It’s the age of having a mentor it seems. Whether it is a personal trainer, a life coach, business coach or someone with valuable experience; the idea of having a mentor is becoming increasingly popular.
However, for most finding a good mentor, especially one that will dedicate their time to you can be rather difficult.
Also, many mentors may not be able to articulate what made them successful, as often they achieve success by being sub consciously competent, says one leading coach.
So. the demand for coaches or mentors who can not only share their knowledge, but have also learnt from a variety of successful people is considered ideal.
However, for many, coaching is expensive. Therefore, the new trend is affordable mentoring.
Thanks to technology, this facility is now possible.
Some success coaches and mentors have built large empires offering coaching services with Anthony Robbins- arguably the most famous life coach who routinely charges $1 million USD per annum per client to coach them personally.
As a result, for most people, attending seminars, reading books or watching DVDs is generally a more affordable way to access a mentor.
However, with use of technology such as interactive webinars, mentoring services have become more affordable. Subscribers can, often for less than a Foxtel subscription, access monthly group mentoring and still be able to submit questions to their millionaire mentor.
Whilst not all have had success from accessing coaches and mentors, many have.
One such story is that of Appster founder Mark McDonald, who became BRW Young Rich list’s youngest debutant in 2015.
Mark McDonald and his business partner Josiah Humphrey started their successful business at 18 and 19 respectively by renting an office in Melbourne’s Rialto towers. Although they admit they did not know what they were going to do there, getting an office “seemed like a cool goal,” Humphrey told the Australian Financial Review. The two entrepreneurs, now 23 and 24 respectively, are BRW Young Rich list’s youngest debutants with a combined wealth of $58 million AUD.
Appster currently has offices in Melbourne, San Francisco and Guragon in India, but the two owners hope to eventually operate in 42 countries. Their plans are not at all far-fetched, especially since revenue has passed the $200 million mark.
Four years ago McDonald attended a financial education seminar conducted by Jamie McIntyre and also sent in a testimony stating how the seminar inspired him to acquire office space in Rialto Towers since McIntyre emphasised the importance of work environment. His income had doubled in a short period of time after doing the seminar, namely due to a mindset shift around allowing more wealth into his life and taking massive action and not accepting that he was too young to be successful. It’s been four years and now he is worth $58 million at 23, employs over 250 staff and is building a billion dollar company.
McIntyre said, “imagine if more young Australians had access to the right type of education and mentors with a PhD in results who don’t accept excuses, instead of our 19th century outdated school education taught by those with a PhD in theory and often with a socialist victim mentality, we could become the start up nation of the world.
“Maybe it’s time our politicians got their act together, got educated, and stopped preventing innovation thus allowing our youth to access a modern 21st Century education”.
Appster is maturing and McDonald hopes to one day count Tesla CEO Elon Musk among the board members. According to BRW, their journey began when they had just $3000 AUD in their pockets and decided to move into an office they could not afford.
Greater Los Angeles entrepreneur Ilya Pozin- founder of Pluto TV, Open Me, and Ciplex also acknowledges the importance of effective mentoring. Pozin had been recognized by Inc. Magazine as a ’30 under 30 Entrepreneur’ and by LinkedIn as one of the top 100 influencers.
In an article for the Huffington Post, Pozin writes:
“Recent graduates keeping their heads above water in a discouraging job market certainly owe their success to determination and hard work, but also to mentors they’ve encountered along their journeys. I know because I owe much of my success today to my mentors”.
In his article, Pozin lists the following key points explaining how mentors can help young graduates and entrepreneurs:
By Helping Decide How Quickly To Grow
By Unselfishly Sharing Personal Stories
By Teaching What They’ve Learned
“Mentors see beyond the everyday lazy young person, recognise the hard workers, and share the lessons they’ve learned to better prepare young professionals in their careers”, said Pozin.
Jamie McIntyre is a best selling author What I Didn’t Learn in School But Wish I had. He has mentored over 550,000 people from 17 different countries around the world. ANR has made his book available for free at www.jamiemcintyrementoring.com.
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