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RE: Why You Don't Need A Mentor

in #life6 years ago

Scott, I have just discovered you today and you seem super smart!
I am going to have to respectfully disagree with your premise that you do not need a mentor. Ok, technically you do not NEED a mentor, but even a bad mentor can teach something if only just what to avoid or what not to do...
At the beginning of the video you mentioned that you do not need a mentor because they will not give you a shortcut or fast track to success. That is correct but a good mentor will make you understand that you have to do it yourself and can give guidance during tough times and can keep you grounded if you hit a sudden streak of good luck that may make you lose focus.
You also mentioned that you do not need a mentor or that it is not good to want to mentor others because they then give up and do not want to put in the work. This is absolutely wrong and misleading. A good mentor will not give up on someone they believe in and will not let them give up on themselves. While it is true that a solid 90% of folks really do not want to change their lives, they will not challenge the status quo, and they only LIKE the idea of being successful; it is wrong to say that it is not worth trying to help those who want to help themselves. I believe in the law of averages. As a former salesman I have seen that getting discouraged after reject after reject is toxic! If you keep your head down and do not keep trying you may miss the opportunity of a lifetime. You may miss out of being the Don King of the next Mike Tyson!

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I only said you should not want a mentor because seeking out someone to help you help yourself instead of just helping yourself is wasting your own time. I think anyone who was going to be successful would have anyway and anyone who won't, won't. Now I do believe maybe mentors or someone like myself posting a video and sharing could maybe snap someone into figuring it out earlier, but the flaw in seeking out mentorship is that you put the responsibility to improve, to change on someone else's shoulders.

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