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Conor gave me the topic elders to thread about 👵👴 https://t.co/dlWaQKQxA4
Elders: make it known you're open to young folks reaching out and engaging with you. It can be intimidating, you can seem alien to young people who don't know how to relate, but your attention can change lives so easily
In the West is seems we get our elder fix in form of politicians and celebrities: look local. That old guy who mows his lawn everyday, the ladies who sit and talk in the park. Say hello. They're your people and you are their legacy.
To engage with specific knowledge or subject matter you'll need to seek specific elders/mentors, but to engage with personal and interpersonal knowledge and wisdom almost anyone will do: 70 years of being a monkey with clothes on gives insight, you can't help it
seriously you won't regret recording: https://t.co/yGOesJ6El3
If you're getting into a field or topic and reach out to an elder in the space, they've almost certainly bashed their heads against all the same stuff you are. Instead of asking questions at the frontier of your knowledge, ask what they wish they hadn't wasted their time on.