Are you stuck in some aspect of your life - personal or professional? You need a mentor. I’ve been spending an obsessive amount of time on this topic; let me share some of my lessons learned so you don’t have to do that too. (A thread) (1/9)

Mentors motivate you. They provide external accountability and an outside perspective you may not have considered. It’s like the best of a personal trainer, therapist, and career coach. (2/9)

When you have good chemistry with your mentor, awesome things happen. Look for someone you “click” with that has some life experiences in common with your aspirations. For example, they’re at the top of the DFIR field and you want to be too. (Like @hacks4pancakes ) (3/9)

Good mentors help you set realistic goals and hold you accountable. And most importantly, they don’t discourage you. Look for someone that lifts you up - not puts you down. With incremental goal setting and your mentor holding you accountable - you’re gonna get unstuck! (4/9)

Now, how do you find one? Well, you can ask at work - which may or may not be great depending on your goals. For infosec in general, you can check out @shehackspurple’s tweets on #cybermentoringmonday. For pen testing, you can check out @thecybermentor. Or, (5/9)

If you’re a veteran or active duty military or a military spouse, you can sign up for free mentoring @Veterati. (6/9)

Starting this Friday, you can sign up for an infosec mentoring subscription @BattleshipHQ & get paired with up to 3 mentors. New grads, mid career changers, current infosec professionals, CISOs - mentors for anyone at any career stage and for any infosec discipline. (7/9)

Awesome mentors can turn into career sponsors - people that open doors for you and advocate for you to get a new job offer or get accepted into an MBA program. Don’t discount the power of people - we all need them, especially with how isolating Covid has been. (8/9)

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