Mentoring… A Team Sport
There are guys who want to grow and guys who don’t seem to care. There are learners, whom I call “heat seekers,” and then there are those who think “Hey, I’m just the way I…
Mentor Young People
“At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice. I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who lacked judgment.” Proverbs 7:6-7 Most young people yearn for…
Why Mentors Don’t Call
A few of the guys I’ve mentored have gotten their feelings hurt because I don’t call them. I could hide behind “I’m really busy” or “I’ve got a lot of mentees and not enough time…
The #1 reason a man needs a mentor – COURAGE
Most of the time, men know the right things to do. Some believe we’re born with an internal “compass” that points us toward right decisions. Call it conscience, call it intuition, call it whatever….more often…
Reason #2 a man needs a mentor – Wisdom
There are a ton of smart people out there. Google can lead you to the answer to just about any informational question you have. But where do you find wisdom and get access to it?…
Reason #3 a man needs a mentor – Objectivity
We men get so intense, so proud, so focused, so “caught up” in what we’re doing, we lose sight of the bigger picture. We’ll do things the same way, over and over and then be…
Reason #4 a man needs a mentor – His network
As we make our way through life, we collect people. We meet people from all kinds of industries, from all levels within the hierarchies of organizations, and people who perform all kinds of services. Not…
Reason # 5 a man needs a mentor – Loneliness
No matter how many golfing buddies, hunting buddies, or bowling buddies, when we get down to it, men are sort of lonely. Oh, we’re surrounded by people…people we work with, live with, go to church…
