Build a Connection

● Listen

● Ask good questions

● Break up the Us/Them mentality

● Encourage eye contact

● Repeat what you hear them saying

● Share your experiences and your stories - a little at a time

● Guard against criticism and judgment in your thoughts

● Remain consistent

 

My mentor said, “Let’s go do it.” not “You go do it.” How powerful when someone says, “Let’s!” – Jim Rohn

 

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Be Pray-pared

● Choose a regular time and place for personal prayer

 

Never, never may we forget that if we would do good to the world, our first duty is to pray! – J. C. Ryle

I have many times been driven to my knees by the utter conviction that I had nowhere else to go. – Abraham Lincoln

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Brighten their Horizons

● Give them hope for the future

● Look for their giftedness

● Encourage hard work

● Tell them about the potential you see in them

 

One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination. – John C. Maxwell

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own. – Benjamin Disraeli

 

 

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