Junebug
I love living in the Information Age, where my 7 year old asks me to Google “what’s the life cycle of a Junebug” after I told her I had no idea what their life cycle was. (I was trying to avoid the topic of how they mate wildly all night long each June, and seem to land in piles of blissfully deceased bug carcasses on my patio come morning.)
And even if I knew the answer to that question, would it make me an expert? Could I hang my shingle as the premier Junebug expert?
Of course not, it would simply fill my head with more random information that perhaps will serve me one day on a game show. Maybe.
But what if I spent years studying with Junebug experts, donning night vision goggles to document their nocturnal trysts? What if I had someone to answer my questions, to correct my erroneous assumptions, and to lead me to new discoveries?
What if I had a Junebug mentor to guide me?
You see, information by itself is wonderful, but without mentoring it doesn’t serve you.
Let’s tie this into your business. I see this so often with people trying to run their businesses on information alone. Google is great but it gives information, not mentoring. That serves you to a certain extent, but what do you do when you have tough questions?
I’m opening up this blog post to ask you about mentorship.
- Do you have a mentor?
- How have mentors helped your business?
- Do you mentor others?
I’m creating a series of posts on this topic because mentorship has been essential to my success and I want to hear how it’s impacted you. Just like the Junebugs, you can get information but that doesn’t always lead to mastery.
Also, thank you to the number of people who’ve stepped up to ask me to be their mentor. I care deeply about the success of my clients and have actually limited the number of people I’ll work closely with over the next year. If you are interested in learning more about having me as your mentor, please check out this post and leave me your info. Space is limited and is by application only.
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