Assume they are the 1%.
Founders/Investors/Executives (FIEs) look for specific qualities before deciding to invest in someone.
Every time you meet someone above you, you have a chance to move up.
It’s a rare golden opportunity to encounter those at the top.
Here's how you attract a founder, investor or an executive (FIEs) as your mentor.
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Assume they are the 1%.
Founders/Investors/Executives (FIEs) look for specific qualities before deciding to invest in someone.
You need EVERYTHING mapped out & prepped.
If it’s for an idea: know your strategy, distribution channel, market, competitors, biz plan etc.
If it’s a job seek: know your aim, your plan & career objective etc.
1. Provide value that makes you worthy enough to be mentored.
2. Receive value in exchange, that will help progress whatever it was that made you sought out a mentor in the first place.
If you do this, ascension is inevitable.
They can instantly tell whether you’ve got it or not.
Focus on 3 things:
-Chest out
-Eye contact
-Speak slowly
Nod. Accommodate your words with hand gestures. And don’t interrupt.
Ever.
If you do, apologise & let them speak.
Those 3 words are your best friend.
It demonstrates instant humility. Learn this sentence inside out:
‘I don’t know, but as far as I'm informed on the matter, I would say...”
& deliver your best thought.
Do not impress outside your domain.
This is a chance for you to show FIEs your confidence; that you know what you’re doing & the value you provide.
Flaunt your specific knowledge like it’s backed by 5 hedge funds.
It’s not arrogance when it’s backed by competence.
while showing just enough desire to be taught without the need to boot lick.
You need to radiate value, without self-proclaiming how valuable you are.
If you’re arrogant, not only are you not worth investing in, anyone above you would rather see you get crushed,
even those willing to help.
This is raw experiential truth.
I once provided a kid antibiotics without a prescription. The dad turned out to be an owner of a hotel.
To this day, he gives me free accommodation whenever I need it.
He introduced me to an accountant who led me to my mentor.
Dont ask them to help you. Ask questions & demonstrate your desire to learn.
Be specific. Then flip the conversation, & try to subtly teach them something within your domain.
This is the push-pull game you need to play with FIEs.
This is the ultimate test that instructs their instinct whether to spend their time investing in you or not.
Go out of your way to double down on what they told you to do and deliver.
33% - Spent on providing value from your domain of competence.
33% - Spent on understanding your FIEs & whether you can help their line of work in any way.
33% - Spent on seeking value for your growth & progression.
You need to be able to provide substantive value. Its your leverage for becoming a mentee worth investing in.
Your relationship with them should be a contest of who can provide more value for each other.
It’s this quality, that makes them want to invest in you.
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Swastik is de symbol through which everything auspicios occurs
Scholars believe word’s origin in Vedas,known as Swasti mantra;
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स्वस्ति ना पूषा विश्ववेदाहा
स्वस्तिनास्तरक्ष्यो अरिश्तनेमिही
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The Swastik is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon. Swastik has been Sanatan Dharma’s symbol of auspiciousness – mangalya since time immemorial.
The name swastika comes from Sanskrit (Devanagari: स्वस्तिक, pronounced: swastik) &denotes “conducive to wellbeing or auspicious”.
The word Swastik has a definite etymological origin in Sanskrit. It is derived from the roots su – meaning “well or auspicious” & as meaning “being”.
"सु अस्ति येन तत स्वस्तिकं"
Swastik is de symbol through which everything auspicios occurs
Scholars believe word’s origin in Vedas,known as Swasti mantra;
"🕉स्वस्ति ना इन्द्रो वृधश्रवाहा
स्वस्ति ना पूषा विश्ववेदाहा
स्वस्तिनास्तरक्ष्यो अरिश्तनेमिही
स्वस्तिनो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु"
It translates to," O famed Indra, redeem us. O Pusha, the beholder of all knowledge, redeem us. Redeem us O Garudji, of limitless speed and O Bruhaspati, redeem us".
SWASTIK’s COSMIC ORIGIN
The Swastika represents the living creation in the whole Cosmos.
Hindu astronomers divide the ecliptic circle of cosmos in 27 divisions called https://t.co/sLeuV1R2eQ this manner a cross forms in 4 directions in the celestial sky. At centre of this cross is Dhruva(Polestar). In a line from Dhruva, the stars known as Saptarishi can be observed.
