You Need Inspiration and Motivation? Get a Mentor

Motivation, inspiration and self confidence are fantastic attributes to have but they can elude even the most successful people from time to time. So who does the budding entrepreneur turn to when they need some inspiration?

Do they need anybody to turn to at all?

Mentors. Who are these mysterious people that have the answer to all our problems?

Well in fact they don’t. This is why we need more than one. It is why they are also not that mysterious. They are likely to have expertise in one field. As an entrepreneur just starting on the road to success we are going to need advice in many areas of our business. This advice could be financial, legal, technical or educational so we need the experience of several people.
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Some of this advice is going to cost money. A good account or solicitor doesn’t come cheap unless we have them amongst our circle of friends. However, many will offer start up advice for free believing that you will use there services once you are up and running. If you can get this type of advice then it is ethical practice to use their services once you need your accounts looked after or a contract drawn up.

Friends or members of our family quite often provide valuable sources of advice and invariably this will also be free. It is great if friends or family become mentors because they are so much more approachable. However, be careful that you don’t offend if you don’t take their advice onboard. Sometimes you end up with conflicting advice from more than one individual and you then have to decide which course of action you are going to take.

It may come as a surprise to many that we can have the rich and successful as mentors too.

How?

So many have published books, set up courses or perform seminars. We can easily, normally for a small fee, discover how they create their success. This is a fantastic way of educating ourselves and tapping into the mindset of the experts. So many books sit on my bookshelves which I take down from time to time to refresh my memory over a tactic or purely just to provide inspiration.

To have mentors such as Richard Branson or Paul McKenna to guide and inspire is a tremendous facility that we all can have. Obviously the choice of successful people will depend on the individual but none the less these people are there for us to follow and emulate.

Another form of mentor is a coach. Very much thought of in the past as the domain of the sporting world, we can get a coach for almost any area of our lives now. Personal trainers, life style coaches, business coaches are all forms of mentors if we need them. At the beginning of an enterprise these types of coaches may not be required, but as a business expands we may need to consider whether we need to hire life style and business coaches to help personnel to grow and fulfil their potential. http://www.whatisthemeaningoffaith.com

As we can see, mentors are a necessity if an enterprise is going to succeed. It is virtually impossible to be successful on our own. Along with advice, they provide motivation, optimism, inspiration and self confidence.

How fantastic is that?

Terry Norrington

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