Being a Mentor

By; Admin

Being a mentor is an extremely responsible role to take on, but it can also be very rewarding. Mentoring has been a very popular role in society in general and is a form of leadership that is certainly beneficial within business circles. One of the most important items to remember is that a mentor does not have to be a senior member of staff helping a more junior member. While employees aren’t likely to mentor senior staff members it is true that people on the same level as each other can be of assistance in this way if both parties are agreeable.

If you are thinking about becoming a mentor you need to have several qualities to really be successful at it.

The first one – and perhaps the most important – is the ability to maintain a bond of trust with the person you are mentoring. You will also need to have the ability to listen without judging the other person.

Although the role of a mentor entails helping one person at a time, it can also have a huge effect on team performance. The more motivated and pro-active team member, who is benefiting from having a mentor, will gain enough from the experience to enhance and improve their working performance which in turn affects the other people they work with.

By being a mentor you are offering people a chance to improve their working lives without punishing them in the process. As a pro-active and positive way of helping people, mentoring has a lot to commend it.

Who Needs A Mentor

By; Admin as summarized from Charles Lalonde’s articles.

Who needs a mentor? Everyone who is truly serious about achieving more of their true potential, personally and financially. Seriously you say, do we and specifically myself really need a mentor? Let’s look at the facts:

No one person will live long enough to make all of the mistakes

In simple terms, mentors speed the learning process and are the reason for advancements in technology and the standards of living we enjoy today.

The last half-century has seen very little change statistically.

Using the oft-quoted post-war study published by the Social Security Administration and Denvey’s Economic Tables, less than 5% of the population at that time retired wealthy or financially independent. Sadly, a study done in March 2000 by the American Economic Review reported that the gap between “the haves” and “have nots” is widening.

Grade-Point-Score averages, according to studies, have barely been maintained over the last 50 years. Moreover, in professional sports, with all the advancements in mind and physical development, one would think that the number of super stars being produced would have increased dramatically; however, as a percentage, it remains virtually unchanged.

With the explosion of entrepreneurial opportunities in franchising and network marketing beginning in the 1980s, plus the same explosion from the mid-1990s on in Internet businesses, why doless than 5% of the participants in these ventures enjoy success and make any money! WHY?

Research and my own experience, which includes teaching an entrepreneurial course at a major community college for several years and working with several thousand participants in my Success and Wealth System course, leads me to one indisputable conclusion – Most people are without mentors, especially “Life Mentors.”

You may say: It only happens in movies or for those talented few you say! How about the heroics and courage against unbelievable odds in athletics, the military and in everyday life. These qualities of character and achievement were learned from a true Life Mentor such as parents, teachers and those who have paid the price to be called a Mentor.

Yes, we all need good Life Mentors and Coaches at every stage of our lives. But be careful to choose those who walk the talk and demonstrate and exemplify the life qualities and achievements in their own life.