Find Some Mentors

My sister recently told me that she wanted to start doing something to change herself in a positive way, and asked me what I thought she should do as a first step. This was something I had to think about for a couple of days, but when I came up with an answer, I decided that it would be a good thing to write a blog about since it's one of the most important things you can doto aid your trip called life on the road of success. What I told her (in many more words), was to find a mentor.

A mentor is a person who you trust, respect, admire, and that has a good set of morals and values. This person must also be someone who will look out for your best interests and genuinly care about your well being, and of course they also have to agree to being your mentor. This will be the driver's training instructor sitting in the passenger seat while you start your journey on the road of success.

When you are beginning to travel on this road for the first time, you will need someone to guide you and tell you where to go, how to get there, how fast to go, and generally help you out as you begin driving on this sometimes treacherous road. As time passses and you are getting the hang of it, you won't need a driving instructor to sit in your pasenger side seat anymore. But you will still need someone to call on for advice when you aren't sure about the next turn to make, or what the speed limit is, and someone to tell you where you should be going next and how to get there as quickly as possible. This is when your mentor will transition from the driver's training instructor to the person on the other end of the line when you push the Onstar button in your car. You won't need them as often as you did when you first began your trip, but when you do need them they will be available to help you get to where you want to go and avoid the dead ends, construction delays, and traffic jams that you don't know about.

You don't have to limit yourslef to only one mentor either. You can and should find a mentor for each area of your life that you want to be successful in (which should be every area that you think is important - marriage, parenting, career, spirituality, etc.). Find people who are already successful in these areas and ask them to mentor you, or just copy what they do/have done. Why re-invent the wheel if the drawings and materials are already available for you and all you have to do is ask for the directions. If it's already been done and it works well, use it! That way you can save time and work on improving it instead!

So find a mentor, or a bunch of mentors! Meet with them often and regularly at first for a while to develop a good relationship with them. Then you can start to ease off on the frequency but definitely make sure to stay in regular contact with them because they are sources of knowledge about how to make the wheels, install them on you car, and get you where you need and want to go.

Start with just one mentor at first. You'll soon see how valuable this type of relationship can be and I won't need to try to convince you to find more for other areas of your life because you'll want to yourself! Try it, you'll see...