Hi Guys! In this video, we're going to be talking about entrepreneurial mentorship.
What is it, how does it work, how does it benefit you and how you can get involved.
Alright Shaun, I want to talk about entrepreneurial mentorship. It's a mouthful, but what is it?
What it's all about?
That's a very good question. Obviously, the entrepreneurial industry is new and fresh.
If you look not too back into the distant future it was something that was spoken about
in dark corners. But everybody's involved in it now, like everybody wants to be involved
in multiple strings of income or multiple types of business which you know, it's not
the one thing you're sticking to. So entrepreneurial mentorship is what it sounds like. It's mentorship
and avise and coaching for people who have that entrepreneurial spirit or they're doing
multiple things at once and helping fill the gaps.
So, how do you find a person to be your entrepreneurial mentor?
It's a really good question. I think it's like any type of mentor. If you're in particular
field, you want to be able to identify and find who's doing what you want to be doing.
And then you need to hassle them enough so that they start teaching you what they know
within there. So perseverance but reflect.
I presume hassling in the nicest possible way. Emails, phone calls, not too often.
You don't stand outside their window holding up a stereo, whatever it will get to take.
So let's say you found this entrepreneurial mentor. Someone who's doing what you want
to be doing, presumingly at that higher level. Then they have agreed to actually work with
you. What does that look like? Is this a call a week, a call a month, and what happens during
that session.
There's various degrees of mentors. there's obviously professional mentors that you can
go out and pay for their services, and they'll help coach you through. There's a lot of those
services out there. So if you find a professional mentor who put you in a structure program,
you could find someone who'd just sit with you once a week and pick your brain and go
over your ideas and help. So there are varying degrees, you need to at first identify what
do you need. Do you need full structure, then you should find someone to pay. Do you mostly
know what you need, but you need to sounding board, go find somebody. And it doesn't hurt
to have multiple.
And let's say you found this person and you're in a session. This refers across because you
do this kind of work as a mentor yourself. What might be in let's say half hour or hour
session. What's the flow inside that session?
It comes to the very first appointment as well. So the first meeting is to go what do
you need from because there isn't, in particular with what I do, there's no structure, there's
no sort of course work, there's no homework. It's what can I do for you. Particularly entrepreneurs
because we're all doing so many things. So we'll identify then look tell me all about
your stories, what are you working on, what value can I offer you number one. And then
after that it's giving them some direction and going right, here's what you need to work
on. And then just reinforcing that whether it's every week or every fortnight to go where
are you on the journey that we created together to get you where you need to be.
So, you found an entrepreneurial mentor, you're doing sessions, how do you keep that person
particularly if they're free. If they're paid, keep paying. But if they're free how do you
keep that entrepreneurial mentor in your life?
What you will find particularly with entrepreneurial mentors or entrepreneurs in general, the successful
ones were working on dozens of things at once. Things in the background, in our spare time.
So what you need to do is time's precious to these people. If you're engaging with someone,
be engaged. If you've asked for advice, make sure you do that advice. For me, I've got
a one-strike policy. I will give my time, but if I don't feel like you've actually used
that on yourself and show motivation, we're not having a second session within there.
So it really is apply what you're learning and when you have somebody, get the most out
of them as you possibly can.
Alright good. And for what it's worth, I want to sort of add my mark on the wall to that.
There's nothing like working with someone who does what you suggest and experiences
the benefits. That's the motivator I think.
And keeps both sides motivated. You're absolutely right. It makes you want to keep helping that
person.
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