Omniscient

A mentor redirects you whenever you go off course when reaching your goals. Now for most business owners, this may sound unnecessary. You’ve gotten this far in your business and doing well by yourself, haven’t you? Yet if you are a businessperson looking to take yourself and your company to the next level, you may find it difficult to get there because the exact same knowledge that got you your past success is what is holding you back! A mentor can provide you input for creating successful strategies, and is it reasonable to assume you’ll reach your goals without strategy? Isn’t it easier to have a mentor who can see your obstacles before you do? A mentor is a tool- you apply their availability to aid you in success.

A mentor sees you for who you can be. You don’t need to make excuses, they already know. The best you can do is to just move on. It has been my experience that people come into a coaching session with many pre-conceived notions, that I will tell them how they should run their business, or that I’ll “manage” them. Let me be up front and say that first of all I am not the expert in your field- you are. I am simply there to help you become your best so that your business becomes its best, and to hold you accountable to the goals you set for your self.

There are people out there (and I’m guilty of being one at times!) who believe that they have excellent self-accountability and that’s great. However, when we are called upon to grow and change- things that we, as adults, have a great difficulty doing- we tend to slack off and choose to ignore that which needs to be done in order for us to become better. A business mentor, much like a weight loss coach, is there to keep you from letting yourself “off the hook”, so to speak.

Don’t worry if you aren’t sure of what to talk about, tell yourself, “I deserve to be mentored!” You bring the questions and the positive expectations, and your coach will bring the answers or point you to the source.

So how often should you meet with a coach or mentor? At the minimum, you should meet once a month. I personally get together with my clients (and my own coach!) once every two weeks. Get away from distractions when you are in a coaching session. This means get away from the computer, coworkers and/or employees, and cell phones off! Never cancel an appointment as well; your coach would never do that to you.

We all get back what we put out. What are you doing to get more out of yourself?

Have joined to Coach Training Alliance in order to educate myself further towards fully achieving this goal. This will also help me in achieving my goal Teach Success (#10).

For years, I have read books on personal and professional development, and I have used many of their principals successfully in my own business. I see mentoring other entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs as the next step in my own success path, and also the next business that I will start.

More people fear speaking in public than they do dying.

Ironically it’s also one of the most highest paid professions.

For myself, I would love to share what I have learned to willing ears, with the hopes of making a difference in someone’s life.

I always did like to go after the things most people were afraid of doing… ;-)