I’ve always believed in the value of mentorship, but in today’s digital age, there’s been an evolution. Enter the realm of virtual mentors. 🌐✨
A mentor doesn’t need to be sitting across from you at a coffee table. They can be voices in a podcast, authors of a book, or speakers in a TEDx Talk.
A virtual mentor is anyone you can absorb wisdom from, regardless of physical presence.
📚 Some of my go-to’s for learning:
- The ever-enticing yellow button on Amazon (my bookshelf – and bank balance – can attest to this!)
- YouTube gems like:
- Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
- Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
- Seth Godin: How to get your ideas to spread
- Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability
- Regina Hartley: Why the best hire might not have the perfect resume
- Julissa Prado: 3 rules to help you build a successful business
🎙️ Podcasts that fuel my entrepreneurial spirit:
- How I Built This
- Tim Ferris Show
- HBR IdeaCast
- Diary of a CEO
- How Other Dads Dad
- And of course, my very own ‘Entrepreneur Stories of Scaling Up‘, where I’ve had the privilege of hosting 100+ scaling entrepreneurs!
A shout-out to the virtual mentors who’ve influenced my journey:
- Jim Collins – Author of “Good to Great”
- Patrick Lencioni – Author of “Five Dysfunctions of a Team”
- Brad Smart – Author of “Topgrading”
- Verne Harnish – Author of “Scaling Up”
- Ismail Salim – Author of “Exponential Organisations”
- Kaihan Krippendorff – Author of “Outthinker”
- Peter Diamandis – Founder of Xprise Foundation
- Shannon Susko – Author of “Metronomics”
- Dan Sullivan – Author of “Who Not How”
- Victoria Medvec – High Stakes Negotiation
- Francis Frei – Author of “Uncommon Service”
- Daniel Marcos – CEO of Growth Institute
- Jack Daly – Jack Daly Sales
So, over to you: 🌟 Who are your virtual mentors? 🎙️ Which podcasts do you swear by? 💡 Who are the thought leaders that light up your intellectual path?
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