The Startup Guide - Section 4: Mentors

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mentors Finding Mentors
VERY VERY FEW PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE
MENTORS
AND YET MENTORSHIP IS CRUCIAL TO LIVING THE
LIFE YOU WANT

WHO MENTORS YOU DETERMINES WHO
YOU BECOME
WHO MENTORS YOU DETERMINES WHICH
NETWORKS YOU ACCESS

WHO MENTORS YOU DETERMINES WHERE IN LIFE
YOU WILL GO
WHY DO PEOPLE SPEND 832 WEEKS IN SCHOOL And 0 WEEKS SEEKING AMAZING mentors?
A commonality among Successful people is that
THEY SEEK OUT AMAZING MENTORS

BUT HOW DO YOU FIND AMAZING HIGH-INTEGRITY
MENTORS?
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mentors Research Mentors
FIRST USE THE INTERNET TO FIND PEOPLE WHO

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ARE BRILLIANT ARE 10-20 YRS AHEAD OF YOU SHARE SIMILAR PASSION ARE COMPASSIONATE
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mentors EXERCISE: Find Mentors
FIND 20 POTENTIAL MENTORS WHO ARE YOU IN 15 YEARS

mentors Convincing someone to Mentor you
AND CONVINCE 2 of THEM THAT youRE WORTH
INVESTING TIME INTO

mentors Get in via trusted connections
GET INTRODUCED TO THEM BY ONE OF THEIR TRUSTED CONNECTIONS

PURSUE THE CRAP OUT OF THEM UNTIL THEY LET YOU
TAKE THEM TO LUNCH

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mentors Stand out
SEND THEM A BULKY FEDEX PACKAGE
IF YOU MUST
mentors Getting to important people
IMPORTANT PEOPLE LIKE OPENING
FEDEX PACKAGES
mentors Messages busy people receive monthly
EMAILS: 10,000 TEXTS: 1,000 LETTERS: 100
FEDEX: 10
mentors Send @ messages
IMPORTANT PEOPLE ALSO LIKE @Messages on Twitter

mentors Be persistent
MOST PEOPLE GIVE UP AFTER SENDING 1 or 2 EMAILS
DonT GIVE UP.

PURSUE THE CRAP OUT OF THEM (NICELY) EXPLAIN YOUR PASSION FOR THE SAME THING FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN INTRODUCE YOU DIGITALLY
mentors Be persistent
STAY AT IT FOR 6 Months IF THATs
WHAT IT TAKES
mentors Once you get the meeting
BE PASSIONATE BE SUPER INFORMED BUILD TRUST
ABOUT THEM AND THEIR FIELD
ASK THEM TO INFORMALLY MENTOR YOU

mentors Then follow-up
THEN FOLLoW-UP SEND BRIEF QUESTIONS GO TO THE SAME EVENTS DEVELOP THE RELATIONSHIP
mentors The key to achieving your dreams
SURROUNDING YOURSELF WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE & MENTORS INVEST IN YOUR EDUCATION & FIND WORK FILLED WITH PASSION UNDER SOMEONE FROM WHOM YOU LEARn
DO THESE THINGS AND Youll BE ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE YOUR MOST AMBITIOUS GOALS AND WILL WHOLE NEW POSSIBILITIES
GET IN THESE NETWORKS LIVE A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE SURROUND YOURSELF WITH AMAZINGLY SMART & CARING PEOPLE And YOU WILL BE ON THE PATH TO BECOMING A JEDI
mentors What is a padawan?
Padawan (n.)
An individual on a CONSCIOUS journey to become a jedi
PADAWAN IS SANSKRIT FOR LEARNER

mentors What is a jedi?
Jedi (n.)
A highly competent, super-connected, and deeply compassionate SOUL & SYSTEMS THINKER, working at the highest levels of societal structuring, whose passion has been fully unleashed toward achieving an identified deeply meaningful mission that awakens them with extraordinary focus and immense energy daily.
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mentors The jedi checklist ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Highly competent Super-connected Deeply compassionate SYSTEMS THINKER Working to IMPROVE THE WORLD Identified meaningful mission Passion unleashed on achieving mission Extraordinary focus Immense vibrant energy
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mentors A grouping of jedis for good
Jedi Knights (n.)
A GROUPING OF JEDIS Consciously Choosing TO BE GUARDIANS OF PEACE & JUSTICE WHO UTILIZE THE FORCEs of ENERGy & INFLUENCE FOR GOOD WHILE CHANGING THE FUTURE FOR THE BETTER.
mentors Find a jedi Mentor
NOW YOU KNOW THE TRUE MEANING OF FINDING YOURSELF a
JEDI MASTER MENTOR

mentors Find a jedi Mentor
WhoS YOUR JEDI MASTER YOUNG PADAWAN? WHAT? YOU DonT hAVE ONE? Dont let this be the CASE 6 months from now
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Building a Better World Through Entrepreneurship

RYAN ALLIS With Ellen Daly

MENTORS ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION

For more slides & CONTENT visit:

mentors Finding Mentors

VERY VERY FEW PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE

mentors Finding Mentors

AND YET MENTORSHIP IS CRUCIAL TO LIVING THE

LIFE YOU WANT

mentors Finding Mentors

WHO MENTORS YOU DETERMINES WHO

mentors Finding Mentors

WHO MENTORS YOU DETERMINES WHICH

NETWORKS YOU ACCESS

mentors Finding Mentors

WHO MENTORS YOU DETERMINES WHERE IN LIFE

mentors Finding Mentors

mentors Finding Mentors

A commonality among Successful people is that

THEY SEEK OUT AMAZING MENTORS

mentors Finding Mentors

BUT HOW DO YOU FIND AMAZING HIGH-INTEGRITY

mentors Research Mentors

FIRST USE THE INTERNET TO FIND PEOPLE WHO

mentors EXERCISE: Find Mentors

FIND 20 POTENTIAL MENTORS WHO ARE YOU IN 15 YEARS

mentors Convincing someone to Mentor you

AND CONVINCE 2 of THEM THAT youRE WORTH

INVESTING TIME INTO

mentors Get in via trusted connections

GET INTRODUCED TO THEM BY ONE OF THEIR TRUSTED CONNECTIONS

mentors Finding Mentors

PURSUE THE CRAP OUT OF THEM UNTIL THEY LET YOU

TAKE THEM TO LUNCH

mentors Stand out

SEND THEM A BULKY FEDEX PACKAGE

mentors Getting to important people

IMPORTANT PEOPLE LIKE OPENING

mentors Messages busy people receive monthly

EMAILS: 10,000 TEXTS: 1,000 LETTERS: 100

mentors Send @ messages

IMPORTANT PEOPLE ALSO LIKE @Messages on Twitter

MOST PEOPLE GIVE UP AFTER SENDING 1 or 2 EMAILS

DonT GIVE UP.

STAY AT IT FOR 6 Months IF THATs

mentors Once you get the meeting

BE PASSIONATE BE SUPER INFORMED BUILD TRUST

ABOUT THEM AND THEIR FIELD

ASK THEM TO INFORMALLY MENTOR YOU

mentors Then follow-up

mentors The key to achieving your dreams

mentors The key to achieving your dreams

mentors The key to achieving your dreams

mentors What is a padawan?

An individual on a CONSCIOUS journey to become a jedi

PADAWAN IS SANSKRIT FOR LEARNER

mentors What is a jedi?

mentors A grouping of jedis for good

Jedi Knights (n.)

mentors Find a jedi Mentor

NOW YOU KNOW THE TRUE MEANING OF FINDING YOURSELF a

JEDI MASTER MENTOR

mentors Find a jedi Mentor