4 Things Mentors Do
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If you are into personal development like me you must have a mentor or two.
J.D. goes even further making everyone his mentor.
Why having a mentor? What do they do to us? And how it helps us to grow?
I like how Sr. Ken Robinson explains it in his book 
My mentors are my secret weapon that helps me get quickly back into the saddle when I fall, it helps me find my track and keep up with it, it helps me grow exponentially.
Recognition
Mentors are in the know. They can identify a diamond in the rough. Have not you had that feeling “I really want to do it, but will I succeed?” Good mentor will tell you simply – “You can do it. I can see it in you. You have everything to succeed in it.”
Encouragement
So you go ahead and make your move and… fail. Good mentor will tell you it means nothing. He will tell you the story about himself and his mentor and how he was failing again and again until he figured out the right path to the dream of success. He might also send you Michael Jordan’s Nike Failure commercial as a proof.
Facilitating
Good mentor does not only pushes you forward with encouragements. He also gives you the tools for your success. Any good mentor has a wealth of tools to share. The tools that facilitate you to achieve more, faster, better results. Ask your mentor for the tool of trade. Ask him about how he manages his time, ask him about how he prioritize, ask him about how he influences without authority, ask him how he recreates himself. Ask him tons of questions. Being mentee is driving, not being driven.
Stretching
Success is about constant growth. One time achievement only proves you are on the right path. Today’s achievement is tomorrow’s commodity. How do you continue to keep succeeding? The way you do it is by setting new goals and objectives. Good mentor won’t let you set average mediocre goals. Good mentor will stretch you to the next level, something you have never thought you could do. Listen to him and apply practices that worked, ask for more tools for success.
Practice This – Get Results
- Get yourself a mentor – make sure he is not only in the know but also he knows how to recognize the talent.
- Ask your mentor for tools for success – get equipped properly before investing your time and energy.
- Get stretched – you either grow or die, there is no in between.
- Read The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
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