Mentors are people who are being looked up to for advice or help because of the knowledge and experience they posses in a field. They are motivators, teachers, and infliencers who seeks to impact positively the lives of the people that looks up to them.
As individuals we all need mentors, most especially beginners and entrepreneurs, who can invest quality time to know your capabilities as well as business; your mentor needs to be someone who can relate with what you do or best someone who works in the same field as you because it makes mentorship more effective. For instance, you work as a musician and your mentor is someone who works as a barber, this kind of mentorship would yield no results because no benefit can be achieved; even if the person is successful, you can only like the person and wish to be successful as them.
You need someone who is realistic, and sees your dream as their dream and takes pride in teaching you.
Criteria in choosing a mentor
- Someone in the same field of interest as you
- Someone that you can talk and share your thoughts with.
- Your mentor should be someone who is accessible, someone who has the time to talk to you
- Someone who you believe and knows has the knowledge, understanding, and experience
- Someone that you can trust, most especially your confidentiality
- Someone who listens before making judgement
These criteria are unlimited but the aforementioned are regarded as the major ones. As for the importance of mentorship to an individual, they are to teach, guide, motivate, and advice on things to do and steps to follow.
You need to find yourself a mentor who can invest time to know your work.
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