Kick The Job

So, here’s the next major part of my success journey.

This will help you finding a mentor.

The final 2 parts are currently ‘work in progress’ so this will be the last post on this topic for a while.

After finally deciding to do something about my career and take my destiny into my own hands, I stumbled into contact with a guy how runs a mentoring program. His business is mentoring and he provides guidance and mentoring on the principles of success, goals, business and real estate investing. Without much thought, I signed up and began a mentoring program realizing that finding and using a mentor is a key factor in success.

I have nearly spent a year in the mentoring program and have done and learned many things. In short, I started off doing some real estate investing while learning about the basics of business, success mindset and lifestyle design. Instead of running through everything I did during this period, here is a summary of the primary things I have learned. I think this is more useful than simply a post of things I did.

• Find, interview and hire/use a reputable mentor - this is key in getting to where you want in a timely manner - don’t reinvent the wheel!
• Success/Business/Mindset are gray areas - No one will be able to give you exact step by step instructions for how to get where you want to be. It is unique to each individual.
• Sit down early on and take some time to plan:
  • What does your ultimate life look like - financial and non financial?
  • What timeline do you want/need to get there?
  • What intermediate steps do you need to take?
  • What do you like/dislike about certain factors of business - do you want to be a real estate investor or would you rather start a business?
  • Get Organized - There will be many options coming your way in the coming months. Focus on what you need to do and keep going back to that. Try to avoid information overload. Read ‘Getting Things Done’ and do the free course at http://www.simpleology.com.
• Pace Yourself - You are in this for the long haul. Realize it takes a while and be patient. Don’t burn out! Learn to relax!!
• Be confident - Know your abilities and what you’ve done in life so far and have been successful at and take this into your new business(es).
• It’s all about the mindset!! - Read the top few ’success’ books and realize that people that are successful are that way because they know they can do it, not because they are any smarter/stronger/richer etc.

That’s it for now. I hope this has helped you with finding a mentor. I’ll add more later as needed. Stay tuned for parts 3 and 4 as I get there!:)