Naval Believes Seeking Mentors is the Advanced Form of Procrastination

Name: Naval Believes Seeking Mentors is the Advanced Form of Procrastination
Uploaded: 2022-05-03T22:00:50+00:00
Duration: 22 s
Channel: Sam Parr
Description: In this short conversation, Sam Parr and Speaker A discuss Naval Ravikant's assertion that actively seeking mentors can be a form of procrastination…

3 May 2022 · 0 min

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In this short conversation, Sam Parr and Speaker A discuss Naval Ravikant's assertion that actively seeking mentors can be a form of procrastination. They argue that genuine mentors tend to appear organically as you take concrete action and that their value stems from a shared enthusiasm for what you’re doing, not from high hourly fees. The speakers suggest that the most valuable mentors are those you have to beg to talk to—people who are ambitious, inspiring, and engaged in interesting work—rather than those who charge premium rates. The dialogue emphasizes that mentorship should arise from mutual interest and demonstrated effort, not from a transactional, paid relationship.

I think Naval said this and I loved it. He goes, seeking mentors is an advanced form of procrastination. If you're going to win, you're not going to win because you needed mentors up front. You will have mentors along the way and they will be valuable, but they're going to come a) somewhat organically as you make shit happen, and b) they're going to help you not because they're getting paid $5 a minute. They're going to help you because they like what you're doing. They like that you take feedback, you do shit, and then you follow up with them.
Anyone who you can pay $100 an hour to talk to, you don't want to talk to. The people I want to talk to are the ones I gotta beg.
And the people they want to talk to are not the people that want to pay them. It's people that are doing interesting things that are like inspiring, awesome, ambitious people that they want to be around.