Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Who Is Your Millionaire Mentor ?

If you are working on your dreams, you might be just one
ingredient away from unlocking and unleashing your destiny.

You might be one ingredient away from living your dreams.

You might be one ingredient away from becoming a Millionaire or
Multi-Millionaire or even a Billionaire.

This one ingredient often means the difference between taking
decades to reach your goals or speeding up the pace of
advancement to a matter of weeks or even days.

That one ingredient is a Mentor.

There are seeds of greatness within you right now, but sometimes
it takes the assistance of a Mentor to help them flourish.

I have been blessed to have had many types of mentors throughout
my life, from teachers in grade school, to youth service workers
in my community, to business people who saw something in me and
encouraged me or offered to guide me.

I lived in the same impoverished ghetto as people who went on to
join gangs, drop out of school, become addicted to drugs, and
many of them are no longer with us. They made different choices.
Those people had the same potential within them that I did. But I
had mentors to look up to.

I made a decision as a youth, to search out positive Mentors.
Not just as a one time thing, but as a lifelong mission. And
even though I have gone on to success in mentoring thousands of
people, I still Mentor others and I still seek out Mentors.

When mentors appeared, I embraced them and studied them. I read
what they told me to read, I went where they told me to go and I
did what they told me to do.

Sam Walton said, "Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the
self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves,
it's amazing what they can accomplish."

What makes a great Mentor?

A great Mentor sees more potential in you than you do in
yourself.

A great Mentor can show you the way and point out things you
might not otherwise see or be aware of. Sometimes weaknesses,
sometimes strengths, sometimes patterns that you unconsciously
practice that hold you back.

A great Mentor believes in you.

A great Mentor inspires you.

A great Mentor knows that the same seeds of greatness that are
inside them are inside you too.

A great Mentor cultivates and nourishes those seeds, they help
you grow.

A great Mentor helps you bridge the gap from where you are now
to where you want to be.

A great Mentor Coaches you to breakthrough your limiting
beliefs.

A great Mentor convinces you to believe you can achieve what
others deem impossible.

A great Mentor brings out the best in you.

Great Mentors do all of this and so much more...

I have been invited to be a part of an amazing new movement to
bring you some of the greatest Mentors of our lifetime. It is
actually one of the most powerful, positive projects I have ever
seen and you can be a part of it too.

If you would like to learn from today's most empowering leaders,
I urge you to head over to MillionaireMentor.com and
sign up so you can be part of this incredible experience.

I want you to reach your goals. I want you to live your dreams.
I want you to have access to the BEST Mentors anywhere in the
world.

Everyone needs a mentor to reach the next level.

All you have to do is take the next step.

Live Your Dreams

Jill Koenig, the "Goal Guru' is a Self Made Millionaire. A Best Selling Author, Coach and Motivational Speaker, she is an expert on the subjects of Goal Setting, Time Management and Business Success. She is the host of the Millionaire Mentor Radio Show. Her passion in life is helping you Achieve your Goals and Unleash your untapped potential. Learn Cutting Edge Strategies and get your FREE ebook at http://www.MillionaireMentor.com

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Secrets of Mentoring

Mentoring can provide great benefits to any enterprise when implemented properly. The following article discusses aspects not often considered when introducing mentoring.

1. People like to mentor

People are flattered when asked to mentor someone. It is recognition they have an expertise, knowledge or skill that someone else has noticed and values.
The mentor does not have to be particularly senior in an organisation and can act as a mentor to someone more senior

2. Mentoring can be scary

When the mentor is new to mentoring, they worry about their abilities and the mentee’s expectations. All mentors require training to prepare them for their role and to give a structure to the process.

3. Mentoring is rewarding

The mentor gains from being a mentor in that it raises their self-confidence and helps them realise how much they know. When explaining something to a mentee the mentor sometimes realises an assumption may not be correct, re-evaluates a procedure, and implements a needed change.

4. Mentoring can be bi-directional

The majority of mentoring programmes assume a single direction, that of a senior person mentoring someone more junior. In practice senior people gain from the detailed and more up to date knowledge of junior people on the implementation of strategy, customer feedback and the use of technology.

5. Mentoring can accelerate your career

When your organisation recognises you as a mentor, it is recognising your value to the organisation. As you mentor more people, your mentees spread the word about your abilities and knowledge and more people consult you for advice. All of this recognition will help to accelerate your career.

