{"id":7598,"date":"2018-10-21T20:01:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T20:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=7598"},"modified":"2018-10-21T20:01:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T20:01:07","slug":"the-five-types-of-mentors-you-need-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/21\/the-five-types-of-mentors-you-need-in-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The five types of mentors you need in your life &#124;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h2>Here\u2019s how to assemble your personal dream team, with tips from business expert Anthony Tjan.<\/h2>\n<p>Everyone can use a mentor. Scratch that \u2014 as it turns out, we could all use\u00a0<i>five<\/i>mentors. \u201cThe best mentors can help us define and express our inner calling,\u201d says Anthony Tjan, CEO of Boston venture capital firm\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cueball.com\/\">Cue Ball Group<\/a>\u00a0and author of\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/geni.us\/tB8S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Good People<\/a><\/i>. \u201cBut rarely can one person give you everything you need to grow.\u201d<br \/>\nIn this short list, Tjan has identified the five kinds of people you should have in your corner. You probably already know them \u2014 and it\u2019s possible for one person to cover two or more categories \u2014 so use this list as both a guide and a nudge to deepen your bond with them.<br \/>\nOne reminder from Tjan: Mentorship is a two-way street \u2014 a relationship between humans \u2014 and not a transaction. So don\u2019t just march up to people and ask them to advise you. Take the time to develop genuine connections with those you admire, and assist them whenever you can.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/the-5-types-of-mentors-you-need-in-your-life\/?utm_source=pocket&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=pockethits\">The five types of mentors you need in your life |<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s how to assemble your personal dream team, with tips from business expert Anthony Tjan. Everyone can use a mentor. Scratch that \u2014 as it turns out, we could all use\u00a0fivementors. \u201cThe best mentors can help us define and express our inner calling,\u201d says Anthony Tjan, CEO of Boston venture capital firm\u00a0Cue Ball Group\u00a0and author &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/21\/the-five-types-of-mentors-you-need-in-your-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The five types of mentors you need in your life &#124;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-angol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}