The importance of Coaching and Mentors

Mentors

The important thing about mentors is - they are guides on the side, rather than sages on stages.

You meet a lot of wonderful people. You can learn a lot from them. And if you want to learn from people, just observe them. Understand how they behave, think, talk, work, conduct business, etc.

Do your best to learn from mentors, family, business partners, clients, friends, colleagues. Try to absorb all their knowledge.

Everyone has mentors. But not everyone actively observes them.

Most of us expect a mentor to show up and say: “As of today, I’m your official mentor. Here‘s lesson one: Don’t be an idiot.”

That never happens.

Find ways to spend time with people you want to learn from and learn by observing them.

Coaching

A great coach can compress decades of learning into days. In the beginning, if you don’t have a bunch of money to spend, focus on the free resources (youtube and google).

TODO

1. The art of mentorship and long-term thinking https://bigthink.com/business/the-art-of-mentorship-and-long-term-thinking/
2. The Brad Feld interview: Meaning, mentorship, and giving first https://bigthink.com/the-long-game/the-brad-feld-interview-meaning-mentorship-and-giving-first/
3. The John Candeto interview: Bigger dreams and the colossal effect of “power laws” https://bigthink.com/the-long-game/the-john-candeto-interview-bigger-dreams-and-the-colossal-effect-of-power-laws/