Mentor Programs – Do You Need a Mentor?
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I love reading about other successful entrepreneurs. I think that reasons for that is that they inspire me and give me ideas. They can act like mentors.
I actually have a mentor for this year. My mentor is Ed Dale from the Thirty Day Challenge. He is a successful entrepreneur. I will probably write a little more about him in future posts but for now I will write about why I chose him.
I decided that I was going to start my journey to try and become a successful entrepreneur this year.
I was passionate about that.
But…
I didn’t have a passion about an individual idea as such. You know that burning idea that a lot of people have that drives them to spend their entire savings on prototypes for many years.
I didn’t set out with the idea of getting a mentor either. I had already decided to go part time. It is just around that time I noticed that Ed Dale was offering a mentorship program.
The program had limited places and I only found out about it a few days later than others. I watched his video about it Saturday morning. Decided about 5 minutes into it that it was for me.
I wrote my application on the Sunday then wired my money to him on the Monday.
That is right you had to send your $5,000 up front before you had an interview and been accepted. I had no problem doing that…I trusted him.
I then had an email back saying he had received everything and arranged a Skype interview. I prepared for the interview and although felt a little nervous did well enough to be accepted.
I am not sure how many people were finally accepted but I am pretty sure over 100 people applied.
I decided to do the mentor program for a number of reasons.
Ed Dale is a proven successful entrepreneur in the area that I wanted to get into.
I was starting something new and it is nice to have someone who is that successful look over your shoulder and if you are going in completely the wrong direction for them to tell you.
Finally, $5,000 is a lot of money. Given my current position it seems even more. If you spend that kind of money are you going to follow through with it?? I know I am!
I will keep you updated about how it goes.