Mentors serve in many categories, including spiritual, financial, sports training, coaching, and of course parenting. A good mentor can teach you life lessons in months that might take years to learn and add values that will last a lifetime. Find a good Mentor and learn from their experience and knowledge.

Acquiring wisdom gives a person love and happiness for the longevity of life. Wise decisions prevent bad situations from happening in the first place. Acquiring wisdom from your mentor binds together all your knowledge, truths, and data into a proper and righteous path that reduces the chances of future failure. Experience can be life’s best teacher if you can acquire wisdom from your mistakes. But remember that some mistakes can cost you everything. Mentors provide a road map to guide you through the unknown challenges of life. Mentors have gone places you want to get to, and places you never imagined you could. The biggest issue we find while mentoring youth, is that they get distracted by outside, non-meaningful, noise: The CIRCLE OF CONCERN. They are not appreciating or nurturing valuable relationships. They don’t send thank you notes after meeting VIP’s, they don’t remember important birthdays, and they ignore basic follow-up etiquette. They forget that people of high value can influence their future aspirations. It’s very important to show appreciation to important people you meet. Following up can be just as valuable a skill as any other in LEVELING UP.

Students of mentors should always mail, text, and email thank you cards. This shows class. These little things can put millions in your pocket in the long run. This should be done genuinely from the heart. If a person is taking time out of their life to add value to yours, you must take the time to reciprocate and value them. Successful people always show gratitude for their success, so if you want to be successful too, you should have the same mindset as them and show gratitude.

There is a phenomenon known as ‘learning by teaching’. Research has shown that folks who teach others what they have learned develop a much better understanding of the subject matter they are teaching, as compared to those who simply acquire knowledge by reading and not by sharing it. By taking the time to teach something you’ve learned, you are improving your overall retention. This is a sure-fire way of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory.