What's happening on the outside is a reflection of what's within.
The key to saying something is to have something to say. Occasionally, after we have thought about what we previously said, we discover we have more to say.
Several times over the past few months I have read my article, The Mentor In The Mirror (posted September 3, 2010) and have concluded that I have more to say about this idea than I previously said. I also have an additional tag line: The Mentor In The Mirror. How To Be Your Own Hero.
Computers are great creative enhancers. Typewriters are not. Whiteout was ok for a typo, not for inserting new sentences or rearranging or introducing new paragraphs. If, after completing an article, I discovered I had more to say, I really had to be motivated to make the change or changes. With the computer, when the muse strikes, you simple cut, type and paste. Bingo! A new and expanded article. Thus, this expanded article.
This article is about working with a mentor who will encourage, guide, motivate and provide expertise to help you achieve what you truly define as personal success. The Mentor in the Mirror, How to be Your Own Hero is about achieving personal hero status.
Achieving success as defined by the world never leads to inner peace. The key to inner peace is to achieve personal success as defined by you. What matters most is what matters most to you. Achieving your goals is what this article is about.
During a life time, many people will look for a mentor and some will find a wise and trusted counselor in a business colleague, a coach, teacher, parent or friend. But for many others, they will not have the luxury of having a mentor, someone to guide, critique, and challenge them to excel.
To help achieve personal success you need a mentor and a mentoring program that is practical, cost-effective and prepares you for success? You are about to meet that mentor and discover the mentoring program that is tailored to you.
When you look into the mirror, you'll quickly recognize the mentor's face. But, the voice may not be familiar. People, over time, have silenced the voice inside by ignoring it day after day, month after month, year after year. That voice wants to speak, wants to be heard and desires to share the knowledge and information stored within.
Your mentor in the mirror will explore and evaluate your education, training, work history, interests, skills, and personality traits. This can help modify your perceptions and behaviors, enhance communication and understanding among peers, and help prevent career blunders.
The idea that the mentor in the mirror knows how to motivate is built on the observation that no one knows us like we know ourselves. Today look behind the stone face that is starring at you from the mirror and start chiseling away doubt, fear, and procrastination. You, like Michelangelo can free the angle to achieve greatness.
As the worthless chips fall away, you discover the keys to goal achievement are not in the mirror. They lie within each of us. The mentor knows that the higher our self-esteem, the more we will achieve. Self-esteem is really the value we put on ourselves. Therefore, you are priceless.
Many people will hero worship a popular sports figure, actor or actress, a politician, etc. But hero worship is not the same as being a hero. We can be our own hero seeking and following the success advice of your mentor in the mirror. Your mentor's purpose is to help you discover you own special calling and then assist you in identifying, accessing and utilizing your strengths and talents to achieve success and excellence, as defined by you.
In many lives, the mentor in the mirror lies dormant below the level of awareness. Instead of wielding a strong positive influence on our behavior the dormancy of the sleeping giant results in counterproductive behavior and wasted talent.
Wake up the giant. Tap the latent power. Your mentor wants to release the hero within.
The full benefit of participating in the Mentor in the Mirror self-improvement program is that everyone around you benefits—Improving yourself, improves those around you. You cannot become a winner without promoting the winning spirit in others. There is no solo success. Your achievement is a challenge for others to achieve.
When you win. Everyone wins. participate
Three Point Success Summation
SUCCESS THOUGHT: As you listen to the counsel of your mentor in the mirror listen for enjoyment, listen for information, listen for insight, and listen for application. German playwright and poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote, "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do." As you collaborate with the mentor in the mirror, the mentor will stress execution. The mentor's goal is to motivate you to act!
SUCCESS QUOTE: "A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself." —Oprah Winfrey
SUCCESS ACTION: The key to personal success and being your own hero lies within. It is also within your reach. Reach inside and release the hero within.
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