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We’re Living in the Age of Illusion
By: Jason Stapleton
Tags: Marketing, Branding, Sales, Mentorship, Entrepreneurship

Social media has really become a cesspool for the worst kinds of people.

I’m not just talking about the political and social infighting either. We now have deep fakes, and direct media manipulation of the news.

It doesn’t matter what side of the issue you’re on, there are people actively trying to manipulate your perspective and distort how you see the world.

We are moving into an age of illusion.

It’s caused us to question everything we see and hear online and that’s a serious problem for entrepreneurs like you and me.

It means there is now a built in distrust for us, our products and the promises we make online. If we want our marketing and sales messages to succeed we have to start doing things differently.

When I launched my first online business back in 2009, online marketing was still in its infancy. There were only about 100 guys on the planet who really understood how it worked and we were all flying blind as we tested different offers and marketing messages.

This was before Facebook advertising was a thing, before we all got google-slapped. Hell, most of my clients had to download the videos I posted because they didn’t have enough bandwidth to stream them.

Today things are different. Everyone is doing exactly the same thing online. We all know the basics of brand building, funnels and content marketing. But so do our prospects.

I believe we are in the middle of a major communication shift that will radically change the way we communicate with our customers and clients. Email open rates continue to decline while advertising costs on platforms we don’t control are getting more expensive. If we want to stand out we have to do things differently.

One of my missions this year is to help as many people as I can with this transition.

I’ve started my own private texting community that I think is going to be the future of communication.

It’s a way for you and I to communicate one-on-one. No group chats, no advertisements, no data mining. Just you and me.

If you’d like to join just text me at 323–594–8781.

Yes, that is my real number and when you text me it goes directly to my phone. (NOT some junior staff person.)

If that sounds like your cup of tea then just text me at the number above and say hi.

Talk soon,

Jason

P.S. I’ve also launched a new challenge for 2021. It’s called the Publish 365 Challenge. Several hundred peopled (so far) have committed to creating one free content piece a day in 2021 and I’m using my new texting community to help motivate, teach and support you in your effort.

If you want to join the challenge it’s super easy. When you text me at 323–594–8781 just tell me you want to be added to the Publish 365 Challenge and I’ll make sure I add you to my contact list.
I Need To Do More Research
By: Alesha Peterson
Tags: Mentorship, Entrepreneurship, Success, Education, Entrepreneur

I came across a great email and great message by Ippei.

I do disagree with one small part.

The problem is, we’ve been programmed since young in schools that retaining information from textbooks was the key to success. We’ve been taught to stay inside the box. To follow a regime dictated by others. Although that leads to academic success, did we ever stop & ask ourselves: Does that really lend well to achieving massive financial success in the real world? Yet why do very few people become entrepreneurs? Plain and simple, its fear. “Let me do more research” is basically your fear speaking.

Yes school teaches us how to follow a path to be employable, not how to be wealthy. Check. I definitely got that memo.

Here’s that part I’ll blaze my own trail on.

I will admit that I’ve been a research person and come across some business models that actually work for me. Anytime an “opportunity” shows up and they require me to act immediately, I become wary of them. As many disclaimers will tell you, not everyone will make as much money or any money like the people from the testimonials. You may make more, some, little or none.

There’s so many “gurus” out there and not all of them are created equally. You have to pick who you learn from carefully. Many people pay attention to the message, but not the messenger that delivers the message. Choose your people you learn from wisely. Just because they made money in it, doesn’t mean you will. Just because you made money in it, doesn’t mean they will. One size doesn’t fit all. People’s life experiences, effort, work ethic all plays an important role. I’ve been on the phone with more people interested in selling me something to get money for themselves instead of providing a product that would really change my life.

Maybe they have a vacation they want to take that month, or a income goal that they are trying to reach.

When you been in this long enough, you can quickly tell the difference. They start asking questions/saying things like:

Why are you letting fear hold you back?

There’s no one out here like me.

I can get you money in 24 hours.

You’re not a real entrepreneur if you don’t take action now.

A year from now you will be in the same place.

You’re not taking action.

You are letting fear dictate your life.

Let me know which pitches I missed.

I can tell when I’m getting sold to and someone is trying to buy me. If you read enough of my articles, you know I don’t trust easy. My alarm bells go off and if a person gives me a reason to get out of dodge city, I will. I appreciate connecting with like-minded people, but it doesn’t automatically mean I’m going to buy anything.

