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1214: How to Find (and Keep) a Mentor in 10 Not-So-Easy Steps by Jeff Goins on Getting Career Advice and Guidance

Jan 27, 2024

Jeff Goins, author, provides practical guidance on nurturing mentor-mentee relationships. He demystifies mentoring, corrects misconceptions, and outlines 10 steps for finding and maintaining a beneficial mentorship. The importance of patience, persistence, and genuine connection is emphasized.

09:22

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Jeff Goins

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Quick takeaways

Approach finding a mentor with the understanding that it requires patience, persistence, and genuine connection.

Instead of explicitly asking someone to be your mentor, start with an initial informal meeting to evaluate if you want to continue pursuing the relationship.

Deep dives

Misunderstandings about Mentoring

Many people have misconceptions about how mentoring works. They often approach potential mentors in the wrong way, forcing them into an uncomfortable position. Common misconceptions include thinking that mentoring is all about oneself, waiting for a mentor to find them, being passive rather than active in the mentorship, and feeling the need to explicitly ask someone to be their mentor. To find a mentor, it's important to rethink these assumptions and approach the process differently.

Introduction

2min

Finding and Keeping a Mentor: 10 Not-So-Easy Steps

2min

Steps to Take After a Successful Meeting with a Potential Mentor

3min

Finding and Keeping a Mentor, plus an Ad for nuts.com

2min

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Episode 1214:

Jeff Goins demystifies the concept of mentoring in "How to Find (and Keep) a Mentor in 10 Not-So-Easy Steps," offering practical guidance on nurturing mentor-mentee relationships. He corrects common misconceptions and outlines key steps for finding and maintaining a beneficial mentorship, emphasizing the importance of patience, persistence, and genuine connection.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://goinswriter.com/find-mentor/

Quotes to ponder:

"You can't be mentored in a summer. That's an internship. Mentoring takes real time and real work."

Episode references:

The Art of Work - Jeff Goins: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Work-Proven-Discovering-Meant/dp/0718022076

Real Artists Don’t Starve - Jeff Goins: https://www.amazon.com/Real-Artists-Dont-Starve-Strategies/dp/0718086260

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