Finding mentors and teachers after age 60

Go younger, much younger. A thirty year old just sees and experiences the world differently. What ever you think you know about life, reconsider. You are likely incorrect. 

I'm confident in only a few areas. And, that's mostly in my narrow business silo. 

1. I know how to treat customers.
2. I know how to plan and execute.
   
3. I can play the piano well enough to earn a good living from it, 45 years in. 
   

After that I'm ready for some new input. 

Some examples that motivate me to seek out new perspectives.

• I've received some coaching from a 30 year drummer, a touring pro. I demonstrate my swing pattern. He goes, "Hmmm, we don't play like that anymore". Ouch.
• I've received some coaching from a 35 year classical pianist. She goes, "your musical pulse is weak". What!?
• I spend some time listening to some Hip Hop related music. There is much more going on than I imagined. Kendrick Lamar really is a poet. 
• I team up with some musical artists, artists with a integrity and vision. I realise I know how to play, but the my vision is B&W, theirs's is in 3D virtual reality.

So, how to find your own mentors and teachers? Look around your community and discover some skilled younger musicians, buy them coffee, and hire them to teach you if their ideas challenge you. At this age looking for someone to confirm our prejudices is not the way to go. 

cheers,

David