The term mentor is grossly misused in this day and age and I’m here to tell you why. Now, as I have grown in entrepreneurship and business, I have had many people that I consider mentors come into my life. It wasn’t until I heard Roy H. Williams’ definition however, that I realized the number was smaller than I thought.
You see a mentor is a person who is invested in your life and your work, in depth, over a period of time. They are not flighty people who are invested episodically. Instead, this is a person that you speak with constantly. This person hears all of your thoughts, ideas, struggles, and more and helps you to move through and past them.
The mentor-mentee relationship is one of the most important you will ever have in your life. Which is why it is so important that you choose a mentor well. Listen in to learn the seven steps to identifying and approaching your future mentor. Your three key insights are:
Who do you think would be the best mentor for you at this point in your life?
In This Episode:
[01:30] - Welcome back to All Selling Aside.
[04:02] - Learn the three key insights reviewed in this episode.
[05:37] - Alex shares the definition of mentorship per Wikipedia.
[06:35] - What is required of a mentor mentee relationship?
[10:08] - When did formal mentoring start?
[11:21] - Learn the different names for a mentor throughout the world.
[12:46] - Why there is a rampant misuse of the word mentor in this age.
[15:19] - Per Roy H. Williams, when you find a mentor you become a protege.
[17:12] - Learn more about the relationship between Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett.
[18:55] - Why mentors are so important to not just business but life.
[23:05] - Alex has a habit of being mentored by his former mentees.
[24:19] - One additional interesting thing about mentors through the story of Freddie Laker.
[25:37] - Learn the 7 steps you should take to identify and find your mentor.
[29:04] - If you have a target in mind and it doesn’t work out, rinse and repeat.
[30:07] - The Alexism is, “Experience is NOT the best teacher. It’s the only teacher.”
[30:29] - Hear a quick review of the key insights in this episode:
[31:50] - If you’ve already given Alex a review, write down your biggest takeaway from this episode on an index card. If you haven’t, though, please use that Aha! moment as your review for the show at this link!
[33:38] - In honor of this episode, Alex gives listeners a final gift. You can get a 30-day free test drive of Kartra.
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