I usually buy courses or products when they aren’t pushy or desperate for a sell-regardless if I buy or not we walk away friends. Nothing is going to change my life overnight.
Role of Mentorship
By: Sumaiya Qamar
Tags: Guidance, Mentorship

Role of Mentorship

What really comes in to your mind when the word mentor ship came? What do you think this word comprise of? let me broaden your concept. Its a continuous process of guiding and providing the sufficient knowledge to a person which need your expert intelligence at certain domain. Regardless of the age and command on a upgrading innovations and technology, the mentor can be older or younger than the one which needs to be guided. The relationship between the mentor and one being mentored need to be like friendly and comfortable. There should be no master or slave relationship.

Referring towards my experience regarding mentorship is not like as much as I expect to be. Unfortunately most of the mentor thinks that they don’t have the leisure time to get in to the mentorship. They assume that they can only help others or guide them when they are free from all there routine tasks but let me clear, this is not the matter of fact. I personally thinks that if you have domain in some discipline and confident enough to convey it to other rightly than you definitely need no leisure time for this. For instance if the person which need to be mentor come to you and seeks your help and you are busy somewhere else in your own work than what ideally you should do?

Leave your work aside and take out five minute or less to that person and guide him/her the best you can. Being a Muslim its our faith that helping others especially in knowledge is the best SADAQA you ever give because its last forever and ever.

People at different age group, ethnicity and norms can be sometime mentor or at the same time being mentored. This is a continuous process which is inter convertible.

Always try to spread what ever you have. If you are excel in some specific field go ahead and be a mentor and try the best possible ways to help others. Honestly this is the best feelings you will get after helping someone.
READ AN ARTICLE ALL ABOUT MENTOR COURSE REVIEW ON MEDIUM.COM
Tags: Course, Mentorship, Social Media, Entreprenuer, Instagram

Have you ever heard of GaryVee? I’m sure you heard of Tai Lopez. What about Grant Cardone? The 10x guy who loves multi-family real estate. You’ve heard of him correct? If you haven’t heard of any of these names before I’m convinced you live in a box. You’ve heard of Instagram? Am I correct? If you’ve heard of all these things and you’re a fan then you’re in the right place.

Last question. Have you heard of online courses that influencers and mentors sell on their websites using social media for promotion? I heard you loud and clear. If you knew what I was talking about you don’t know if the courses are worth spending the money. Well, now there’s a way to find out if they are worth it or not. You can find out on Mentor Course Review.

Mentor Course Review is a blog and website helping people to transition to online business. We list all the biggest influencers and mentors that Instagram and social media have to offer. Each mentor has a profile and description so you can get a feel for what services they offer. If you have a mentor in mind that you’d like to check a review on his course come to us. If you have a review to leave you’re in the right place.

If you an entrepreneur that needs help or an aspiring entrepreneur www.mentorcoursereview.com is right for you. We hope to see you there to help the community by leaving reviews on a course you’ve taken by a featured mentor.
Don’t Worry About The Grades You Get in School, They Don’t Matter
By: Hogan Torah
Tags: Growing Up, Mentorship, Education, Writing, Philosophy

As a Systems Engineer, I wasn’t the boss of the junior admins but I was responsible for training them. I saw a lot of these junior admins come and go.

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I have no degree, but I was super into networking and virtualization and worked my way up from re-imaging laptops.

The junior admins my employer hired were all fresh out of college with fancy Bachelors's and Masters's degrees. They got into IT because it sounds like good money for easy work. They all lasted around 3 months before I fired them for either not following best practices or what we called RGE’s (resume generating events or fuck-ups that cost the company over 6 figures.) Sometimes they just stopped showing up.

The best JR admin I’d ever supervised had a GED (High School Equivalency Degree). The man would get giddy whenever it got close to the second Tuesday of the month.

That’s when Microsoft would push the monthly updates. He’d be reading blogs and talking about the new updates nonstop for that whole week. I’d have to tell him to shut up and just apply the damn thing. That’s passion and that man makes 6 figures US dollars today.
Has anyone else been wild eyed watching Thatcher iron her husband’s shirts?
By: Maria T Mcginn
Tags: Mentorship, Career Advice, Feminism, Millennials, Women

Photo Credit: Filip Mroz

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Like millions of other fans of The Crown, I have been soaking up season 4 and lapping up the history I recall so easily. But of all things, I found myself mouth agape as I watched Margaret Thatcher iron her hubby’s shirts, set the table, and make dinner — it brought the term multitasking to a new level.

I am not judging anyone for wanting to do any or all of this; I just couldn’t believe she would have the time!

I shriek every time I see the Prime Minister tend to her domestic duties while engaging in a war, or digging in against apartheid. Imagine Thatcher recruiting her daughter to help make supper for her defense ministers while they simultaneously plot strategies against Argentina in defense of the Falkland Islands.

They did not call her the Iron Lady for nothing (I will spare you the obvious pun here). Clearly, she was tough as nails, but maybe that name had to do with something more.

