203: How to Be a Good Mentor | Feedback Friday

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

Education, Science, Business

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🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Knowing how to find a mentor is something we've covered in depth on this show, but what advice do we have for those of you who are answering the call and want to know how to be a good mentor? In this Feedback Friday, we'll try to give this excellent question the answer it deserves.

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Full show notes and resources can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/203.

On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:

Why has your spouse stopped calling and writing you from prison? Don't panic! Here are no less than eight possibilities.
Should you send an unsolicited text to a professional in your field just because happenstance landed their number in your lap?
You've been house hunting for six months, beaten in acceptance offers three times, and you're burning out. What's our advice for keeping your chin up?
What kind of problems can arise when college-age friends decide to become roommates? Let us count the (potential) ways!
You want to up your metaphor game from Candy Land to chess. Here's a strategy to expedite your victorious cry of "checkmate!"
Your employer wants to start a podcast with you taking lead. How should you intelligently approach the compensation side of negotiation?
Your significant other's mother is a paranoid narcissist who is trying to pull you apart. How can you loosen her grip on your beloved?
Thanks to being a long-time listener, you know how to find a mentor. But how do you ensure you're a good mentor when people come seeking your help?
Life Pro Tip: If you want to give your future child a unique or random name, consider making it their middle name.
Recommendation of the Week: Last Breath
Quick shout out to The World Wanderer!
Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
Connect with Jordan on Twitter at @JordanHarbinger and Instagram at @jordanharbinger.
Connect with Jason on Twitter at @jpdef and Instagram at @JPD, and check out his other show: Grumpy Old Geeks.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Feedback Friday.
0:04.4	I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger.
0:06.2	I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo.
0:08.7	Here on the Jordan Harbinger show we love having conversations with our fascinating guests.
0:13.2	This week we had Eric Schmidt, former CEO and executive chairman of Google, talking about
0:18.7	how executives at billion dollar companies operate at their best, as well as a foray into
0:24.2	privacy, the open internet, and how authoritarian regimes and terrorists might misuse technology
0:29.9	and it's a little scary coming from a guy who's at the front line of this and can see.
0:34.2	He's basically like, he probably has a better view than the president if you think about
0:38.9	this Jason, in terms of cyber attacks.
0:41.9	I mean, a guy running Google, right?
0:44.2	He sees all of this stuff happening and he's also on the national security board for
0:50.5	stuff like this because it's probably him and a few other folks who can see all this stuff.
0:54.8	So it's a little scary.
0:56.1	He sees everything.
0:57.1	Yeah.
0:58.1	Everything.
0:59.1	I'm not talking just cybersecurity.
1:01.2	He sees everything.
1:02.2	Yes.
1:03.2	He's got the eye of Sauron up there in that secret conference room where we did the interview.
1:06.7	If you're watching it on YouTube, that conference room was, it's literally a secret conference
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