{"id":3154,"date":"2014-11-23T14:21:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T18:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2014-11-28T20:00:31","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T00:00:31","slug":"the-mentor-mentee-mind-meld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/the-mentor-mentee-mind-meld\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mentor Mentee Mind Meld"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Feb 26, 2013…, I heard Lisa Falzone speak #MentorMenteeMindMeld<\/div>\n
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By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n
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“What They Dont Teach You at Harvard Business School” is an undisputed HIT book. So I mind melded with that mentor too. #MarkMcCormack<\/div>\n
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Mind meld explained:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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11\/23\/14, 9:16 AM<\/a><\/div>\n
Best skill school does and doesn’t teach you: The Mentor Mentee Mind Meld<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Don’t let the concept intimidate you…, mind melding via man charm was previewed in an HBO TV show, “Entourage”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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11\/23\/14, 9:27 AM<\/a><\/div>\n
Man Charm\u00a0#EntourageMovie<\/a>\u00a0gigaom.com\/2008\/02\/21\/how\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The underlying basis for charm is the practice of taking an extra moment to listen intently and be in the moment by closing out the world of distractions. Mind melding is motivationally listening motivationally reading. It leads to…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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-1- Writing about your mentor.<\/div>\n
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After Lisa Falzone spoke on February 26, 2013. I took notes and blogged. I’m a good mentee.<\/div>\n
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-2- Writing about your mentor that mentored you via a book.<\/div>\n
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To continue with the earlier example, mark McCormack, I wrote<\/div>\n
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-3- Mentor mentee roadblock<\/div>\n
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“When the student is ready, the master will appear”<\/div>\n
– Buddha<\/div>\n
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-4-\u00a0Mentor mentee roadblock #2<\/div>\n
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Not having work documented like GitHub and Stack Overflow. Mentee’s rise when mentors see documented works. Mentors join a parade. Mentors do not start parades.<\/div>\n
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For example, you might reach out to a Stanford alum, but what if you’re not Stanford?! You’re gonna need to mind meld by doing your homework.<\/div>\n
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-5- Specialized homework<\/div>\n
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Mentor mentee roadblock #3 is failing to prepare for the cocktail party or industry conference a potential mentor is speaking at.<\/div>\n
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My hilarious example of best-practices in mentor mentee mind meld comes from Wedding Crashers. At the 17:18 minute mark, Christopher Walken was man charmed by Owen Wilson<\/div>\n
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-6-\u00a0Mentor mentee roadblock #4 to #8 cost 82.01. You have to PayPal the money to my account 650-283-8008. You’re welcome.<\/div>\n
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On Feb 26, 2013…, I heard Lisa Falzone speak #MentorMenteeMindMeld By Larry Chiang “What They Dont Teach You at Harvard Business School” is an undisputed HIT book. So I mind melded with that mentor too. #MarkMcCormack Mind meld explained: Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) 11\/23\/14, 9:16 AM Best skill school does and doesn’t teach you: The Mentor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stanford-engineering"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}