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Most good mentors are dead. But we have them in our books! You should read a book a week . Tai can read a book a day. He looks at the contents, then he flips all the pages, then he does it again, and finally he reads 1 chapter of the book.

He says most books have not more than 2 or 3 worthy ideas.

Learn to persevere. Tai's friend went to a mentor's office 17 times to seek his guidance and just get rejected till the 18th time. 

Learn to do cold emailing. it ain't possible for you to eat lunch with every mentor you meet. Here is a link for cold emailing- https://youtu.be/_wQGd6Crkaw