Do You Have an Accountability Partner or Mentor?
When the Student is Ready the Teacher Will Appear
Most entrepreneurs understand the concept of accountability in business, meaning that to accomplish the daily, weekly, monthly, annual tasks necessary for achieving success, one must possess both accountability and responsibility. Most successful entrepreneurs also understand the benefits of having business mentors or coaches who can encourage, challenge, motivate, inspire and mentor you to meet and exceed your professional targets.
Do you have people in your business, social or online networks whose work you admire and respect? Consider approaching them. If you have ever heard me speak in teleseminars or interviews you already know that I consistently state that “online entrepreneurs are the most generous people in the world”. Don’t be afraid to ask a well-known online professional for help. You will be amazed at how many very successful business professionals actually do want to help you succeed. In fact my observation has been that those who are most successful; financially, emotionally and spiritually are the most likely to want to help others excel.
Consider joining a mastermind group of people who demonstrate the behavior, attitude and success that you want for yourself. Be willing to challenge your own thinking and answer tough questions.
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Denise
Well put! You have hit on two of the most powerful and underutilized resources in professional development today: mentoring and accountability. Even a cursory look at history reveals that the best way to learn about an industry or profession is to interact with those who are in it and respectfully ask them to pass on their knowledge and experience.
Aside from the best information and insights, such a relationship can also provide objective evaluation, encouragement and a wealth of networked contacts. As you have suggested, many of the top performers in professional circles recognize the value of mentoring and accountability as necessary principles for success and are glad to reciprocate with their time and efforts. Long before there were ivy league institutions and an academic industry, there were mentors, mentees, masters and apprentices sharing life, sharing wisdom; kindly and dilligently building the future from the past.
Thanks for the reminder to embrace mentoring and accountability.
Don F Perkins