Episode #25 Seek Out Mentors

Three Problems

• Podcasts and books alone are not sufficient to help us grow into the best versions of ourselves.
• We cannot seek out a mentor if we don’t first believe that we have room to grow.
• We will rarely develop transformative mentoring relationships on accident.

Three Principles

• The greatest mentors help us to become the best versions of ourselves rather than merely helping us to become more like them.
• One fantastic mentoring relationship often inspires us to continue seeking out additional mentoring relationships.
• Mentors may not be able to help us avoid or prevent all obstacles and barriers, but they can help us to anticipate and prepare for them.

Three Practices

• Don’t stand around and wait for a mentor, but actually take the initiative to seek out a mentor.
• Approach someone you greatly respect and ask for an hour of their time.
• Set the agenda for your own mentoring conversations rather than expecting mentors to guide you through the process of your own growth.