Why And When Do You Need A Mentor?
Today Steven Wagenheim is speaking again. Since he’s an allround Internet marketer, Steven often get’s asked to mentor people.
That’s what today’s contribution is all about.
Enjoy
Do You Really Need A Mentor?
Have you ever even thought about it?
I know I used to back in the days when I first started trying to make a living online. I didn’t do it, but in retrospect, what took me months to learn, I probably could have learned in a lot less time.
Still, I made it to where I am today (a solid 6 figure a year income) pretty much all on my own.
So the question remains. Do you really need a mentor? Well, the answer depends on a few things that I’m going to cover in this article. Hopefully, after reading this, you’ll have a pretty good idea of whether or not YOU need a mentor.
The first thing you have to look at is where you are and where you want to be.
With some people who are first starting out, they’re not in any hurry to make a fortune online. They have a full time job, are well off, and they really only want to do this to maybe make some extra money for extravagant things or to maybe someday go from working a full time job to running their own business.
Point is, time is not a factor. And since mentoring really only gets you there faster, getting a mentor in this case is pointless.
The next thing you have to look at is how much you feel you need to learn.
Assuming that time IS a factor, you need to determine just how much time will be saved. This will be directly proportional to how much you have to learn.
For people just starting out who know literally nothing, a mentor will save them months of time.
For somebody who has been at it a while and maybe doesn’t have that much left to learn, mentoring isn’t going to help this person as much.
Finally, there is your own personal ability to learn on your own.
If you are the kind of person like me who can read something, get it right away and put it to use, a mentor probably won’t be as big a help.
However, if you’re the type of person who really needs to be taken by the hand and shown what to do, then a mentor can be invaluable. Self starters probably don’t need mentors as much whereas somebody who needs a kick in the rear to get going can probably benefit greatly from a mentor.
In my signature, you’ll find a link to my mentoring services. I can’t tell you whether you need a mentor or not, but I can tell you that you’ll get what you pay for.
Just expect to work your tail off.
To YOUR Success,
Steven Wagenheim
Affordable Mentoring Services From A Marketer In The Trenches
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Interesting article. I always have that internal debate as to whether I need a mentor or not. It appears that I know have more things to debate! haha
Thanks
Kimberlie
Great Post! This is the kind of information I have been looking for. I will certainly come back for more reads later. Thanks for sharing Steven!
Hi there,
I’ve always thought that to be good, we would need a mentor to guide us. But i don’t like to have anyone to guide me. I want to do my own research.. After reading your article, I understand that it turned out that having a mentor depends on the individual – well, that means I can be good without a mentor after all! =)
I would love to have a mentor to not only give me a “kick up the rear” to keep me focused but also to explain to my family that someone can make a decent living off of the internet. Right now they think I’m wasting my time
There are certain areas that i can’t absorb all that i read. What i will do is to ask people who have experiences dealing with it. Eg. I am not a business person and to bring my business to the next level, i will always ask advices from my clients which in another way, helped to build a stronger relationship.
Interesting article, I think it all really depends on the psyche of the person. If you are driven enough and believe in yourself sometimes this will work (obviously you need a bit of knowledge…)
A mentor is always useful especially when times are tough as they can talk to you and make you understand things properly.
I recently tried to find a mentor to help me grow my website maintenance business. But thanks to my shoestring budget I just can’t afford anyone.
So I’m left trying to figure it out for myself. Again.
Hm.. never thinked about getting an mentor, until now did all my stuff alone.
But for some different things, wich I also wanted to learn, I should use a mentor, otherwise it would take to much time.
Anyway, thx for the post, great Blog.
Adem Krasniqi
Very interesting article! Thanks for sharing this to us Steven
With a moniker like startup sales mentor, I think you know where I land on this topic. We should all have mentors in our lives and strive to outgrow each and every one of them as we progress and absorb what they have to offer.
I am currently at large and need a new mentor. Anyone want a pupil?
All the good mentors were students once with better mentors.
Brian Armstrong
Kinda hefty. I guess I’m just afraid of taking a class like that because they might teach me stuff I already know. I wish the was a physical class I could take on this topic.
Interesting post. Mentors are not really required as per my point of view, but sometimes, when things become too tough, we really require a mentor.
Well got to say finding a mentor is something weird in this online business. Because the guys who are rich and don’t have time to even sleep are the succcesful people and these people have no time be mentors. I think the closest thing you can have is find an idol and read his blog up and down.
The price tag would be a big put off for most businesses. If you are a new business you haven’t got the money and if you are a more established one, its likely you already have some support behind you. We had a business mentor when starting out a few years ago, but it was part of a startup scheme which was great support and free.
It’s about being humble enough to admit that help is needed. Great article!
Jane
Very intriguing question that I keep debating about.
I know just like any profession we at least need someone to show you how things are done but I also do know that the people who excel a lot are the one who go out to the norm to try new stuff out.
If the mentor has proof of their achievements then I’m one of the first to be their student but if all they do is talk and propose the same old bitten new, then I don’t see the need
Good article, I know I’ve had this debate with myself. When I have chosen to be mentored I’ve sometimes found it valuable and other times regretted having paid for the experience. I know for me it’s also essential to have a mentor whose values reflect my own and someone who is honest and will actually deliver.
I’ve had mentors very explicitly promise things in order to get signups, like one-on-one take you by the hand coaching and then not deliver. I had a very bad and expensive experience with a course Ewen Chia did with Sam Heyer. Sam made this promise, they made a big deal about it, announced it just before the refund deadline. I was going to drop out and get the refund but I figured this coaching would make it worth the money. It never happened. And I couldn’t get the refund by the time we Sam reneged on his promise.
Recently I’ve joined Yaro Starak’s BlogMastermind coaching program and I’m getting tremendous value from it. I believe Yaro’s values are very close to mine and he’s genuinely about building an asset, not just making a quick buck. For me, this program is absolutely worth the time and money – because I’ve found a mentor whose honest and whose values are aligned with my own.
I’m like you, I can teach myself, I read something and figure it out. No problem. I’ve got lots of experience in much of what my mentor teaches, but he’s got experience in success well beyond mine. He also applies sound business principles to in his system… which I may know but don’t necessarily apply. So for me this mentoring relationship is synergistic, it’s like the “two heads are better than one” adage. I’m fine-tuning for success.
Great comment Donna.
UNfortunately, we not only have to find out what works, but also who works.
Glad you like Yaro’s course. It’s great, as are his (personal) values.
I’ve always been a little skeptical about the whole “guru” and mentor industry. It sometimes looks to my British sensibilities that in the marketing industry mentors are only good at training marketing mentors. Young Andy Beard has more than once suggested that this is simply a product of UK/US differences but I remain fairly cynical.
I feel that anyone can learn Internet Marketing by reading good IM blogs but it will take them a longer time to reach their goals without giving up of course. But by having a mentor, a lots of time had been cut short so is the learning curve too. Therefore can be able to see results much sonner than expected.
Invest Your Time Wisely, Peter
“they’re not in any hurry to make a fortune online” : i think most people are and that’s why so many give up after while..Aswell as Matt (above) I have also always been a little skeptical about the whole “guru” and mentor industry.