How will you grow your career from where you are to where you want to be? This month, meet with three mentors and focus on just ONE question: “How did you get to where you are?”
The Mentor You Know: This could be a former manager, a colleague, or someone you look up to in your community. Think of someone who will answer your text or meet you for coffee. Ask them to tell you their story, and as you listen, wonder how you can emulate what they did.
The Mentor You Don’t Know…Yet: Who is out there doing what you’d like to do and who has a little more than you? Follow them on social media. Subscribe to their e-newsletter. Watch their videos online. As you learn about them, discover something specific you can model after starting now.
The Mentor You Won’t Know: Think of someone from history. Great people have lived and died. Don’t let that stop you from learning from them! Choose an icon in your industry, someone you look up to. Find a biography, a documentary, and a Website about that person and spend three to five hours this month learning about him or her. Ask: How did they get from where they started…to where they ended?
A year from now, you’ll be somewhere else, doing something different, working with new people and teams. Meet your mentors, ask your question, and be prepared to grow!
