The Best Way To Tell If A Mentor Is A Coach Or A Crook

Odds are you’re as frustrated as a  gay rooster stuck in a hen-house because of all the bad advice out there.

As a startup founder, you are building something new. You don’t always have the answer to every problem that comes your way.  You’d love to get useful information— but where do you find it ?  The internet is full of vague advice and pseudo-experts. 

Here’s a tip about how to find a great mentor: See how they ask questions!

For example, does the mentor ask you “Do you want to know more about profitable coaching?” 

You can only answer yes or no  to a question like that. So there isn’t much learning going on.

But what if the mentor asked, “Tell me about what you’re interested in about mentorship and how you’d benefit from it.”  

That gives the coach much more information about what you’re thinking. It  also forces you to reflect on your own thinking.

This is why it’s so important to get a mentor who knows how to ask the right questions. But here’s the problem: Most “mentors’ working with startup founders used to be executives in the past.  These guys got to be where  they are by being good problem solvers… having the answers….making quick decisions. 

Now, there’s nothing wrong with that IF the mentor is  going to take ownership for everything going on in your business. But that ain’t going to happen. So, you need to take a different approach.

Helpful mentorship is all about supporting you to transform into a better problem solver. It’s starting with a simple–yet potent–question…

A question that I’ve used whenever I see executives, software engineering managers, architects, startup founders, and even doctors  rush to a solution.

This question–and the entire system of profitable thinking I’m building–is something that I’d like to share with you very soon.

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