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Counselors are often teachers or volunteers to guide you in your work, school or other areas of life. Sometimes it is a formal relationship due to the assignment between a professor and a new student, and sometimes it is a more intimate relationship such as a friendship with an elite. While exactly what a mentoring relationship is in nature depends on your own assessment, this article helps you find potential mentors and define them for you. . Keep reading to start searching.

Steps

Part 1 of 3: Choosing the Type of Mentoring

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   It is important to understand the role of the mentor. A great mentor will help you learn a lot, but they won't do it for you. An advisor will model for you. For example, your academic advisor will give you effective methods, advice and examples to teach you clever ways to succeed, but they won't help you copy and edit your calendar essay. history when the deadline is only a little longer. This is the difference between a tutor and a mentor. A good mentor will:
   • Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses
   • Helps you to understand the structure and organization of the problem
   • Introduce new aspects and correct wrong thinking
   • Increase your ability to make your own decisions
   • Help you familiarize yourself with business strategies
   • Introduce your reference to important resources and useful materials

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   If you need to find an academic advisor. This type of mentorship is usually through face-to-face meetings with an outstanding person in your subject, who has the time to advise you and is interested in your academic performance. Consider the following audiences:
   • Professors, instructors and other teachers
   • Students who are more experienced or older
   • Siblings or family members

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   If you are looking for a sports and leisure mentor. Think of the mentors who are very good at the sport you want to develop. While being an athlete is an important part of a sports mentor, consider the human aspect of a relationship when looking for a sports mentor. A good football advisor should be a smart athlete and a good sportsman at the same time a comprehensive person as well as an outstanding football player. Think about:
   • Coach and assistant
   • Players with experience in your own team or on another team
   • Professional or retired players
   • Trainer

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   If you need to find a business advisor. Business and day-to-day advisors are people who are successful in the field you want to engage in, who can give you business tips. Such tricks can range from stock trading to guitar knowledge. Think about the people who are successfully doing the work you want to do. Please consider:
   • Colleagues and people close to the company
   • Former boss, but not current supervisor
   • The people who work have a good reputation

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   If you need to find a personal counselor. Developing a relationship with someone you admire not only because of what they do but also because of who they are and how they do it. Think of who you want to be, for no special reason. A personal advisor can be:
   • A neighbor
   • Your favorite bartender
   • Your personal style image
   • Someone goes to church with you
   • The guy or girl at the record store
   • A member of the social club you are joining

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   Think of different ways to communicate. A mentor can be a neighbor or classmate you admire, but it can also be someone you've never met. Rainer Maria Rilke's famous book has a name Letters to a Young Poet (Letter to Young Poet) are correspondence notes between a famous poet (Rilke) and the writer, a young student, sent him poems and asked for advice. Consider:
   • Successful people you may have read about them and feel connected
   • The people are important and accessible via the Internet
   • Anyone who meets the standards of mentorship, but you still don't know them on the privacy side
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Part 2 of 3: Finding a Mentor

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   Decide on the specific role of the person you want to be a mentor. Write down any issues or specific requirements you make in that area and topic. Ideally you should answer the following questions:
   • What do you want to learn?
   • What do you expect from your mentor?
   • What would this mentoring relationship be "like"?
   • How often do you want to meet? Where?

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   Make a list of potential mentors. Make a list of potential counselors according to your personal criteria and desires for the relationship.Sort the list in order, starting with the top picks. Image: Find a Mentor Step 7.webp | center]]
   • Check out those with "full qualities". If you truly admire someone's business acumen but cannot tolerate them as a human being, then they cannot be a good mentor.
   • Aim for high. Rich and famous people all have personal assistants who learn from them and make connections based on that relationship. So why aren't you? If billionaire Donald Trump can be your ideal business advisor, put him at the top of the list. Write a letter to his office, try to make an appointment and get ready for the position Apprentice.
   • Check to see if your company or school has a formal mentoring program that can allow you to apply for a mentor waiting list. If so, consider if it met your goals then sign up for the program.

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   Think about what I'm going to say. Go to your professor after class and ask, "I'm thinking: Can you be my advisor?" You might scare them if you don't explain what you mean. Asking someone to be your mentor is going to be important and highly committed to them, so if that's the person you're looking for, say, "Can I meet you every now and then for a coffee Can I have a coffee and talk about physics? " Be very specific and explain what you are looking for.
   • Use the word "mentor" as a verb, not a noun form. Say "I can use mentoring to figure out how to increase my next quarter revenue. Huy, you have the potential for us to work together. Would you mind going out for a drink from now on?" Talk about this? " will be more attractive to your potential mentor than saying, "I need you to be your mentor. I have to improve my sales. Help me!"
   • Make sure you don't leave a bad impression on someone. If the salespeople you really admire are of the opposite sex, then when you ask them to go out for a drink it sounds more like a date. Speak at work or on campus if you're really concerned that you can cause such an effect.

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   Begin to approach your potential mentor. Walk through the list until someone agrees with the relationship you have outlined.
   • If you can't ask anyone at first, don't worry. Maybe the problem is not with you, but with their plans or other issues. Start over and consider mentors who are likely to have more time, or who is willing to work with you.

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   Plan to meet. Don't let the relationship hang over when someone has agreed to be your mentor. Make a solid plan for the two of you to meet and practice, learn or solve the number of math problems in your homework for a particular day and time.
   • If the first meeting goes well, plan your follow-up meetings. You might consider asking questions at this stage like, "Would you mind if we regularly plan this activity?"
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Part 3 of 3: Keeping Your Counseling Relationships Healthy

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   Make a plan and comply. Even if the mentoring relationship is mostly maintained via email or online, don't try to bomb your mentor with dozens of last minute advice if the action isn't appropriate at the stage. the beginning of the relationship you have just established.
   • If the relationship has come to a spontaneous end, then you can end freely. If you feel confident that you have improved enough in whatever skills you would like to learn from your mentor, that you've confidently moved on without any more weekly coffee meetings, then say so.

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   Build a relationship that benefits both parties. Think about what you can do in response to your mentor. If you get a lot of free advice about your short stories from your professor, ask if there are any research or assistive technologies they could use in the office. Helping them install a new wireless network would be a great way to get popularity.
   • As you progress in your work, remember who and what brought you to that place. When the opportunity comes, don't forget the mentors who have helped you along the way.

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   Show your respect. Keep in touch with your counselor to keep them informed of your progress and remember to thank them for their specific contributions. They will feel that they are useful, necessary and very good at their field.
   • Be specific. Just said, "Thank you, your help was very helpful!" won't be as convincing as, "I set this record in sales last time thanks to your starting advice. Thank you very much!"
   • Gratitude can come with a small gift as a "thank you" expression. A small gift like a booklet, a bottle of wine or a special occasion meal is suitable.

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   Take the professional relationship between you and your counselor seriously. Getting emotionally involved with a counselor will often not be most effective in mentoring, especially with the person you work with. advertisement

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