Dave Neff, a professional Mentor, is the President & CEO of EDGE Mentoring - a mentoring organization that is sharpening the influence and impact of emerging leaders personally, professionally and spiritually through meaningful mentoring relationships.I found this podcast incredibly helpful for where I am in life. Not only did I just leave a great job, which Dave has a ton of experience in, but I wanted help getting a specific person to be my mentor.
What we talk about and how to find a mentor:
* How/why to leave a good job.
* The Pacers, develop decision making and good judgment like a muscle.
* How to turn a business relationship into a mentoring relationship.
* The need to kill your ego.
* How to leverage your past experience to add value to your next across industries.
* Edge X on October 5th in Indianapolis -- Buy Tickets Here!
* 80/20 Pareto Principal
* How to be a value-add and not a fan.
* Finding your "Super Power"
* How to stay in silence.
Quotes on finding a mentor:
* "If I wanted to talk about myself... I wasn't going to get very far with that mentor."
* "Have a bias towards action."
* "Speed wins"
* "Your career starts out about the what, and then it becomes about the who."
* "The windshield is bigger than the review mirror for a reason"
* "I left a good thing, probably a great thing for something that was more aligned with my spirit."
* "Ideas are great, but they are pretty cheap. You gotta be able to execute"
* "Don't be weird"
* "In your 20's say yes to everything"
* "Go play in traffic"
* "Leadership is caught not taught"
You can find Dave here:
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Thank you for listening to and learning about Indianapolis with me. If you are new here, check out some of our other shows. We had an amazing interview with Aman Brar founder of Canvas and was president of Apparatus as they went through a 34 Million dollar acquisition. If you want to learn about brewing beer and the importance of quality head to our conversation with David Waldman, founder of Triton Brewery. If coffee is your "bag...baby" check out our episode with Tinker Coffee founder Stephen Hall.