Hi Guys!
In this video, we're going to be talking about how to find and keep a mentor.
Now, you spend quite a bit of your time as a mentor.
But how do I start?
How do I find, how do I look for a mentor like you to work with?
Look, I think there's no wrong place.
Number one.
They could be anywhere.
You could bump into them down the street.
It could be a teacher who is teaching you.
Mostly, my biggest advice is always find the guy who's doing what you want.
Because there would be a lot of guys would be out there helping you, but pick the one
that you actually want to be.
That's number one.
And then be in places, be active, go to the seminars.
Wholesale investors which I'm on a lot of their sites.
They're amazing.
Get to these types of events that are full of the sorts of people that you want to help
you within that mentorship.
And look at a cheeky way to do it obviously is you know, jump on LinkedIn.
That's what it's for.
Just type in your industry or entrepreneurs, everybody's an entrepreneur on LinkedIn.
So, be active.
Are there any other social media platforms you might suggest is terms of places to reach
out and find people.
Look, just LinkedIn and Google obviously.
I'm a really big advocate of if you're in particular industry, role entrepreneurs, mentoring
many many different industries.
Look in the industry you're in, Google the best players that are within there, go and
have a look on who the CEOs are.
Then obviously check them out through LinkedIn or what not, and see what else they've been
active in.
Find someone who's an entrepreneur who isn't marketing themselves.
You will always get out and particularly being an entrepreneur, it's motivation that sets
the part.
You've got the gonna do's and the have dones.
Have dones are entrepreneurs, gonna do's are not entrepreneurs at all.
So you've got to show that you've actually done some things.
Let's say you put together a little list of have dones, people who you want to be who
are further down the path than you are, from either in-person meetings or through LinkedIn
and Google.
Is there a process here, are there some questions you might ask them via email or is it a phone
call.
What do you actually do to kind of reach out and make that connection?
Look, it's multiple points of contact and this goes back to all of us.
Everybody who's an entrepreneur is a bit of a salesman at heart anyways.
So multiple points of contacts don't hurt.
Flick an email over, they're probably going to read it but you can reference it in your
call which is a good way to do.
And look, like all of us and like all entrepreneurs, we really like to talk about ourselves.
So, inflating as many egos as you possibly can is not a terrible thing.
Do you have any tricks to get through the gatekeepers?
Absolute flattery there.
Particularly gatekeepers.
Gatekeepers are dealing with a lot of people all the time trying to trick their way through
or what not.
What you need is perseverance on that person.
If there is a solid gatekeeper and mind you, I employ some pretty solid gatekeepers.
But to get pass some of those, what you want to do is consistency.
Send them an email, I was wondering if you could book me in something this week.
Just want to tap in.
Get them to be familiar with you and it could take a couple of months or a couple of weeks
or what not.
But call her up.
Hi Jen, how are you, just want to see how your weekend was, was there a chance for me
to talk to Mr Big.
That's fine, I'll touch base later.
She knows you're calling every Monday.
So let's say you found a mentor particularly in the entrepreneurial space.
And we have discussed this in previous videos but just give me a little bit of detail.
Is there anything in particular you can do to hang on to that person especially if they
are the unpaid variety.
Look, just don't waste their time.
Make sure that you've got a clear idea of the things you want to say or things that
you want to address.
If you had past conversations, show them how that worked.
Oh wow, you know to say because of that last time, this what I've done now or I've put
this effort out and it seems to be working.
And then leave him with another question.
So you've gone you're so good for helping me thank you so much.
But is there a different way I could do this.
Now you've asked for more advice without really asking for advice.
And at this point, they're getting committed.
You need to get in as many hooks in it as you can so they feel invested in you and your
success.
Getting a mentor, and I still get mentors.
I'm the mentor for other people, I get as many as I possibly can.
It's all about gaining networks.
If you can get in very tight willing mentor, they're invested in you and your success.
And they're probably in the industry that you want to be within.
That'll introduce you to people and go, Oh why don't you have a chat to John, John has
done this before.
So, you can never stop getting mentors.
People want to help, and then you sort of pass that on as well.
But networks that's the biggest thing.
This is what it's all about for all of us.
This success that we have in our business is derived from the breath of network that
we have behind us.
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