Mentors Make Me Money

“A fool learns from his own experience. A wise man learns from someone else’s.” Put another way with something a bit more familiar, “Experience is the best teacher.” I believe both to be true. I also believe the second quote is incomplete or misleading. It doesn’t say it has to be your experience. And that’s why mentors make me money.

Mentors flatten the leaning curve. They distill decades of experience into insightful lessons shared during lunches, dinners, and phone calls. Mentors, especially those within your own field of study, save immense amounts of time. They shave weeks and months, perhaps years of trial and error experimentation. Mentors secure their legacy during each and every interaction with those under their tutelage.

You can’t give away what you don’t have. If you’re young or new in a profession, my experience is to find a mentor. When I sold cars, I found someone that sold more and had been selling longer than myself. When I sold life insurance, same thing. Same experience when I became a Financial Advisor and the same holds true when I began writing full time. I can’t stress enough the value a good mentor delivers.

Today, Thursday, January 4, 2024, I am grateful that:

Herb and I had our weekly conversation. The lessons I’ve learned over the years can’t be accurately measured with money, nor with amounts of time saved.

D.C. and I had a brief conversation earlier. Not an extended talk, but it’s great to stay in contact and not have so many subjects to catch up on that our calls take an hour or two. He seemed as if his mindset was positive, so that’s always a plus for me and him. Heck, that’s a positive when I speak to anyone.

I’m back to writing once again. It’s great to begin writing with my audience in mind as compared to writing to enhance my relationship with my Creator. I like the dual benefits.

Who do you know that has at least two decades of experience doing what you currently do for a living?

Make list of those people.

Abe,

Be Greater