Re:What Could I Possibly Learn From a Mentor Half My Age
by ci5er on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:48AM
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It isn't just technical or process skills.
People are wired differently. I know people who are much younger than I am who are much wiser than I am at the ways of the human animal. I rely on a couple of them to be able to, after a meeting where some strange interpersonal thing happened, simply ask: "what just happened there"?
Everyone has their own personal set of cognitive blind spots and may need assistance for navigating those types of situations. For me, simply learning where my blind spots are, identifying who doesn't have my particular combination of defects (regardless of age), and being able to develop a relationship with them so that I can ask them for navigational assistance does wonders.
People are wired differently. I know people who are much younger than I am who are much wiser than I am at the ways of the human animal. I rely on a couple of them to be able to, after a meeting where some strange interpersonal thing happened, simply ask: "what just happened there"?
Everyone has their own personal set of cognitive blind spots and may need assistance for navigating those types of situations. For me, simply learning where my blind spots are, identifying who doesn't have my particular combination of defects (regardless of age), and being able to develop a relationship with them so that I can ask them for navigational assistance does wonders.