Mentor??? Who Needs A Mentor?

Written by Charles Lalonde


Who needs a mentor. . .everyone who is truly serious about achieving more of their true potential, personally and financially. In fact, Richard Brooke says:

"If you're someone who wants to break out and do something extraordinary that you would not do on your own initiative, you better have a coach-and you better have a great one."

If you doubt Mr. Brooke's quote may I suggest you investigate all top success icons in any field and you will find they all have Mentors and Coaches. It is reported that Michael Jordon atrepparttar peak of his career had 11 coaches.

You may be asking: what'srepparttar 130296 difference between a Mentor and a Coach? Webster's dictionary defines a . . .

Mentor as: "An experienced and trusted friend and prudent advisor."

Coach as: "a private tutor; one who instructs or trains a performer or a team of performers."

We have defined two types of Mentors - Life and Area Specific Mentors. A Life Mentor is one whose success system or methodology is universal andrepparttar 130297 foundation for success in every area of a person's life.

Finding a Life Mentor whose success system is universal to everyone, no matter his or her education, talents or social status, is extremely difficult. This is why Napoleon Hill, author of Think & Grow Rich, is so unique andrepparttar 130298 ideal Life Mentor because his success system isrepparttar 130299 foundation for every outstanding achievement and fortune ever made.

An Area Specific Mentor is a mentor, often referred to as a "coach," whose knowledge and expertise is in one or a few areas of life. For example, a head coach of a National Football League (NFL) team possesses knowledge, skills and a system encompassing all aspects ofrepparttar 130300 game. However, he utilizes coaches skilled inrepparttar 130301 different areas ofrepparttar 130302 game such as offense, defense and special teams.

Below are six areas in life where we can use Area Specific Mentors/Coaches:

1) Physical/Health 2) Family 3) Mental/Educational 4) Career/Financial 5) Social/Civic 6) Spiritual/Ethical

Seriously you say, do we and specifically myself really need a mentor? Let's look atrepparttar 130303 facts:

No one person will live long enough to make all ofrepparttar 130304 mistakes

In simple terms, mentors speedrepparttar 130305 learning process and are repparttar 130306 reason for advancements in technology andrepparttar 130307 standards of living we enjoy today.

The last half-century has seen very little change statistically.

Letting go of anger and awaken to life's grand adventures

Written by Kerry-Ann Cox


Anger can make us feel good and enlivened for a little while. When we are angry we are often feeling self-righteous, critical, judgemental and we have someone to blame for our own problems.

However, anger can easily turned to hatred and this can lead to us doing and saying things we really did not mean to. It can also drain our vital energy and leave us feeling drained and washed out. Long term anger is likely to have a detrimental effect on our liver, adrenal and nervous system - not to mention our relationships with those around us.

If we can be honest with ourselves, what we are really angry about is that something has happened that we did not want to happen, or we did not get our own way, or things did not turn outrepparttar way we wanted them to.

We may be angry because we planned a romantic dinner and went to a lot of effort and our partner doesn't show up.

Or we may be angry because we were sacked from our job without a good reason.

It could be that we caught someone out in a lie and we became angry.

Whateverrepparttar 130293 reason for our anger, we have to take responsibility for it, because we arerepparttar 130294 one who became that way. When we get stuck in anger, we can not see clearlyrepparttar 130295 opportunities that are all around us allrepparttar 130296 time. We live in a big world full of choices and possibilities. When we become angry, we think that we know that way things should be and what is right and just.

To release our anger we need to be aware of a few truths

1. No one every said that life was fair - sometimes unfair things happen 2. The only certainties in life are death, taxes and change. We live in a dynamic and ever changing world, so things around you are going to change.

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