ACCORDING
ACCORDING TO HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW. EIGHTY FOUR PERCENT CEOS WHO HAVE HAD MENTORS AND
SAID THAT THEY'VE AVOIDED
COSTLY MISTAKES BECAUSE OF
THEIR MENTORS. SIXTY NINE
PERCENT SAID MENTORS HELP THEM
MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. SO WITH
TOMORROW BEING NATIONAL
MENTORING DAY, WE THOUGHT WE'D
BRING ON THE ORIGINAL SHARK
FROM THE HIT SHOW SHARK TANK
KEVIN CARE. HARRINGTON AND HIS
MENTEE MARK TIM. GOOD MORNING
TO YOU. GENTLEMEN, WELCOME.
LISTEN, I I'VE GOTTA ADMIT I'VE
HAD MENTORS THROUGHOUT MY
CAREER. I'M SO GRATEFUL. I'M
CURIOUS HOW DID THE TWO OF YOU
MEET? TELL THAT STORY. GO
AHEAD. I DO. BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
WE WROTE THIS BOOK TOGETHER
MENTOR TO MILLIONS AND THE BOOK
ITSELF IS REALLY THE YOU KNOW,
THE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE MET. WE
MET THROUGH A MUTUAL MENTOR. SO
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN I HAD
ZIG ZIGLAR, THE MOTIVATIONAL
SPEAKER AS A MENTOR. AND WHEN
KEVIN WAS A YOUNGER GUY, HE HAD
ZIG ZIGLAR AS A MENTOR. I
DIDN'T KNOW KEVIN KEVIN DIDN'T
KNOW ME. BUT WE HAD THIS DESIRE
TO CARRY ON THE LEGACY OF OUR
MENTOR AND SO WE CONNECTED WITH
THE FAMILY LENNY. AND IT WAS
THE SON OF ZIG ZIGLAR, THE SON
DAUGHTER OF ZIG ZIGLAR THAT
INTRODUCED US TOGETHER. SO I
MET MY MENTOR. AND THEN
OBVIOUSLY IT LED TO AN
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THAT WE'VE
HAD. AND ULTIMATELY TO A BOOK
THAT WE HOPE TO IMPACT MILLIONS
THROUGH THIS MESSAGE OF
MENTORSHIP. MENTORSHIP IS SO
IMPORTANT. KEVIN, YOU GUYS BOTH
WROTE THE BOOK. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE
JUST TALKING ABOUT IT. A MENTOR
TO MILLIONS. SECRETS OF SUCCESS
IN BUSINESS AND BEYOND. TELL US
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT AND
WHAT YOU WANT PEOPLE READING
THIS BOOK TO WALK AWAY WITH.
ULTIMATELY, YEAH. THANK YOU. I
THINK I'VE BEEN AN ENTREPRENEUR
FOR CLOSE TO 40 YEARS NOW, MADE
A LOT OF MISTAKES IN THE EARLY
DAYS AND WHEN I GOT MENTORS I
LOOKED FOR CERTAIN EXPERTISE
FROM THEM. SO I NEEDED FINANCE
MENTORS TO HELP ME RAISE
CAPITAL. AN ENTREPRENEUR CAN
ONLY BE SO SUCCESSFUL IF THEY
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY RIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT THE MESSAGE
THAT THEY MENTOR TO MILLIONS IS
LEAVING IS HOW WE WANT. WE SHOW
YOU IN THE BOOK HOW YOU'RE
GOING TO GET A MENTOR, HOW TO
BE THE MENTORS BEST STUDENT AND
HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF A
MENTOR. THIS IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE YOU'VE MENTIONED YOU'VE
HAD SOME MENTORS. I'VE HAD SOME
I'VE HAD SOME MENTEES THAT I
COULDN'T CONTINUE TO BE A
MENTOR TO BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T
GOOD STUDENTS. SO IT'S
IMPORTANT ACROSS THE BOARD. NOW
THEY GET A GOOD ONE. BE A GOOD
STUDENT. AND THEN AFTER YOU GET
DONE BEING MENTORED, YOU PAY IT
FORWARD AND YOU BECOME A MENTOR
TO ANOTHER MENTEE. YEAH, I HAD
A MENTOR WHO ONCE TOLD ME HE
SAID THE ONE THING I WANT YOU
TO DO IS PAY IT FORWARD. SO
THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO DO. BUT
LET ME ASK YOU THIS. GOING OFF
OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, KEVIN,
SOMETIMES MENTORS FALL IN YOUR
LAP. RIGHT. BUT LET'S SAY
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ONE. WHERE
DO YOU START? I ALWAYS SAY YOU
START FROM WITHIN. THE FIRST
THING RAISE YOUR HAND. SAY THAT
YOU NEED ONE. I MEAN LITERALLY
IN TODAY'S WORLD YOU CAN ALMOST
JUST KIND OF PUT SOME MESSAGING
OUT ON THE LINKEDIN OR SOCIAL
MEDIA AND YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME
RESPONSE. BUT IN THE OLD DAYS
AS WHEN I WAS SITTING THERE
TRYING TO THINK HOW DO I GET
SOMEONE I REACH OUT TO MY INNER
CIRCLE. I USE THE SAYING WHO DO
YOU WRITE CHECKS TO ACCOUNTANTS
AND LAWYERS AND AND IN MY CASE.
