Hello mentors. First of all, Thank you so much for being a member and paying it forward by being a mentor in our community. Please encourage others to do the same. My name is Mike Garska. The founder. We built this site because so many people are looking for support. People want to do and be better – and you can help in your area of expertise. I know that as a community, we help way more people than I can by myself. There are tons of experts out there in so may aspects of life. FAM is a help each other community of many people helping many people. Thank you for supporting it. Now, I see mentoring as a natural process. As a child we might look to an older sibling, cousin or parent and we naturally learn from them and incorporate some of their personality traits into our own. They are our mentors, and we want to be like them in some way, big or small. And sometimes, Some people we can look at and as mentors on what not to do. The mentees at Fam will get exposed to different ways to use mentoring. I want you to be aware of that. Explore them yourself. Take a look at our tools and tips here at FAM. Top bar navigation menu. Explore the different types of mentoring. Use the verification forms if you want to. Use the mentor session forms too. They’re meant to guide you. Be a mentor and find a mentee. Many people are looking for how to find a successful mentor. There are many types of mentoring. When we facilitate corporate mentor programs we talk about common mentoring, peer mentoring, vertical mentoring, cross mentoring. There are times where a quick flash mentoring session is a good idea, like when the mentee is facing an immediate challenge and needs some advice pronto. Read our tools and tips, watch our blog posts and keep growing your own knowledge as well so you can be a better mentor. And know that we encourage having many mentors and using a mastermind group here at FAM. I’m hoping you’ll encourage them to do the same. We mostly make better decisions and do better in genera, l when we understand more and broader perspectives. That’s the idea of mentoring someone. Right. Yes. Please keep in mind that some mentees have unrealistic expectations of a mentor. They expect them to be a miracle worker or sometimes actually want the mentor to do some action item for them. Don’t take it personally. Don’t get frustrated or discouraged. Simply adjust their expectations. Leadership of any kind involves setting and managing expectations. That’s part of your role as a mentor. Lead the mentee towards becoming good or great in the aspect of life they are looking for support in. They need guidance and are wondering how to seek mentorship. Know that we appreciate you. Thank you for helping others. At some point, you may want to investigate coaching and charging for your expertise. If that interests you, watch for our emails where we share training options for coaches or want-to-be coaches. Send us an email and we may be able to point you in the right direction. Sign up for our daily inspirational email too. We send quotes out every day to keep you inspired. Thanks again for your support. Have an awesome day. Cheers.
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