What is the most important thing you should do before starting an Internet business? Above all, you must invest in your education! And not just any education. You must find the specific education taught by a person who is an expert in the area you need to learn. Discover 3 powerful reasons why you need a mentor for your Internet business and learn how and where to find it and how to pay it.
One of the key ingredients of an Internet business is having at least one mentor to guide you.
Ben Jonson said:
" Very few men are wise by their own advice or taught by their own instruction. The person who learned from himself had a fool as a teacher. "
Although I am very much in favor of independent education, I am not in favor of isolated education.
An independent education is very powerful, since it allows designing a study plan that is tailor-made for each person. Furthermore, people study with passion, since they are the ones who choose the topic of interest and do not have to learn knowledge imposed by others.
However, an independent education must always be accompanied by the choice of a good mentor, be it in the form of a simple book, a course or a personal coach.
Here are 3 powerful reasons why you should always have a mentor for your Internet business:
1. The Internet is constantly changing
This is true in all areas of life, but it is especially noticeable on the Internet, since the only thing that does not change on the web is that it is always changing!
To be a successful web entrepreneur, you must keep up to date with what you need to know, as it is virtually impossible to keep up to date with all the changes happening on the Internet.
With the help of an expert, you will be able to discern between what you should know and what is not so important.
2. It is easier to copy than to reinvent
Every educational process has 3 stages:
1. Learn and copy another's system
2. Implement someone else's system adding your own creativity
3. Mastery in your own system
Absolutely everything we do is copied to a greater or lesser degree from someone else. As we move into one area, we add our own "flavor" to it, and eventually we create our own area of expertise and are ready to teach others.
Choose an online mentor who inspires confidence and is where you want to go. Then apply to the letter everything that teaches you and you can not fail.
3. The mentor gives inspiration in difficult times
For me, one of the greatest contributions my mentors have made me is to encourage me when I didn't know how to continue. A good coach sees the future and the possibilities that you do not see in your business, because they have already reached that level.
Having a good mentor is how to parachute
It is like in «Skydiving», an entertainment that is very fashionable, in which people parachute with a companion tied behind them.
People who are going to jump for the first time are very nervous, but they trust the expert who will accompany them and teach them exactly when to open the parachute and how to land safely.
The companion, in turn, has already jumped many times from an airplane and is doing his job quietly, without worrying that something could be wrong.
Thus an extremely dangerous adventure becomes a popular pastime for many people.
And so it can be for your business too, if you have a good mentor!
How and where to find a good mentor
The importance of being meticulous in finding a mentor becomes greater as the working relationship with the mentor becomes closer.
For example, to learn from a good book on Internet business, it is a matter of looking for the most recommended material on the subject. Good books always prevail over time, while bad books quickly disappear.
To do a course with a mentor, there must already be a higher degree of confidence and, for a personal coach, the mentor not only has to be an expert in his subject, he also has to have a personality that pleases and inspires him.
Where to find good mentors?
Obviously, today, the information is at the tip of our fingers. A quick press of keys and we have the information we are looking for in the tray.
The problem is not the lack of information, but the excess of it. How to select a suitable mentor from all the avalanche of information that is available?
For that I suggest you subscribe to their newsletters or buy a lower value product. This way you can discover if it is a person with whom you would enjoy learning.
Other more specific places where you can find good mentors:
• Virtual and offline conferences
• forums
• Courses
• Recommendations from other trusted people
• Social networks
How to pay for a consultant?
It's the least you should be concerned about, since every penny you invest in your education is worth gold.
I recently hired a coach to learn about a very specific topic. Her services cost thousands of dollars. However, within 24 hours I had already earned double what I paid her for applying her strategies to my business.
Everything you can learn from a mentor or personal coach will help you take your Internet business to the next level.