MEDIA COMPANIES, FULFILLMENT
CENTERS THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO
SEE YOU SUCCEED. THEY WOULD BE
THEY'RE GOING TO DO MORE
BUSINESS WITH YOU IF THEY HELP
YOU GET SOMEONE TO HELP YOU
GROW YOUR BUSINESS. SO REACH
OUT TO THOSE AROUND YOU. ALSO
JOINED ORGANIZATIONS IN CLUBS
AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND IN
TODAY'S WORLD THERE'S MEETUP
GROUPS AND ALL KINDS OF WE
BELONG TO HIGH LEVEL OF KIND OF
GROUPS THAT MENTOR. THERE'S ONE
CALLED THE BOARD OF ADVISORS
FOR EXAMPLE. THERE'S 200 PEOPLE
INSIDE. BOARD OF ADVISORS WHEN
YOU JOIN B.A. YOU GET MENTORS
THAT ARE GOING TO HELP YOU
BUILD YOUR BUSINESS. SO IT'S
AROUND YOU BUT YOU FIRST HAVE
TO JUST RAISE YOUR HAND, SAY I
NEED HELP. HEY, I NEED ONE.
YEAH, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION
MARK. WHY DO YOU THINK MENTORS
ARE SO IMPORTANT TO OUR SOCIETY
OVERALL? RIGHT. YEAH. SO RIGHT
NOW IF YOU LEAVE YOU GOOGLE
THIS YOU'D FIND THAT LESS THAN
HALF OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE
HAVE MENTORS. SO YOU HAVE
THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE
WROTE THE BOOK IS BECAUSE WE
FIGURED OUT THAT THE REAL
SECRET TO GREAT SUCCESS IF
YOU'VE GOT A PRODUCT, A PURPOSE
OR PASSION, THE WAY TO GET TO
THE WORLD IS THROUGH MENTORS.
AND THIS SUPER SUCCESSFUL
PEOPLE, THE ICONS THAT WE LOOK
AT, THEY ALL HAVE A SECRET AND
THAT SECRET IS THEY HAD
MENTORS. NOW THE TIMELINESS OF
THIS WE TURN THIS MANUSCRIPT
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BEFORE
COVE. BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU
I DON'T THINK IN MODERN HISTORY
THERE'S EVER BEEN A TIME WHERE
PEOPLE WERE MORE WILLING TO
HELP THEIR NEIGHBOR TO HELP
THEIR FELLOW BUSINESSMAN, HELP
THEIR FELLOW ENTREPRENEUR THAN
RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU'RE OUT
THERE AND YOU NEED HELP IF
YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU'RE
TRYING TO START A BUSINESS, IF
YOU'RE TRYING TO PIVOT IN THESE
CRAZY TIMES. MENTOR IS HOW YOU
CAN GET IT DONE AND THAT'S WHY
WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT
THE BOOK. WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT
IT'S OUT NOW. AND WE'RE ALREADY
GETTING FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE
THAT HAVE READ SAYING IT'S
CHANGING THEIR LIVES AND IT'S
PUTTING THEM ON A TRAJECTORY
THAT THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO
LOOK BACK AT THIS TIME AND SAY
THIS WAS A CRITICAL POINT IN
THEIR TIME BECAUSE OF MENTORS
IN THEIR LIFE. OK, THAT'S
THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I LOOK
FORWARD TO ACTUALLY READING
THE BOOK. SO I GUESS THE SECRET
IS OUT. THE SECRET IS OUT. IT'S
ALL ABOUT MENTORS AND MENTORING
OTHERS. KEVIN AND MARK, THANK
YOU SO