When I ran this idea by my daughter Jess, she asked me if I was (in the parlance of millennials), “dragging her or praising her”. Good question. I suppose I was dragging her. She did not support other women. She allegedly told the Queen women were “too emotional” to be chosen as part of her cabinet. She was not a feminist. How ironic, two women at the top, working for the future of Great Britain for more than a decade.

This sparked a great discussion with my daughter. “She was absolutely not a feminist at all,” Jess said. “However, she did show women that it was possible to make it to the top on your own merit. She did it in a way that threatened no men, which basically meant she had to do double duty being the perfect wife/mother. Those men loved that she cooked dinner for them when they briefed her. It made her a lot less threatening. She rose through the ranks because she perpetuated stereotypes instead of breaking them down.”

To this I answered yes, she did what had to be done then to rise up as a woman and pursue her passion for duty, to serve her country. She sacrificed parts of herself and the feminist cause because of it. There are still stereotypes today that prevent us from stepping into our power. I wonder how much more different they are today.

True mentorship is about creating more space for everyone, not allowing narrow power structures to dictate how we lead. Mentorship tip no.3: do great work, lead by example, and make room for everyone at the table.

Special thanks to Editor, Shauna McGinn

To mentor others or be mentored, join us @mentorshe.com
Angels are not always in Heaven
By: Penny Sisley
Tags: Mentorship, Spirituality, Inspiration, Angels, Coaching

Even though my life was always spinning out of control, with evictions, bad break ups, and terrible decisions, all repercussions from an earlier life, she rode the perfect non-judgmental line of allowing me to clean up my own back yard, whispering with love, “This too shall pass, Little One”.

Looking back decades I can see now how lucky it is to have good adults in life early on. It’s the long term time we spend observing great people who instill in us, how to keep a clear head, be a good friend, do good things for others, and stand by our belief system.

Those are the people who are our Angels. The ones who save us from ourselves by illuminating who we really are, and teach us that being forgiving is not the same as being a doormat.

I was lucky enough to love and closely “observe” Sylvia until I was twenty eight. I stayed at that job to be close to the light while healing, working and learning to take vacations.

Today I have a wonderful husband, two teen boys of my own, and a passion for service. She is the reason for that, because she loved me when I didn’t love myself, and changed the course of my life. She was my Angel, right here on earth. Tangible, lovable, ever present.

The thing about Angels is they cast their light wherever they go, and everyone feels special in their presence. She went on to see four of her grand babies grow up, sharing her unconditional love, and instilling her best in them through her joy.

She also stayed in touch with me as my life changed, always showing interest and delight, and continued to teach me about politics, equality, and staying involved. No one could ask for a better or more loving mentor. Lucky me.

Our Angels are in our lives. Make sure to let them know how much you love and appreciate them before they get to Heaven. I will always miss my Angel, even though I know she is up there celebrating a life well lived, and rooting us on. :)

Penny Sisley is a CHPC, a Life Coach, and a Mystic. She enjoys sharing hard earned, inspired wisdom, with anyone seeking a clear mind and a fresh outlook. It is her life’s joy to assist people in opening up their own power and bliss. When she’s not hanging with her Hubby and teen sons, or hosting Inspired Groups for Gals, you can find her reading a book in the backyard with her doggy, Sydney.
Scaler Edge is helping me secure my future, and safeguard my tomorrow.
Tags: Scaler Edge Experience, Learning, Mentorship, Scaler

As children, we all had our unique aspirations. We lived in a fantasy land of our own making, and in my story — my fantasy, focus and aspiration was technology.

My name is Avnish, and I hail from Samastipur, in Bihar. I am currently pursuing Civil Engineering at MNIT Jaipur. Since childhood, I was drawn towards technology and innovation. I still remember when in class 7th, we learned about science and computers. It was also the first time we got introduced to the magical world of the Internet.

It felt as if a gate had suddenly opened to a new world.

The turning point of my journey with technology was the Jio revolution, which also coincided with my introduction to coding.

I believe that in today’s world — where every process is automated and software oriented — it could become difficult to survive without the knowledge of coding.

As an aspiring civil engineer, I am often posed with a question of whether coding is even relevant to my career? The answer has always been a resounding ‘yes’. Today, coding skills are relevant to all industries and hold importance across occupations.

Coding suddenly became the rage in college. Every batchmate of mine was eager to learn to code. We all were quite keen to learn the skill to code.

My inspiration has always been my maternal uncle, who happens to work as a software developer at Apple India. It was he who motivated me to go the extra mile and make use of the plethora of learning avenues available at my college. Thus I decided to invest my time in coding.

