The BEST piece of advice on how to find a mentor.

13 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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This content was created by Eric Siu. This content was uploaded by Eric Siu. This is a YouTube video titled "The BEST piece of advice on how to find a mentor." (created 2023-11-13T22:30:08Z). The excerpt is an English interview-style segment in which the speaker discusses finding a mentor and emphasizes giving value without expecting anything in return to build goodwill—examples include offering help or buying someone a coffee to get your foot in the door. The excerpt includes interviewer prompts and a respondent sharing personal experience about an early mentor.

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When did you find your mentor again? When I was 18, came home for freshman summer and then he passed away. Got it. Can you talk a little more about that? Because I think people watching this would like to know how to get a mentor. Besides kind of what I mentioned earlier about having like a unique skill or something of value to bring to somebody, typically not asking for anything in return will get you a lot of goodwill. And ideally they kind of come to you and say, hey, look, if you ever need anything— There's that word goodwill. Goodwill, right? So that's one of the best lessons I give to people is give a lot without expecting to receive anything in return. It's a key. It's helped me achieve almost everything I've done because even when it comes to sales, Give, buy somebody that cup of coffee so that you get your foot in the door and get goodwill with them. And then they come back to you when they're ready to buy something because you've already given them something for free.