Podcast - Episode 0142 - When Mentors Are Hard To Find

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• The pool of people that are willing to go as far as you are prepared to go is going to shrink as your growth expands.
• Asynchronous means out of time. Synchronous means at the same time.
• Asynchronous mentors would be people you may never get the opportunity to meet because they may be historical figures, or in a different part of the world.
• Seek mentors where you can read their words, listen to their videos/audios, read biographies, embody what they did or learn from their words.
• Napoleon Hill “Think and Grow Rich.”
• Build a mastermind in your head. Inside your mind, you have the ability to interact with anybody you want.
• Christianity tapped into this with the “What Would Jesus Do” movement.
• A lot of us have a voice in our head that comes from an influential figure from the past: father, mother, sibling, etc.
• You want to make sure the voices in your head are healthy ones. They are saying the right things.
• If there is a voice in your head that corrects your behavior or guides your actions, they are a mentor.
• You don’t lose your autonomy when you choose a mentor. They aren’t a substitute for your inner wisdom. They are the counsel you seek.
• Russell Ackoff – systems thinking.
• It’s not just the content of what a mentor says, it may be the way they approach an idea.
• Knowingly or unknowingly you have voices that guide you, whether you like it or not.
• Biographies are a great way to get to know a potential mentor.
• Richard Branson “Losing my Virginity.”
• TJs will look for mentors that have established they know how to make things happen. “That thing worked, so I’m going to follow this person and ask for guidance through their work.”
• FJs emulate how people make others feel. “Who created the most harmony in the world?”
• Your mentors are not necessarily the same type as you. In fact, you will likely learn more from different types.
• If your inner mastermind all comes from people who are the same type, you may want to branch out.
• With asynchronous mentors it allows you to construct a curriculum for yourself that you won’t get from one mentor.
• Create the mentorship that will lead you down the path you want.
• You are the arbiter of all feedback you have. You don’t have anyone to keep you on task.
• So it is important to make sure you are implementing ideas and not just thinking them through. Let the world be your feedback mechanism. Calibrate in real time.
• You have people in your mind already whose thoughts are already influencing you. It happens. Brainwashing keeps us from becoming feral.
• These voices can become very unconscious parts of us. We think they are our decisions, but they are the total of all of the pieces of advice we have received throughout life.
• Be aware of the voices already inside of you. Are those the voices you want influencing you? Can you add in new voices?
• Guard the gates of your mind. What are you feeding your mind?

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