My competitive coding journey began when I attended a workshop organised by Scaler Edge at my college. I, for one, found it to be quite interesting. Upon consulting my elder siblings, the recommended enrolling in the Scaler Edge course. For somebody who seeks to pursue Artificial Intelligence, I felt the course would help me reach my goal faster. Peer influence worked in my favour too — as more fellow batchmates took up to coding, I became even more interested.

At Scaler Edge, the curriculum is industry-oriented and is well up to date with the current trends and demands.

The knowledge we gather here could help us in competitions and also serve as a stepping stone for our future career.

The instructors are very well versed with the curriculum and provide us with holistic guidance. The teaching assistants are helpful and motivating. They efficiently track our progress and provide us with regular feedback. My mentor has proven to be target-focused and has made me understand how to prioritise various aspects.

The peer group at Edge is focused and showcases curiosity, which helps all of us grow as individuals. They all exhibit high intellect, and there is a healthy competition amongst all of us.

Scaler Edge has made me more efficient, and it has made me understand the practical life applications of coding. The quality of learning is immensely valuable, and the mentor system well-thought-out.

I would recommend it highly to all my friends and family.
Mentoring the Next Generation in Your Field
By: Joe Stoup
Tags: Mentor, Mentorship, Next Generation, Mentoring

Mentoring is a word that is filled with personal historical narrative. Your experiences drive your expectations when you hear about the act of mentoring. You had a coach that helped you to level up your game? Mentoring may mean tips for improving while giving guidance on the field. Your last boss helped you to overcome some bad work habits through contemplative observation? Mentoring takes the form of questioning and seeking a path forward.

No matter your past experience, mentoring means time spent sharing with each other.

The next generation of thinkers and doers in your field are hungry for your time. They need to learn from your experience. There isn’t a set time or pace to mentoring. At times, a mentorship is established in minutes or hours. Other times, it takes months or years to develop the rapport of mentorship.

One thing that you shouldn’t do is wait. Make yourself available today to the next generation. Be open to questions, start building those relationships now. You will grow from the relationship as much as your mentoree will grow from your wisdom.

Get out there and help grow the next generation!
Scaler Edge has been exceptional in providing me the structure I’ve needed to learn and grow.
Tags: Scaler Edge Experience, Learning, Mentorship, Scaler

Scaler Edge has been exceptional in providing me the structure I’ve needed to learn and grow. Scaler Follow Dec 1, 2020 · 2 min read

My name is Bhuvan Sharma, and I am a 2nd-year student studying Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani. I am based in Rajasthan as well.

My interest in computers began to develop in the 5th standard.

I used to be fascinated by the inner workings of a computer, which further led to my interest in Technology as a whole.

I always liked coding but I just wanted to know how to translate that to a computer — into making something that I would want to see as a viewer or a user. I was never interested in restricting myself to the basics. It was always about learning more, one way or the other.

My family has always motivated me to learn and grow more. When my second year started I thought that it would be a good time to take up an extra course.

This realisation coincided with Scaler Edge coming to our college and conducting workshops about machine learning, which made me want to join them for a more comprehensive learning experience.

I aimed to learn as much as I could and get guidance about what to do next, after chemical engineering.

The experience at Scaler Edge is very different in terms of its responsiveness. Both Anshuman sir, the TA, and Rahul sir, my mentor have collectively helped me with everything. They are the ones who have taught me how to handle the workload and manage my time.

The first class of interaction was very memorable, as I found a bunch of my batchmates there as well. My experience with my mentor and my peers has been great.

Scaler Edge has always offered proper guidance on what to do next in a very inclusive and comprehensive manner. We’re always following a structured path which has helped me a lot.

If I were to recommend, I would tell my friends that Scaler Edge’s responsiveness toward clearing my doubts in the least possible time is one of their greatest strengths and this responsiveness as a strategy has helped me a lot in moving forward.

If I had to rate on a scale of 10, I would rate Scaler Edge a solid 10/10.
How and why you should find a mentor
Tags: Mentor, Productivity Hacks, Mentorship, Entreprenuership, Business Development

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The importance of mentors is no secret and a very common phenomenon. A mentor’s recent advice comes up as easily as weekend plans at the communal coffee machine and is objectively viewed as critical to a successful career trajectory. This idea has been further popularized by famous stories of mentorship like Larry Summers’ impact on Sheryl Sandberg or Maya Angelou’s mentorship of Oprah Winfrey.

After analyzing the relationships I have with my own mentors, talking with friends, colleagues, family members and consulting lots of self-help articles in this arena, some common themes emerged. What’s clear is that, similar to online dating, there are definitely some rules of engagement one must adhere to when securing and engaging a potential mentor. Here are some helpful tips:

First, know what you want:

Identify a clear goal that you have for yourself — this could be a desire to get to a specific role, learning more about an alternate industry, solving a specific problem you are dealing with etc. This will help you hone in on the type of mentor you are looking for in a strategic way.

