{"id":498,"date":"2021-04-18T23:35:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T06:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malekzadeh.net\/wp\/?page_id=498"},"modified":"2025-03-17T17:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T00:00:40","slug":"mentorship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/malekzadeh.net\/doon\/mentorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentorship  \u2193"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Passing on what I&#8217;ve learned.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As an introvert and someone who (still) struggles a bit with their own Imposter Syndrome, I&#8217;ve always been hesitant to give advice. &#8220;Who me? What do I know? I didn&#8217;t even go to design school!&#8221; As I&#8217;ve gotten older, however, I&#8217;ve been embracing the idea that the years have <em>perhaps<\/em> given me <em>some<\/em> experience, <em>some<\/em> perspective, and \u2013 just maybe \u2013 <em>some<\/em> wisdom to pass on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2020, I&#8217;ve been &#8220;officially&#8221; mentoring folks on two different platforms: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/designed.org\/mentors\/doon\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/designed.org\/mentors\/ImpendingDoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Designed.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/adplist.org\/mentors\/feridoon-malekzadeh\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/adplist.org\/mentors\/feridoon-malekzadeh\" target=\"_blank\">Amazing Design People List<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by Simon Sinek, I&#8217;ve been using the idea that a person&#8217;s &#8220;story&#8221; can be leveraged to discover truths and strengths about oneself. Knowing who you are in your own story will help you take charge of your growth and career in ways you may not have thought about. If you&#8217;ve never thought about leveraging the history of your past in order to (in)form the story of your future, I&#8217;d love to spend some time with you to talk about it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set up some time with me <a href=\"https:\/\/adplist.org\/mentors\/feridoon-malekzadeh\" data-type=\"URL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- <section style=\"height: 496px; box-shadow: rgba(142, 151, 158, 0.15) 0px 4px 19px 0px; border-radius: 16px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%; max-width: 650px;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/adplist.org\/widgets\/booking?src=feridoon-malekzadeh\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0px;\"><\/iframe><\/section> -->\n\n\n\n<p>Or, I you just want to chat and commiserate, look for time on my <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/d-o-o-n\/chat\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/d-o-o-n\/chat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Either way, I love meeting with new folks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section style=\"padding: 16px; height: 496px; box-shadow: rgba(142, 151, 158, 0.15) 0px 4px 19px 0px; border-radius: 16px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%; max-width: 650px;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/adplist.org\/widgets\/reviews?src=feridoon-malekzadeh\" title=\"All Reviews\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0px;\"><\/iframe><\/section>\n\n\n\n<script>\n  (function (w, d, s, o, f, js, fjs) {\n    w[\"botsonic_widget\"] = o;\n    w[o] =\n      w[o] ||\n      function () {\n        (w[o].q = w[o].q || []).push(arguments);\n      };\n    (js = d.createElement(s)), (fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]);\n    js.id = o;\n    js.src = f;\n    js.async = 1;\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  })(window, document, \"script\", \"Botsonic\", \"https:\/\/widget.writesonic.com\/CDN\/botsonic.min.js\");\n  Botsonic(\"init\", {\n    serviceBaseUrl: \"https:\/\/api.botsonic.ai\",\n    token: \"f1594a04-1020-4477-b530-ad26fd4f507e\",\n  });\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passing on what I&#8217;ve learned. As an introvert and someone who (still) struggles a bit with their own Imposter Syndrome, I&#8217;ve always been hesitant to give advice. &#8220;Who me? What do I know? I didn&#8217;t even go to design school!&#8221; As I&#8217;ve gotten older, however, I&#8217;ve been embracing the idea that the years have perhaps &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/malekzadeh.net\/doon\/mentorship\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mentorship  \u2193&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":507,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-498","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malekzadeh.net\/doon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malekzadeh.net\/doon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malekzadeh.net\/doon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malekzadeh.net\/doon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malekzadeh.net\/doon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/malekzadeh.net\/doon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1392,"href":"https:\/\/malekzadeh.net\/doon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/498\/revisions\/1392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malekzadeh.net\/doon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malekzadeh.net\/doon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}