Before you obtain a mentor. Read This!
Mentors are a key ingredient to developing greatness. Great mentors open doors, create opportunities and secure resources on behalf of their mentee. The mentor nurtures dynamic and fresh talent for greatness; when the mentee demonstrates the potential necessary for that relationship.
Dictionary.com defines a mentor as an influential senior sponsor or supporter. I love that word sponsor because a sponsor vouches for and is responsible for the other person. A great mentor is responsible for the mentee emotionally, intellectually, socially and fiscally. A mentor is emotionally responsible because they guide the mentee regarding how and what to communicate. A mentor is intellectually responsible because they lead the mentee professionally in their trade o industry; socially responsible, introducing the mentee to new social circles and p roviding access for opportunities. Lastly, a mentor should be fiscally responsible by economically empowering, not necessarily by giving them money, but by enhancing their opportunities for economic success.
Mentoring is a huge responsibility that requires hard work and commitment. It’s a long-term relationship, not a quarterly dinner or lunch engagement. The mentee becomes the mentor’s shadow, an extension of themselves. The mentor’s life has to be in order before they can competently mentor someone else. How can I be a Realtor® and not own a home? How can I mentor married couples and my marriage is in shambles? Now that we have developed excellence, built a reputation, ignored the naysayers and found an appropriate mentor, it’s time to develop our strategy for action.
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Hi Towan! I’ve found that it’s been extremely hard for me to secure a mentor. Perhaps, it’s I who isn’t doing enough to attract that mentor in my life. Who was it that said, “when the learner is ready, the teacher appears.” I sincerely believe that I am ready to learn, but – still no teacher!!! What I have noticed is that there are people who will say they’re going to do a particular task and then don’t do it! I believe that one’s word is very important, and once I see this behavior, I determine that perhaps they aren’t the individual who can mentor me to my own personal success and greatness. Am I being trivial?
Anyway, I’m enjoying this website. Thank you so much for being one of the catalyst for greatness. I look forward to the monthly studies.