How to find a Christian mentor?

Mentors are essential for growth, whether that’s spiritual, personal, or professional. Many successful entrepreneurs will admit they couldn’t have done it without the help of the people around them—advisors, supporters, and mentors. 

You might long for a mentor as well. After all, we know how beneficial they can be for you and your business, but the hard part is finding one.

So how can you find a mentor? 
Here are 3 steps to help you out.

Tip 1 - Identify your growth area

There are probably different areas that you’d like to be mentored on: personal growth, business insights, sales, spiritual life, etc. But for finding the right mentor, it’s important to identify what area most urgently needs improvement. You have to be clear on that in order to move on to step two. 

Of course, you can identify all the areas and search for mentors for each of them, but to get started, let’s focus on one area first. Make a list and put your priority area at the top.

Tip 2 - Do your research

Who might be the perfect mentor to help you in your preferred area of growth?

Who do you know?

Who do you admire?

Look around in your network if you don’t have a specific person in mind. Find out if the people who are interesting to you are an expert in the area you want to grow in. A proven track record is key.

You could also check the authors of the books that you liked and learned from.

Eventually, make a list of names who you’d loved to get mentorship from, regardless if you have direct access to them.

Tip 3 - Take initiative

Once you know who you would love to get advice from, take the initiative.

Ask yourself: How can I get in touch with this person?

Then: Set up a call, visit their office, or send an email, and pitch the idea of them being a mentor to you.

Remember, if it’s a complete stranger that you’d want to reach out to, you are most probably only 6 contacts away. Start with the one contact closest to you to get in touch with your desired mentor. Who could open that first door? Just ask—that’s honestly all it takes. 

Don’t be scared.
Don’t question yourself, letting doubts or assumptions arise such as: 

He would not have time for me. 
I’m a nobody, why would she be interested in mentoring me?
Etc. 

You haven’t even asked yet.

 
What’s the worst that could happen? 
They say no.
Then you move on to the next person on your list.

An example of an email/call to ask for mentorship

Here’s a prompt that you can use to reach out to a potential mentor (it’s from the book The Power of Focus):

“Hello [name],
Would you consider being my mentor? All that would mean is spending ten minutes on the phone with me once a month, so I could ask a few questions. I’d really appreciate that. Would you be open to that?” 

Keep it short and concise.
Don’t go into depth (yet) about what you want to be mentored on, there will be time for that later once they said “yes” to your question or showed interest. Most people are busy so cut to the core ASAP.

Conclusion

Many people would love to mentor others but they don’t put a sign out there or go actively looking for mentees. You have to do the work if you want to find a mentor. These 3 steps can help you get at least one mentor on your team 🙂. 

Let us know if it helped you!

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Listen to the episode “How to find a good mentor, with Marie-Lucie Spoke” to learn more about finding a Christian mentor that can help you with your business.