Getting There: A Book of Mentors

Thirty leaders in diverse fields share their secrets

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Getting There: A Book of Mentors

Maker

Getting There's subtitle is "A Book of Mentors" because the subjects act as virtual mentors to the reader.. The Getting There subjects share their unguarded stories and secrets to navigating the rocky road to the top. Many do discuss the essential things they have learned from others along the way.

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Rocketship.fm

What'd you think of Jeff Kinney? He's kind of unique to this list.

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Getting There: A Book of Mentors

Maker

@jeffumbro Jeff Kinney is a real talent, very humble, ad full of inspiration. I love what her says about keeping a young idea secret....In his Getting There essay, he, explains that if you have an idea you think is a winner, you should nurture it and take your time developing it. Kinney originally thought that it would only take him a month or two to write Diary of a Wimpy Kid -- but it ended up taking him eight years. He protected himself during that time by telling very few people about it. He explains that when you broadcast your goals you are likely to either get embarrassed if you are unable to deliver or become trapped by the social pressure to follow through with exactly what you said you were going to do. If you keep an idea to yourself you’ll maintain more flexibility (and have the necessary freedom to do the best job possible).

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11yr ago

Backchannel

What is the role of mentors in these people's lives? are there common trends?

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Getting There: A Book of Mentors

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@eriktorenberg Getting There's subtitle is "A Book of Mentors" because the subjects act as virtual mentors to the reader.. The Getting There subjects share their unguarded stories and secrets to navigating the rocky road to the top. Many do discuss the essential things they have learned from others along the way.

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Accidental Tech Podcast - Uncomfortable in My Pants

What was the hardest thing about writing this book?

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Getting There: A Book of Mentors

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@russfrushtick The hardest thing, by far, was getting subjects to participate. It took me five years to get the 30 included. Here is a link to an article about how I did it: http://fortune.com/2015/07/08/me...

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