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Finding a mentor can really help
By admin | January 14, 2009
Baby has found a mentor amongst the three other turtles. Gizmo has literally taken Baby under his wing and shows her the ropes.
Unfortunately I could not get a better picture of the two of them because Gizmo literally hides Baby under him when they are sitting on the dock.
These keeps the other big turtles from stepping in her.
He has actually chased Gizzard and the largest of the gold fish away when Baby is feeding and they try to push in. Not that he doesn’t make sure he gets his share 
but he does keep the gold fish at bay.
Was watching last night and Baby was swimming and the biggest goldfish started pushing baby around. Splash! (Yes when Gizmo jumps in there is always quite a splash.) The goldfish quite quickly decided to go to the other side of the tank and soon Baby was riding on Gizmo. (Did not have the camera handy and when I went for it Baby had already gotten off. Will need to keep the camera at hand more.)
The key is that Gizmo has protected and worked with Baby to show her the ropes of tank life.
Your business is the same way. It is really helpful to have someone that mentors you. It saves you making mistakes that have already been made (don’t worry there are plenty of others to find. I know for sure – have the t-shirt even.) and point you in the right direction.
One of those people for me has been Marlon Sanders. I own and recommend quite a few of his products but now he has a new “free” book out – The Best Of Marlon Sanders. I put “free” in quotes because you will not to give up your email address. Believe me it is worth it.
Marlon puts out weekly content each and every week and I guarantee that if you apply what he writes about you will get great value.
Go grab The Best Of Marlon Sanders
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Topics: lessons | 2 Comments »
January 14th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
You are so right Mike!
A mentor is an invaluable resource.
I’m very thankfull that I have you and Doug as mine.
I will check out Marlon’s report.
Thanks,
Brett McEllhiney
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January 14th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Mike,
You are 100% correct. In this business, or any for that matter, having a mentor to teach you thing right things to do is very beneficial.
I would also like to add that having some sort of accountability partner is helpful also to keep you on track and on your toes.
Great info.
Ron
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