A mentor may be what you need to reach the next level. They hold their mentees accountable and make sure they keep growing. Mentors seek to change your mindset and teach you vital skills that helped them get to where they are. They are a must-have for anyone trying to achieve success.

How Can A Mentor Help You?

There are so many reasons why you should have a mentor. If you’re looking to improve your skills, you should get an experienced person to teach you. Mentors can help you develop important personal and professional skills. 

When you are experiencing stagnation in your business or career, a mentor can provide a new perspective. They will be able to see the bigger picture and help you weather the storm. Mentors help to solve problems so you can move ahead.

Although mistakes are inevitable, a mentor can help you avoid lots of them. They will provide useful insight and show you the right decisions to make. With a mentor, you’re guaranteed to achieve success quicker.

How Can You Find a Mentor?

Before you find a mentor, you need to know what you are really looking for. They have to be experienced, passionate, and willing to impart their knowledge. Not everyone is fit to become a mentor, so you have to choose carefully. Here are some ideas to help you find the right mentor:

1. Check Your Network

There are some experts within your network that can mentor you. It’s very easy to recognize those who you would like to learn from. They are people that have achieved the exact type of goals that you’ve set for yourself. A prospective mentor is someone who you really look up to. 

You can also start by making a list of experts in your field, niche, or industry. Then, ask for their contact details in industry groups or ask some of your friends. All you have to do is reach out to these prospective mentors and find out what it would take for them to mentor you.

2. Join Mentorship Platforms

If you make a simple Google search, you’ll find tons of mentorship platforms to join. It has literally become easy to find a mentor online. Some platforms cater to a specific industry while others are quite diverse. It just depends on what you need mentoring sessions for.

Most mentorship platforms allow you to browse through their community of experts and reach out to those that you prefer. While some others let you post requests and receive messages from numerous mentors. On the platforms, mentors can set weekly, monthly, and yearly prices. 

3. Attend Industry Meetups

You need to be more intentional about expanding your network. That’s more reason why you should attend industry meetups such as conferences, tradeshows, and networking events. There are so many people with whom you can build valuable relationships.

You’d be surprised at the number of potential mentors that you can find at meetups. Finding a mentor at an event is as simple as walking up to someone and asking to connect with them. Once they give you their contact information, you’ll nurture the relationship from there.

4. Check Social Media

Social media can help you find the right mentor. First, you need to decide on the social media platforms that are most used in your industry. The best platforms are usually Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram. Next, you’ll search for mentors by using the related keywords and hashtags.

When you find professionals within your industry, you should follow them or send them friend requests. Then, you’ll start to build the connection over time. When you read their posts, make sure to engage and leave thoughtful comments. After some time, you will ask if they can mentor you.

5 Tips To Help You Find A Good Mentor

There are a few things to keep in mind when trying to find a mentor. You need to be patient and be willing to build relationships first. No matter how you choose to find a mentor, here are some tips to help you make the right choice. 

1. Build Relationships First

You can’t just approach somebody you admire and ask them to be your mentor. There’s a huge possibility of them rejecting you. No one wants to mentor anyone who hasn’t tried to make a connection upfront. Make sure to build a rapport with potential mentors before reaching out to them. 

2. Keep An Open Mind

When trying to find a mentor online, you need to be open-minded. You shouldn’t discriminate based on age, gender, nationality, or even religious beliefs. The most important thing is the knowledge, skills, and experience that you will benefit from. It really doesn’t matter if you’re older or younger than your mentor.

3. Don’t rush the process

It might take a very long time before someone accepts to become your mentor. There are various reasons why someone may refuse to help you. It’s either they are too busy or they are simply not interested in mentoring anyone. However, you shouldn’t take their rejection to heart. You have to be patient and continue to build relationships.

4. Look for skills and expertise

Mentorship is all about learning new things and improving certain aspects of your life. So you need to find someone who has the skills and knowledge that you lack. Make sure their strengths lie within areas where your weaknesses are. Your mentor should help you learn new skills and improve your current skills. 

5. Set Goals For Yourself

There’s no point in seeking mentorship if you haven’t set any goals yet. Nobody wants to help a confused person who doesn’t know the type of outcome he wants. You need to define your goals and write them down. Then, you can work on finding someone who can help you achieve those goals.

Conclusion

Mentorship is necessary if you want to get ahead in life. No matter your level of expertise, there’s always something new to learn. The above tips should help you find the right mentor. However, you should know that mentorship doesn’t always come free. Some mentors may ask you to pay for their time while others might tell you to buy their course or provide some sort of service.

As mentioned before, an accountability coach is a trained professional who helps you set clear goals and stick to the timelines you have set for yourself. They will help you resolve any challenges you face on this journey and make sure you are in touch with why you are doing all this in the first place.

The best time to choose an accountability coach is when you are just setting off on your journey towards building a new habit or achieving a new goal and need someone to directly guide the way. An accountability coach can teach you how to implement the concepts and practices of whatever it is your are striving for.

They can also help you with the following:

• Set realistic goals in alignment with your long-term vision
• Periodically review and measure the progress you have made
• Remind you to celebrate small wins
• Assess the setbacks that prevent you from reaching your target and help you overcome them
• Cheer you on and help you get back on track if you ever fall off the wagon.

No matter what habit you are trying to build or break, you can find yourself a certified coach from this directory of accountability coaches.

 When you are new to this journey or sticking to a goal and prefer to learn and improve as you go along, it is best to choose an accountability coach in this situation. Here are some tips to keep in mind while choosing one:

1. Find someone experienced in your niche

An accountability coach need not have achieved the same goal as you did. But if they are trained in psychology and have worked with enough clients with the same dreams, they can definitely help you in your journey.

