In this episode, Brad W. Minton and Luki Danukarjanto discuss the concept of mentorship and its impact on career development. They emphasize the importance of finding mentors who have traveled the path you want to take and can provide guidance and insights. They also highlight the value of mentorship beyond just career advice, including areas like relationships, social skills, and personal development. They encourage young professionals to build their own personal board of directors and to recognize the value they bring to the mentorship relationship. The episode concludes with the advice to explore what you want out of life and assemble a team of mentors to help you achieve your goals.
Key Takeaways
-Find mentors who have traveled the path you want to take and can provide guidance and insights.
-Mentorship extends beyond just career advice and can include areas like relationships, social skills, and personal development.
-Build your own personal board of directors by seeking out mentors in different areas of your life.
-Recognize the value you bring to the mentorship relationship, whether it's through attention, resources, connections, skills, or time.
-Explore what you want out of life and assemble a team of mentors to help you achieve your goals.

Guest Info:
Luki is a Career Coach who has found his purpose helping others find theirs. He is especially skilled at working with newcomers, international students, children of immigrants and young professionals 18-35. Luki is a former management consultant with 12 years of experience in Deloitte’s Supply Chain Transformation group and leader of their undergrad campus recruiting program for Tech Consulting Nationally. He is a published author of the SIWIKE “Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier” series of books, runs the SIWIKE Podcast of the same name, and releases weekly YouTube videos. You’ll often find him at Post Secondary Institutions and Companies around Toronto teaching, providing career coaching, job search guidance or otherwise elevating education through soft skills learning. Which is all a very far cry from starting as a shy introverted kid whose parent’s friends didn’t know if he could talk! Connect with him on LinkedIn to find out more https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukidanu

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