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Mentorship is something that we all crave and mentorship is something that we all need
in our lives. Positive mentorship is sometimes something that we look for in the wrong places
though and that is what I have realized and that is what I wanted to share. A couple of
years ago I was trying to do something that I had never done, it was a business endeavour
and I wanted to accomplish it in the most efficient way that I could and I received
some great advice and it went like this, don't look for advice but seek the council of people
who have done what it is that you are trying to do. And so when I really sat down and thought
about it that was very valuable to me because I had going around in this circle of people
who I normally communicate with and you know I might have been looking for the answer that
I wanted to hear, I don't know I think we all kind of do that and I am a little stubborn
that way for sure but what I realized is i wasn't going to get the positive mentorship
I needed because none of the people that I was talking to, none of the people that I
knew for that matter had done what I was trying to do. So, you know when it comes to mentorship
you know this is something that you can accomplish you know either through a direct one on one
relationship with someone that you have or something that can also be done from afar,
from people that you don't know and what I ended up doing is finding the people in the
world that had I accomplished you know what it was that I was doing and they weren't close
by and I didn't know them but I was able to connect with them on facebook and you know
in one particular instance I saw a photo of this persons nightstand and all the books
that they were reading so I went out and I got the same books. I listened to audio and
webinars from another gentleman who was doing the things that I wanted to do and I received
his mentorship that way and his message spoke to me. when I went to be each night I felt
like I was friends with these people because I listened to what they were doing I was engaged
in the same things that they were engaged in. I was reading the same books I was going
to the same events and you know that is really what I want to share. mentorship isn't something
that you know I think a lot of people are looking for something almost like some adoption
papers or something to sign so is going to come over and take over all of your responsibility
and do all the work for you. no no no no no that is not what mentorship is. Mentorship
is seeking the council of these people whether you know them or not and then putting the
things that you learn from them into action, into tasks, into daily disciplines so that
you can accomplish those things that you are looking to do. and you know we are all mentors
already and that's it is just like that old saying to be a friend, to have a friend you
have to be a friend and that is the same with mentorship. You know our friends and our family
and our coworkers and our children they are already looking to us to see how we behave
how we react the things that we do. that is a responsibility that none of us should take
lightly. you know be committed to the things that you have in your life, be committed to
the things that you want to do whether they are you know family commitments or business
commitments or whatever it is, spiritual commitments and the reality is in order to receive the
full value from the mentorship that we want to have we have to be committed to the things
that are the most important to us. So if building a business right now is your focus and it
is the most important thing go out and find the mentorship from the folks that are doing
it and get committed. don't don't dabble and you know if it is family that matters right
now and you are going through something then then get the council from the people who can
help you, you know. Don't go and talk to your buddy who has got a failed message and his
kids don't like him, your not, that's not going to help you. find the council of the
folks that are going to get you through. That is mentorship, that is what mentorship is
all about and then in turn as you learn those skills and you develop and you grow through
that you are going to provide that same value to other people in their lives. so mentorship
it is important, find the people who can give you the proper council that you need an move
forward.