Be targeted

Don’t reach out to people JUST because they are senior or have made a name for themselves. Connecting with people just for the sake of their celebrity won’t get your very far. However, if you have a clear ask, a clear reason to connect, and a contact in common, you are likely to successfully find someone willing to at least have a conversation.

Get personal

When reaching out to a potential mentor, do include personal and professional information about yourself. In addition to outlining the connection (friend, colleague, etc.), and what you’re hoping to get out of this (coffee, a chat etc.), tell them about yourself and show them who you are! You never know, that Varsity tennis experience might be something you have in common!

Don’t expect too much

When reaching out, it’s important to remember that you are the one asking for something and that the mentor is going out of their way to help you. So, make sure that you are accommodating their schedule and making it as easy as possible for them to say ‘yes.’

Don’t be discouraged

If someone doesn’t have the bandwidth or desire to give their time to help, then keep going and don’t take it personal. Mentorship can be mutually rewarding so if this isn’t their cup of team, thank you next.

Network, network, network

Always take time to connect with people, talk to them, and reach out to follow up when you meet someone interesting. You never know when and how your paths may cross again in the future and who could provide you with invaluable advice or inspiration.

Happy hunting!

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Codeuino: Linux Foundation Community Bridge Mentorship (Day 41–56) 🧑‍💻
By: Himanshu Singh
Tags: Mentorship, Open Source, The Linux Foundation, Codeuino

Introduction 🤓

Hi Readers, I’m Himanshu Singh(@lazycipher ), a Student JavaScript Developer. This article sums up my experience with implementing image compression

Photo by Kevin Ku on Unsplash

Read Previous Days!

What did I do during this period of time?

During this time, I got to learn a lot, I really mean a lot!

The very first thing was that I learned about AWS S3 buckets. I’ve always planned to implement this feature of uploading images and files to AWS or any storage buckets in my personal projects but maybe because I’m a pro procrastinator (🤫) but finally I got a chance to implement the same on a real project. I used multer for this purpose but I’ll tell you the whole store that went underneath.

There were several problems that I faced during this implementation like, at someplace it was set globally to upload.single('file') and it was setting the name for received file to ‘file’ and I was using ‘image’. I had to change this to make it work. I decided to use multers3 to upload the same to aws s3 bucket.

Now, everything was being uploaded to AWS directly. But there thing that was needed to be done or a process which was to be implemented before uploading the file i.e. compression.

How I did compression?

The very first thing was to insert a middleware after multer catches the file!

I discussed and did some RnD about this and the way I moved ahead was with converting the file to buffer using memory storage provided by multer and then process images using that buffer and push to aws after that only.

Now I was getting the buffer that I had to process and make it a minified version to save storage! And my search for something that could solve my compression issues.

At first, https://tinypng.com/ looked perfect but it had a paid plan! I tried gm which uses GraphicsMagick under the hood! which somehow didn’t work for all image formats!

Later after discussion with mentors, I decided to implement this compression using jimp which does not work with GIFs but we’ll be pushing GIFs and other file formats directly to aws without compression.

After things being completely implemented, we’ll be able to upload files to aws using the following middleware which I’m thinking to merge into one later after discussion with mentors.

What’s on the way?

This compression thing will be completed and pushed for review as soon as possible. Since the next feature that I’ve to work on is the BOT/Notifier which needs design from the team, I’ll be solving existing bugs in the meantime.

Connect with me:

GitHub: @lazycipher

Twitter: @lazycipher

LinkedIn: @himanshu-singh16

See you all in the next post! 👋
The Mentorship should be based on mutual respect, trust and support.
By: Rajkumar R
Tags: Mentorship, Startup

The following five tips may helpful for establishment of mentorship.

#1 Update the Knowledge:

No one has full knowledge on anything. Updating the knowledge is the most essential qualification for the mentoring. Not necessary we should be expert in single discipline. This world is surviving by multidisciplinary approach. The greatest we learn the greatest we can get the attention from others.

#2 Easy to Approach:

A clear understanding can able to achieve by removing the barriers of communication. Faculty / mentor should be available to students at any time. Mentors should react quickly if they missed calls or mails from the students. If any middle person in the communication, there will be a lot of miscommunication.

#3 Listening:

Listening is the biggest qualification for the mentors. Whomever speaking let them finish then we can start our speech.

In mentoring, a good listening tip is to take notes during our sessions. That makes to stay active and engaged with students.

#4 Honest Feedback:

Giving supportive words is easy to do. But, giving an honest feedback including criticism required more patient and knowledge. Students may think and answer the raised questions in very sportive way.

