Mentor
The Importance of Having a Mentor
If you examine any successful person they typically have one thing in common: a mentor.
Nearly every successful person in history had someone who they could confide in and learn from when times were tough.
To be successful in life it is very important to have a mentor, a coach, someone with more experience than you, someone who is in a position in life that you desire to be in the future.
Most people underestimate the value of a mentor and this is the biggest reasons for failure in business.
If you examine any successful person they typically have one thing in common: a mentor.
Nearly every successful person in history had someone who they could confide in and learn from when times were tough.
To be successful in life it is very important to have a mentor, a coach, someone with more experience than you, someone who is in a position in life that you desire to be in the future.
Most people underestimate the value of a mentor and this is the biggest reasons for failure in business.
So Why Do I need a Mentor?
- A mentor offers valuable insight to things that only experience can teach as well as a host of other things.
- They have fruit on their tree which shows they have paid the price to be in a position to offer wisdom to you if you need it.
- They have fruit on their tree which shows they have paid the price to be in a position to offer wisdom to you if you need it.
- A mentor will encourage and motivate you when you are feeling low or discouraged.
- The word encouragement literally means "to give courage", and a good mentor will provide just that.
- The word encouragement literally means "to give courage", and a good mentor will provide just that.
- A mentor will help you prevent mistakes.
- There are only two ways to gain wisdom in life:
- making your own mistakes,
- or learning from others mistakes.
- making your own mistakes,
- There are only two ways to gain wisdom in life:
- A mentor will help you remove your weaknesses.
- Understand that you are not always going to like them.
- Their primary role is to be your mentor and their secondary role is to be your friend.
- Your best friends see you as you are, your mentor see you for who you can be.
- Your friends will tolerate your weaknesses, but your mentor will remove them entirely.
- Your friends are comfortable with your past, but your mentor is more comfortable with your future.
- Your best friends see you as you are, your mentor see you for who you can be.
- Understand that you are not always going to like them.
- A mentor will bring out your strengths and bring out the best in you when you don't necessarily see the qualities you possess.
- A mentor will tell you the truth.
- Their primary objective is to make sure you are successful.
- Your friends will always tell you what you want to hear, but a mentor will tell you what you need to hear.
- Your friends will always tell you what you want to hear, but a mentor will tell you what you need to hear.
- Their primary objective is to make sure you are successful.
