What’s The Problem With Doing It On My Own?
The problem with doing things on your own is this; you have NO CLUE how much easier it is with someone who has “been there done that.”
Now if the quickest way between two points is a straight line, why would you zigzag (which is sadly, what I found that most people do)? Sure you could figure things out on your own (eventually), but why waste your time?
So here are some quick unconventional insights into why you would want someone like a mentor to help you along:
1 – They know what it REALLY takes to get there. A REAL mentor (someone who has the result/life you are looker for), knows what it actually takes and can therefore teach ANYONE it.
The problem lies when you have out of shape personal trainers (the “advisors of life”) that teach you what they THINK it actually “takes” – when in reality they have no clue.
2 – It’s the shortest path from where you are, to where you want to be. Why? Because they can prevent you from YEARS worth of trial and error by sharing what helped THEM to get there (without you having to go through it yourself).
3 – It’s smarter. My new favorite quote is, “work smarter not harder.” Sure we all work hard… BUT is it smart?
So whether or not you get someone like a mentor to help you out, is REALLY up to you (I already made my decision).
I totally agree with this philosophy, but the cost of a "mentor" this day and age is really prohibitive. Plus, without the personal experience, how do you find someone that's actually a leader in their field? The electronic communication we all prefer cuts off the personal contact and we're left wondering who is it we've hired to teach us/do for us. Sorry, just going through all this atm :p
Hey Janan,
Thanks for commenting. The cost of a TRUE mentor, shouldn't cost you anything (as mine for the past ten years hasn't cost me a dime).
"So what would be in it for the mentor," some might ask? Seeing one grow from the things they have been teaching you.
*Jared
I wud say both, yes and no.
No, for a case when you are quite young and have a long way to go. It helps to learn 'real skills' along the way in long term. Skills are intangible assets, and assets make money.
I love MENTORS!! In fact how timing is your blog post? My Mentor, Joel Bauer, who is the Mentor's Mentor, has agreed to do a private training for my network. It is a $3000 training for a mere $97 (So we can cover his hard costs). He is donating his time.
For speakers, Joel is one of the world's top closers. He teaches speakers how to speak from the heart in a powerful way and get an audience to move into action.
If you want to take advantage of the training and learn more go to http://www.SmartAndSticky.com/Joel
I hope you find this resourceful. Keep blogging…..love your style.
Jared Matthew Kessler
Doing on our own all the things doesn't take you to the great hights… Every organization has to pool the useful resources to fulfill its objectives. By working as an iduvidual we cant make Money and can't gain much experience. What Jared Matthew Kessler said is right…If one follows the Techniques/ Methods he mentioned it will obsolutely take it towards synergy…
But In the initial stages, pooling of the right resource with the right knowledge may be difficult… First choose the resource who got an experience in pooling the right resource. If you are not capable of that also… Its hard time… If One don't have that skill, must be learned, if one wants to growup in his life… All the history tells the same story… Thanks to Jared Matthew Kessler for taking this to blog…