#5 Motivation:

Motivation is a key that inspire the next generation to become strong, motivated, confident, and thoughtful leaders. If the mentor is fully motivated their words will motivate others. Mentor's words should help students to do the uncomfortable.

As a mentor, I used to follow these five steps to motivate my students in their project and research works.

Through this, my students are achieving numbers of benchmarks from year 2013,

Includes,

1. Best project awards - 15

2. Best research paper awards - 6

3. Patent Applications - 5

3. CTS best project award -1

Happy for Mentoring,

Sincerely,

R. Rajkumar,

Faculty in CSE,

SRM IST (University)

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More Than I Can Chew
By: Charlene Marron
Tags: Personal Growth, Mentorship, Tritriplicata, Poetry, Perspective

I have been fortunate to have worked for some really good managers over the years. This poem is dedicated to one particular boss who tried to help me keep perspective when he could see that I was struggling with a heavy workload or looming deadlines. My neuroticism and dramatics probably tried his patience often, but he never let on that they did. I wish I hadn’t jumped ship; he was a good captain.
Do not be the smartest in the room
Tags: Communication, Learning, Mentorship, Improve Yourself, Study

Yesterday I was reading the newspaper and it was an article talking about the importance of improving yourself and keep learning.

While I was reading it, this quote pops into my head “if you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.”

I think it is something that everybody said but nobody does it. Why? because usually, people are in their comfort zone, with a decent job, a decent house, a decent meal, and a decent workout. So people get to relax and stop learning. Simply because your head told you that you have everything that you need. But it is everything that you want?

Here it comes out the figure of my dad in my life. He was having a great job and a good family (I mean, a great family). However, in his large 40s, he started to study again at the university, just because he was attracted to agriculture engineering and he wanted to learn more about it.

OK, quick context!

My dad studied business administration. I mean, far away from being an engineer. Even so, he graduated with his major in 6 years and now he is studying for his master's. Crazy right?

Yes, it is. Although, it was not crazy for him. He is way happier now than 10 years ago, and also, he is improving himself day by day.

The story of my dad is just an example of how you must be putting yourself out of the comfort zone and keep learning and learning to become the best version of yourself.

Personally, I never had the problem of being the smartest person in the room. However, like my dad, I will try to improve always finding a new “room” where you can learn from other people.

If you are reading this and wondering how to find another room, you are just as lucky as me. There is always a different room.
Role and Benefits of Mentoring in Life
Tags: Role Of Mentoring, Personal Development, Mentorship, Benefits Of Mentoring, Mentoring

Describing the role and benefits of mentoring as mentoring has been an age-old application from the very beginning.

Mentoring has been an age-old application from the very beginning. Mentorship is a bond in which a more mature, more knowledgeable, and qualified individual assists to lead a less qualified or less informed person.

“Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.” -JOHN CROSBY

Aristotle mentored by Alexander the Great.

Mark Zuckerberg mentored by Steve Jobs.

The purpose of mentoring is to draw into the current knowledge, skills, and experience of eminent achieving workers or students and instill them with these skills to a less qualified or knowledgeable person in order to improve or encourage their future prospects. A two way street for both the mentee and the mentor when it comes to a Mentorship.

BENEFITS OF MENTORING IN EDUCATION

Enhances the ability of selflessness

Enhances the mentee’s self-confidence

Evoke the mentor of the need for active listening Teaches the mentee the importance of speaking.

Ability to perceive the importance of sharing knowledge

Visit: the importance of a mentor at work

BENEFITS OF MENTORING IN THE WORKPLACE

Improved Knowledge Shift

Smart Series of Preparation

Progress in Leadership Skills

Completion of Goals and Intentions

More Effective Internal Networks

Improves Teamwork

BENEFITS OF MENTORING IN LIFE

1. Learn from the struggles and experiences of mentors

2. Builds your Social and Academic self-confidence

3. Develops better communication through understanding

4. Strengthens your leadership and management characteristics

5. Grow into a more empowered person to make choices that are right

UNDERSTANDING MENTORING

As mentorship is a development process that empowers the synergetic obstinate conversation to display on occurrences and to make knowledgeable choices.

71% of Fortune 500 companies have mentoring plans.

But 63% of millennials state that their leadership skills are not being adequately promoted.

3 DIFFERENT DEGREES OF A MENTORING RELATIONSHIP IS:

CULTIVATION

The mentee receives from the wisdom of the mentor. The mentor obtains insights from the mentee regarding distinct fields or developing points within the shared field. This is the conclusion of the relationship. Hurdles occur if one of the individuals is not able to terminate the relationship.

2. SEPARATION

The relationship reaches this level after triumphantly achieving the separation stage. Through this phase, the relationship develops into a “social friendship.”