6. Mentoring needs a structure

It is important that mentoring does not become a talking shop used to boost the ego of the mentor. The mentee requires specific goals and set timeframes to assimilate knowledge. The mentor should record agreed actions, for both the mentor and mentee and review these at subsequent meeting. A certain element of mentoring can be open ended and on-going but this should be relatively small.

7. Mentoring provides a high return on investment

The cost of a mentoring programme is relatively small even taking into account opportunity costs and administration. Research is producing statistics demonstrating higher employee satisfaction, higher employee retention rates and higher quality performance

Michael Daly is a highly experienced international executive coach and mentor. Details can be seen at http://www.ecam.nu

Michael Daly - EzineArticles Expert Author

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Why Consider Business Mentoring?

Business mentoring is about getting advice and direction from a specialist who is wise in a particular area.

Business mentoring is where a small business operator is matched up with an experienced and trusting advisor.

For these reasons, and many more, business mentoring is increasingly popular as a solution to a multitude of business challenges.Mentoring. Business Mentoring is a highly interactive process and requires strong commitment from both the mentor and the business directors/management team.

The most critical component in mentoring, most professionals would agree, is being able to listen. The key differences between coaching and mentoring are: Mentoring invents a future based on past experience whereas coaching invents a future from an individual's own suggestions and input.Mentor

Mentoring is one way in which small businesses can advance business development rapidly by drawing on the experience, skills and knowledge of successful business managers and business professional service providers. Mentoring covers everything from help with planning and researching your business and assistance with your business plan through to the sharing of contacts and encouragement to help you reach your goals. Mentoring is designed to uncover talents and enhance skills in a supportive and open relationship. Mentoring has been used successfully in the workplace for years.

Business Mentoring is designed to give you the tools, knowledge and resources to accelerate your business. For these reasons, and many more, business mentoring is increasingly popular as a solution to a myriad of challenges. Business mentoring is an enduring relationship that helps you realise your potential and achieve your business goals.

Rob Davison - EzineArticles Expert Author

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Choosing the Right Mentor

Choosing the right mentor is the key to online success. Be careful when choosing your mentor. Make sure that you have checked out their credentials and that they have proven to be successful in their own business endeavors.

1. Ask them how many people they have mentored to success. If they are hesitant in providing you contact information for that person choose a different mentor.

2. Find out what their goals are for helping other succeed. Do they have a plan? If they only have goals for making money and nothing in place for giving back to the community- run as fast as you can. You can't receive unless you are willing to give.

3. Spend time with your mentor before you commit to joining them. Don't be afraid to take your time in making a decision to join their online venture. Due Dilligence is key.

4. Determine whether or not your mentor can show you how to successfully market. They should be able to give you some tips on marketing even before you join them. If not, choose another mentor.

All too often the flashy websites with the fake cars, pictures of piles of money and promises of gold can cloud sound judgement. Before you spend your hard earned money , make sure your mentor has integrity. If you follow these tips, there is no way you will not succeed online. Choosing the right mentor is half the battle.

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Rhonda Smith has a Master's Degree in Business and runs several successful marketing websites. Her passion is Internet marketing and her website Graduate2Wealth.info is dedicated to teaching anyone how to become successful marketers.

Mentoring - Do You Need A Mentor?

It seems like some people are always talking about how you need a mentor if you really want to succeed. What about people who don’t want a mentor or think getting one is too much hassle?

Getting a mentor in the traditional life coach sense is great. But if you are like me I don’t really want to go out and find one. I do have mentors, but not in the traditional sense of the word.

I think you can have mentors, many mentors and not even talk to them. For instance if you want a mentor to improve your spirituality you could pick someone like Wayne Dyer. Do you think he would talk to you or mentor you? If so could you afford it?

Well I do have him for a mentor but I don’t pay him very much. I just bought his book. Now he is my mentor, not in the traditional sense, but I am learning from him and accessing his knowledge.

The truth is you can have one mentor for each area of your life that you want to improve. I encourage you to seek out people who you admire and think that can help you.

Now it is great if you get a mentor in the classical sense, but having a mentor this way means not having to worry about how often or where you should meet. Also this new way you can change mentors very easily without any hurt feelings.

Start today by gathering a team of mentors that will take you to the next level in life.