10 Reasons Why You Need a Mentor

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 10 Reasons Why You Need a Mentor

Who is a mentor? 

A mentor is someone who offers his or her knowledge, wisdom and advice to someone with less experience. A mentor is someone who has walked through the same road you plan to walk. That can help you speed up the process.

Mentoring is a powerful development tool that can help advance your life goals and aspirations.

You can have multiple mentors for different aspects of your life, for example, mentor for your health, mentor for your business, mentor for your spiritual life and so on.

Do you find yourself asking questions like;

"How do I handle this situation?"

"What career path is best for me?"

"What step should I take?"

"How do I create balance in my work life?" and many more

It's okay, we all experience that at certain stages of life.

But do you know that relationship with a mentor who provides knowledge and support can assist you in answering even the toughest questions?

“If you want to win in a big way then you need to get a mentor” - Bob Proctor

Your ability to secure the right mentor can be the difference between making it and failing miserably.

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Why do you need a mentor?

There are a lot of reasons why you need a mentor. Here are my top 10 reasons why you need a mentor.

1. They’ve been where you want to go

The biggest advantage of having a mentor is they’ve already achieved something you are pursuing which means they have gone through the struggle you are facing right now or are about to face. They made mistakes and found the best solutions in the process. 

A mentor will share these insights with you, saving you the time you should have wasted on trials and errors

2. A Mentor Gives you Unbiased feedbacks

A good mentor is straightforward and can provide you with unbiased advice. They would not put your personal feelings above facts which is incredibly valuable.

A lot of people around you are emotional invested in you but your mentor is not, he or she has the ability to look at your past and judge your efforts for what they really are.

No matter your business idea, you are less likely to get a real response from your loved ones because they want to support you. 

3. Networks and Contacts

Your mentor has already acquired a variety of valuable contacts that could be out of reach to you. Your mentor can facilitate access and open doors for you giving you the opportunity to make it and as well grow your network.

Your mentor provides you with the access that your competitors may be struggling to get because they know people you don’t know in positions of power and just a word from your mentor can open that door and cause that person to trust you with a new opportunity that they never would have before.

4. Introduce You to a Career Path or Business Opportunity

Your mentor can introduce you to a career path or business opportunity you never knew existed before. One of the incredible things about mentors is their ability to spot opportunities that you would have never seen otherwise because they went through it before and they have a deeper understanding of the process than you do.

They can connect you to multiple opportunities that would be out of reach for a beginner. Your mentor is a living example that you can make it in a new industry and will advise you on the right ways to go about it.

They will also provide you with the tools for growth and development, your job is to listen to them and trust their instinct.

5. A Mentor Will Help You Stay in Business Longer

A mentor has already made lots of expensive mistakes, such mistakes can be the end of your business or career if not dealt with correctly.

Not only can your mentor warn you ahead of time of negative things that are about to happen and the solution he or she found for them but based on their experience they could advise you on how to evade those problems completely.

This allows you to use your resources more efficiently. Statistics show that 70% of mentored businesses reach the five-year mark.

6. They accelerate success

A study conducted in 2013 showed that over 80% of the polled CEO’s have received mentorship in one form or the other.

At the startup stage, the same research showed that 93% of startups admit that mentorship is instrumental to success. Your chances of success in business and in life can be amplified by having the right mentor

7. Mentors push you to learn

A mentor would easily notice where you are lagging behind in terms of knowledge, their job is to push you in the right direction, this usually starts with giving you the right information.

A good mentor will recommend reading materials that apply to your industry or field. They will point out where you should put your attention in order to draw much-needed knowledge and they will keep you focused on improving your knowledge because they know how important it is if you are to succeed.

8. Mentors help you make the right choice

There will be a point in your journey where you reach a crossroad and need to make a decision.

Having a mentor make the process easier because they can help you to better access the situation and aid you in making the right choices for both yourself and your business depending on what your end goal is.

9. Mentors are Sources of inspiration

Mentors are a representation of your goals, they serve as a source of inspiration because they’ve already reached the destination you are working towards, they are living a lifestyle you desire.

It is a lot easier to reach your destination if you have a clear understanding of where you are going. A mentor is a form of motivation to achieving your goals because you want what they have already achieved.

10. Mentors understand the struggle

There are few people that went through the same struggle that you are facing right now. They know about the doubts, they know about the sleepless nights, they know what it means to work 14-16 hours a day because they’ve been there before, they went through the same pain you are going through right now. This puts them in the right position to offer you actionable insights which you cannot get from anywhere else.

The importance of having a mentor in your life is immeasurable. If you want to set yourself up for success then you need a mentor

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Comments

  1. Anonymous24 January 2023 at 22:14

    Great piece.Well done

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  2. Anonymous24 January 2023 at 22:27

    Great message.

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  3. Anonymous26 January 2023 at 01:30

    Great piece of a training sir. Well articulated advice.

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