Mentor Hacking, How to Get Advice Without Needing a Mentor (#5)

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

1. Subscribe to their blog newsletter
2. Buy their book on Audible and Blinkist (if they have one)
3. Search for any recent podcast interviews they did
4. 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

Resources:

• Mentor Hacking
• Jim Huffman blog
• Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook
• Blinkist
• Audible