Mentoring: The Most Obvious Yet Overlooked Key To Achieving More in Life than You Ever Dreamed Possible

Floyd Wickman & Terri Sjodin

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How can you learn the keys to achieving the expressions of your potential? How do you make your levels of professional performance second to none? How do you acquire the closely guarded secrets that distinguish outstanding and successful people from the simply average? The answer lies in the time-honored tradition of mentoring. While much has been written about mentoring, few if any books uncover the strategies and methods to finding mentors for every aspect of one's life. Mentoring reveals the secrets to achieving high degrees of success: personal, professional, economic, and emotional through a series of stories and letters illustrating the mentoring relationship. Floyd Wickman and Terri Sjodin (as mentor and protege themselves in writing this book) prove that mentoring can be an important catalyst to success.

The authors worked together for five years researching and developing the work, calling upon mentoring experiences of other highly successful and fulfilled people. Mentoring relationships are not only available to a lucky few. As this book explains, anyone can maximize their potential with the help of the right mentor. Readers will discover how to create a successful mentoring lifestyle, including: four basic reasons why mentoring works and the benefits of having a mentor; how to select a good mentor or protege; 16 laws of mentoring; how to involve mentors in every facet of your life from family to fitness to spiritual development; secrets for effectively working with and developng a protege; creating meaningful synergy between mentor and protege.

What will you learn from this book

  1. Importance of Mentorship: Highlighting the immense impact mentors can have on personal and professional growth. Mentoring offers guidance, support, and wisdom from experienced individuals.

  2. Mutual Learning and Growth: Mentoring isn't just a one-way street. Both mentors and mentees can learn and grow from each other's experiences, perspectives, and knowledge.

  3. Building Relationships: Mentorship is about fostering strong relationships based on trust, respect, and open communication.

  4. Goal Setting and Accountability: Mentors assist mentees in setting goals and holding them accountable, fostering motivation and progress.

  5. Career Development: Mentors provide insights and advice that aid in career advancement, decision-making, and skill development.

  6. Networking and Opportunities: Mentorship often introduces mentees to valuable networks and opportunities they might not have access to otherwise.

  7. Personal Support and Guidance: Beyond professional growth, mentors can offer personal support, encouragement, and guidance during challenging times.

  8. Empowerment and Confidence: Effective mentoring empowers mentees, boosting their confidence and self-belief.

  9. Long-term Impact: A good mentoring relationship can have a lasting impact, shaping the mentee's life and career trajectory.

  10. Pay It Forward: Successful mentees often become mentors themselves, passing on their knowledge and guidance to the next generation.

Language English
ISBN-10 0070603243
ISBN-13 978-0070603240
No of pages 191
Font Size Medium
Book Publisher Tata Mcgraw Hill
Published Date 01 Jan 2005

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