Even before the mod finishes the sentence Mark Cuban said āNoā straight up.
Then he said well⦠I had one (I worked for him right after college) and he gave me one advice that I still remember
Take your pad, paper and a pen and when you sit in the meeting I want you to write down this word in the right-hand corner
āLISTENā
Watch the video here
Let me ask you a question⦠Have you tried getting a mentor?
I come from a small happy town and I don't know a lot of people⦠I know a few entrepreneurs and I canāt ask them to give me their time as even they are figuring how to put food on the table ā¤ļø
So what should we do? Should we wait for a mentor to find us or go look for one?
Now this is what I call āJust-In-Time mentorā ā”ļø
A mentor doesnāt have to be a person. It can be a bunch of people, A book or Books, A community and many more š„
You need to figure out what you need help with and DM, Email or Tweet someone you know who can help you with this (It can be an Influencer, Entrepreneur, Friend etc)
You can read a book on this topic too š
We keep saying āthere is so much content out there, we just need to go out there and find itā
You just need to ask and theyāll help
Thatās one of the reasons why I created the community on Twitter and I wonāt stop.
And if you think I can ever help you with anything⦠Iām just a DM away (Hit me up)
IN THIS TOGETHER š
2)Ā Few Interesting Things:
The riddle of experience & memory (Video)
Warren Buffett Archive (link)
A quintillion is one billion billion š
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 One quintillion has nineteen numbers š
In numbers: $63900781780748160000Picture of the week:-
Joe Biden is the new president of the USA & Bernie sanders got famous again
Now you can put Bernie anywhere in the world on google maps (link)
Question of the week:Ā How can you help someone this week?
Quick hack of the week:-
Make your zoom calls interesting!!!
I finished reading Home Body by Rupi Kaur and 80% done with Ready Player Two and The Psychology of Money
3.Ā āAnyone can win eyes, Winning the hearts is the hardest šā
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So, I am answering the above three questions:-
1) I want to be a part of your community because I wanna learn about the startup world and life changing things.
2) I come from an entrepreneurial family background. So there are a lot of ideas that are discussed about businesses which are practical and applicable in real world. I would love to share as much as possible for the fellow people and learn new perspective from them. " You Grow By Growing Others."
3) From the community, I expect that I would be learning other's perspective and getting new insights about the world outside.