Originally published at https://www2.slideshare.net on November 24, 2020.
Online platforms to find a mentor in the tech industry
By: Polina Karasova
Tags: Reasons Why, Mentorship, Mentee, Find A Mentor, Online Platform

Platforms to find a mentor

Tech coaching platform to grow your craft, career and connections.

Pros: Free! You can connect with people from world leading companies. Short-term and long-term coaching opportunities with senior professionals in engineering, design, product and management. Mentee gets a suggested list of mentors based on the requests such as mock interviews, breaking into tech industry, coding, leadership, ect.

Cons: Since the platform was created not that long ago (as of Nov 2020) you may experience minor technical difficulties sometimes.

Non-profit aimed to empower and support womxn and non-binary folx in UX Design through community, events, and mentorship.

Pros: Opportunity to get more personalized experience. Mentee can get a mentor from really great companies such as Airbnb, eBay, Facebook, Google, Oracle, ect. Community support since Hexagon is not just a platform, but the design community.

Cons: No list of mentors you can connect with to start your coaching immediately. Need to wait for the new mentoring cohort and apply.

Online platform focused on long-term mentorship.

Pros: Platform provides an opportunity to find a mentor in various tech sectors from Machine Learning and NodeJS to Product Design and Branding. Special mentoring opportunities for business such as team or startup mentoring. A huge variety of countries you can find a mentor from. An opportunity to get a mentor from world-leading companies such as Airbnb, Google, PayPal, Samsung, ect.

Cons: Can be pricey. Monthly mentoring wires from $100 to $250.

A platform for 1:1 paid video calls.

Pros: Opportunity to connect with well-known people in the industry.

Cons: No opportunity to see the full list of mentors. You can only book a session with someone, if they provide you a link to their calendar. Can be quite pricey.

Online platform to find jobs, hire designers and find mentors.

Pros: Free! Huge number of mentors based in different countries and who speak different languages. You can connect with people from world leading companies. You can find a mentor based on the topic of your interest such as career advice or portfolio review.

Cons: Only for designers.

Online mentoring software for individuals, associations, companies, and schools.

Pros: Platform provides mentoring opportunities not only for individuals, but for businesses, non-profits and schools.

Cons: Mentee is connected with mentors based on mentee’s profile. So you cannot choose a mentor from a list based on your own preferences.

Discord inclusive community for designers from all backgrounds to connect, share resources, and participate in virtual events.

Pros: Apart from mentoring program, the community runs a lot of online events, workshops and portfolio reviews.

Cons: You have to use Discord to be a part of the community and be mentored.
My SheCode October in Review
By: Oge Emeka-Nwafor
Tags: Mentorship, Shecodeafrica, JavaScript

Late September, I received an email that I had gotten into the Javascript track of She Code Africa mentorship program. Having narrowly missed out on Cohort 2, I was positively thrilled and itching to go.

The programme started in October and the first month, I got an experienced mentor who was to guide me in my quest to get better at Javascript and that she did. She provided learning resources, an outline of weekly targets and challenges to power through.

The first week, I worked through HTML and CSS and it was a way for me to review all I knew about markup and styling and even relearn some techniques I wasn’t all too comfortable with. Using the resources provided, I got through the first week but the challenge for the week had me asking all kinds of questions.

The second week had me working on basic Javascript syntax, using Git and Github (which wasn’t so new to me) and pushing the week’s challenge for review on Github. Whilst I learnt new Javascript methods and how to apply them to solving problems, I also reviewed git commit conventions. It was super productive and I got through it feeling like a boss.

By the third week, I got to properly learn and work with ES6. I learnt the new conventions and additions that ES6 had and how it made expressions better than ES5. This was my first experience with arrow functions and the difference between the different ways of declaring variables and the limits each way (var, let and const) had.

And in the last week, I worked on a project for the month. Though it required a lot of hand-holding, I successfully built a calculator which you can find here(insert link to project).

Going forward, I hope to be able to build functional/ interactive user interfaces leveraging on the knowledge I have gained(and will gain). I would also work on more projects and write about some Javascript methods I find interesting.

The journey, for me, has just begun.
Finding Investment Opportunities For Remote Workers
By: Shlomo Freund
Tags: Remote Working, Crowdfunding, Mentorship, Investment, Finance

“What should I invest in?” is a question that bothers many remote workers who have extra money or extra income want to take advantage of.

We live at a time, where the number of investment opportunities is larger than ever.

From companies like Nexo, who is paying you interest on your FIAT currency or Cryptocurrency to a marketplace like Empire Flippers, reviewing profitable websites for sale, to crowd-investing platforms like Crowdestor, reviewing businesses looking for loans. These opportunities are added to traditional investment opportunities, such as the stock market and real estate.

So, how do you decide what you should invest in with this wide variety of options?

