How To Find the Right Mentor. How to avoid a Bad Mentor..

[Account Closed]

Hey BP Community,

Starting out and I am searching for a mentor to help me get started. I understand how important a mentor relationship is to my success. 

-How do I know I have found a good mentor? 

-How do I know I need to find another mentor? 

-What are some things you look for in potential mentee that tells you that you are willing to invest your time and energy into them?

[Kurt Phillips]

@Account Closed sometimes only time will tell if you have found a good mentor.  I have had mentors along the way that have been a tremendous blessing to me but I didn't hire any of them.  Therefore if we didn't mesh or I disagreed with their character or principles then we would naturally distance ourselves with no harm no foul.

I can tell you I have gotten into mentoring simply by folks like yourself seeking me out, obviously in my area.  I can always tell whether they are looking for a free handout or are actually hungry to learn.  When I offer up advice do they listen, act on the advice I give them, or do they "yep slap me."  Yep I know that, yep I do that, yep I am aware of that.  The yep slapper seemingly has all the answers and therefore does not need me and I don't have time for them.  The guy that just asks more questions and then offers to help with anything I need is the guy I will invest in every time.  I just had a guy help me move an oven then bought me lunch just to bend my ear about a deal he is working on.  Those types of guys eventually become friends and maybe partners but start out as mentees.