Sahil Bloom
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It sounds like a big burden.
If you go ask someone, will you be my mentor?
If you go ask someone, will you be my mentor?
Oh, that sounds like a lot of work, especially if it's someone high up that has a demanding job or demanding path.
Oh, that sounds like a lot of work, especially if it's someone high up that has a demanding job or demanding path.
I think of the concept of the brain trust as sort of the 21st century alternative to the 20th century idea of mentorship.
I think of the concept of the brain trust as sort of the 21st century alternative to the 20th century idea of mentorship.
A brain trust is a group of people from different backgrounds and experiences that you can call upon for advice or guidance about different areas of your life.
A brain trust is a group of people from different backgrounds and experiences that you can call upon for advice or guidance about different areas of your life.
They are people that have, ideally, domain expertise in these different areas that you can turn to at different inflection points in your own life and journey.
They are people that have, ideally, domain expertise in these different areas that you can turn to at different inflection points in your own life and journey.
The origin of the concept is from Pixar.
The origin of the concept is from Pixar.
They do a brain trust for every movie that they're creating.
They do a brain trust for every movie that they're creating.
It's a bunch of people that aren't involved in the creation of the movie that pressure test and help sort of make the movie better along the way.
It's a bunch of people that aren't involved in the creation of the movie that pressure test and help sort of make the movie better along the way.
They make sure that the storyline is good and that they're tugging on hard strings the right way, all of those things.
They make sure that the storyline is good and that they're tugging on hard strings the right way, all of those things.
You can develop a brain trust for your own life.