Setup Your Priorities

We’d all like to tell our friends: “I made a good investment today” or: “The stock I bought last week went up 50% today”. As much as it feels good talking about it. These events are nice to talk about but unrelated to what you should be really looking at: Long term returns.

The reason that long term returns are important is that you need to think of these as opportunities to reach your life and financial goals. It’s what I call “Life Goals Guided Investing”

If your financial goal is buying a house in the next year or so, investing the money in high volatile stocks is not the right way to go. Yes, the stock can go 50% up in a single day, but it can also drop significantly.

It goes the other way too: If you are saving for your child’s college tuition in 18 years (yes, you should start when they are born). It doesn’t make sense to put it in 0.5% yearly return bonds. The reason is that some markets over time give a steady return of 7–10% on average. Yes, they can be volatile, but over 18 years, it doesn’t matter as much. You have many years, to enjoy the market growth.

Remote workers have a benefit that others might not have, increasing the number of investment opportunities they have. Many times, they can move to a new place that action alone will influence a lot of their finances. They can save more and as a result invest more. On recent research, housing takes around 33% of a household expense

Next Steps to Find the Right Investment for You

So, when a remote worker thinking about what to invest in and how much, two things can help you make the decision:

1. Think long term and have a long term guided investing or in other words build your vision.

2. try to increase the amount you save by using the fact you can work from anywhere. Move to a cheaper place, even temporarily. In the long run that will pay off substantially.

Looking to build your vision and find out what you should invest in? Check out this worksheet to move your forward.
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By: Chase Austin
Tags: Newsletter Marketing, Content Marketing, Content Ideas, Newsletter, Email Marketing Tips

If you are an Author, Blogger, Freelance Writer, or Solopreneur, these ideas are for you

I get it — you have some subscribers in your list, and now you are fighting with the predicament of what you should send them next.

And you are worried because you have seen that when you consistently engage with their readers you get better results. By the way, stats also show this.

But coming up with fresh newsletter content ideas every week and that too without fail is tough. I have been in this situation a lot of time and trust me, it’s hard. I’ve been doing this for some time now and it’s always been a challenge for me to come up with new and fresh content ideas and concepts.

And since you are dear to me, I decided to painstakingly create a long long list of all the good ideas I’ve seen over the years — some are used by me and some are used by the solopreneurs, bloggers, and authors in their newsletters.

So, here are 101 ideas for your newsletters that you can use instantly or maybe build something on these lines.

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Aweber vs Getresponse Email marketing tools
By: The Next Select
Tags: Email Tools, Email Marketing Software, Email Marketing, Getresponse, Email Marketing Tips

Aweber vs Getresponse[1] (2020) — A Detailed Comparison

What do Aweber and Getresponse do?

Aweber and Getresponse are tools for:

hosting your mailing list

creating attractive email templates

sending e-newsletters out to your subscribers.

Getresponse pricing vs Aweber pricing

Getresponse pricing

There are four Getresponse plans:

Basic — this starts at $15 per month, and allows you to send an unlimited number of emails to up to 1,000 subscribers

— this starts at $15 per month, and allows you to send an unlimited number of emails to up to 1,000 subscribers Plus — starting at $49 per month for up to 1,000 subscribers

— starting at $49 per month for up to 1,000 subscribers Professional — starting at $99 per month for up to 1,000 subscribers

— starting at $99 per month for up to 1,000 subscribers Max — negotiatable

Aweber pricing

There are 2 Aweber plans to choose from: “Aweber Free” and “Aweber Pro.”

“Aweber Pro” unlocks all the main functionality of the platform, and the pricing structure for it is as follows:

Up to 500 subscribers : $19 per month

: $19 per month 501 to 2,500 : $29 per month

: $29 per month 2,501 to 5,000 : $49 per month

: $49 per month 5,001 to 10,000 : $69 per month

: $69 per month 10,001 to 25,000: $149 per month

Similarities between Aweber and Getresponse

Getresponse and Aweber offer similar core features, the key ones being:

Ability to capture data and host mailing lists

and host mailing lists A wide range of pre-designed, responsive e-newsletter templates

Autoresponder functionality that allows you to send automated e-newsletters at pre-defined intervals to subscribers after they sign up

that allows you to send automated e-newsletters at pre-defined intervals to subscribers after they sign up Statistics on the percentage of subscribers that are opening your emails, clicking links or unsubscribing

on the percentage of subscribers that are opening your emails, clicking links or unsubscribing Message builders that allow you to create and edit e-newsletters without coding

that allow you to create and edit e-newsletters without coding Integration with third-party tools (for example, e-commerce apps or CRM services)

(for example, e-commerce apps or CRM services) A landing page builder

I recommend Getresponse because I use it. Performance is best and easy to use.
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