2. Ask them about their coaching style

Some coaches approach their coaching sessions in an organized manner, while some prefer to go with the flow. Some tend to be strict while others are more accomodating.

Knowing your coach’s style before committing to working with them can help you determine whether it aligns with what you are looking for. Ask your prospective coach the style they prefer and then introspect if that is the kind of support you are currently looking for.

3. Ask what tools and methods they use

Some believe weekly calls work, while others operate mostly via texts. Some prefer to give you a lot of assignments and homework, while others work best when you are the one asking questions.

When you know the style of your accountability coach aligns with what you currently need, you can make better use of the support they offer. You need to know if the tools they use resonates with you and fits with the kind of support you are looking for.

4. Have a consultation call with the coach

A clarity call or a one-on-one consultation with the coach before you start working together can be of great value when you are getting started on your journey. Aside from asking the questions above, here are some other things you can determine on a consultation call:

• Their pricing and if it matches your budget.
• Their availability and whether they can be in touch at the times you need them the most.
• Whether their personality and talking style lifts you up and provides further motivation. In short, do you vibe well with them?

5. Assess their success rates

Go through the testimonials your prospective accountability coach has and do a quick check-up on their success rates. If possible, reach out to a past client and talk to them about their experiences. Coaching, after all, is a big investment, and you want to make sure you get the most out of it.

But no matter how well we’re aware of how positive affirmations can help us clear our heads and become a better version of ourselves, it’s not easy to incorporate daily positive affirmations in our routine. This post discusses a detailed step-by-step guide on how you can start practicing daily affirmations.

Understand how affirmations work

When you keep repeating a belief or a value over and over again, it becomes ingrained in your brain and it turns out easier to believe it. 

In the beginning, it might be hard to believe an affirmation like “I am worthy of love,” especially if you’ve been conditioned by a lifetime of doubting your self-worth. The important point is to not give up and keep repeating them even if they don’t sound true at the moment.

A beneficial way of getting into this habit is by marking your daily progress on a habit tracker. You can also hire an accountability coach who will help you stay on track and help your get back with your habit of daily affirmations if you fall off the wagon for some reason.

It doesn’t matter if your self-esteem is high or low, positive affirmations can work for you and rewire your mindset if you word them correctly. 

How to create affirmations that work

Writing your affirmations in the present tense always works better than writing them in the future tense. If you feel “I am worthy of love” sounds too tough at the moment, you can reword it such as “I choose to..”

Here are some other ways to word your affirmations if “I am” feels too overwhelming for you at the beginning:

• “I am learning how to…”
• “I allow myself to…”

Before you write any affirmation, pay attention to how you talk to yourself. Is there a particular habit or area where you keep undermining yourself? Try working on that area first and create affirmations around a habit that you don’t give yourself enough credit for.

Turn your negativity to positivity 

When you’re mindful about the way you talk to yourself, you will start spotting each time you tell yourself negative statements like “I can’t do this” or “What if people think…”

When you see something like that happening, stop yourself and change your negatives into positives. Pump yourself up like you’d pump up your best friend and say things to yourself in a tone that pulls you up rather than pushing you down.

Give yourself compliments. Keep repeating your positive affirmations day after day.

Speak them out loud

If writing your affirmations down doesn’t help, speak them out. Go to a rooftop and scream to the world what you’re capable of.

Give yourself permission to think beyond your bubble of comfort and allow the magic of the universe to bestow you with gifts untold.

Visualize

Sometimes, it might not be enough to simply write or speak the words out loud. Switch your mindset from one of scarcity to an abundance mindset by visualizing a future where you are capable of doing all the things you dream of.

The next time you pick a goal for yourself, visualize yourself achieving it and allow yourself to feel all the positive emotions that will course through your body once you actually accomplish it.

This will provide you with the right push to stick to your goal, even if things get rough at times.

How does it work?

When users sign up to a plan, the plan will show up on their Lift list along with an instruction for what to do that day
Steps are sequential, so each time a user completes a step, they unlock the instructions for the next step.The next step will show up on their Lift list the day after they check-in.

What are the benefits of creating a plan?

“Since I read your email last night, I’ve signed up for this plan (Get Productive the AgileWay) and ordered the corresponding book.” ~ Beta User

We’re still learning but here are some benefits we’ve already identified:

• Build your brand
• Engage your community
• Promote yourself: give something of value to potential clients and followers

That sounds cool, but I don’t think I’m qualified to write a plan.

Hold up! You probably are.
Anyone can write a plan. We think the following people will be especially great at making plans:

• You’re a coach or personal trainer.
• You’re a topic expert in diet, communications, nutrition, fitness, productivity, etc.
• You’ve just achieved a goal and want to help others do the same.
• You want to achieve a goal yourself and know the steps to take to do so. You’d love for others to join you along the way.
• You’re a teacher: you know how to structure plans and teach people new things.
• You’re an author with a book that teaches skills.

What kinds of plans can I write?

Plans can be about anything!
We all have different goals and different skills to share, from training to a 5K or marathon to increasing productivity and becoming a better public speaker.

Who can take my plan?

You can share your plan with anyone using the public link included in the Details of Your Plan email. They’ll need to create a Lift account to participate.
Links for more info:
Create a Plan: https://lift.do/plans/new
Tips for Writing Your Plan: http://blog.coach.me/tips-for-writing-your-coaching-plan/