Top Tips for Finding and Keeping a Good Mentor

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Did you have a mentor? If so, are you making the most out of their guiding hand? What have you learned from them so far? Co-hosts Hannah Robinson and Melissa Honan discuss why they believe having a mentor is key to developing and fulfilling your potential. They also reveal how you can find your own mentor and build a long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationship.

• Hannah and Melissa both agree on why everybody should have a mentor.
• Hannah asks Melissa whether she has an official mentor. Melissa reveals how she found her mentor and how she has been instrumental in the growth of her business.
• Melissa and Hannah explore the difference between having a mentor and a business coach.
• Melissa describes the three fundamental qualities she looks for in a mentor and she also explains why it’s never a good idea to take advice from just anybody.
• Hannah breaks down the standout traits that define a good mentor.
• Hannah and Melissa describe their experience with mentors early on in their careers. Melissa also shares how a mentor-mentee relationship can evolve into a close friendship.
• Melissa explains the reason she believes that mentors choose their mentees, and not the other way around.
• Hannah and Melissa explain why you need to get out of your comfort zone if you are to bag yourself a mentor.
• Hannah describes the benefits of having a mutually beneficial mentor-mentee relationship.
• Melissa shares her thoughts on why she believes mentors should give advice only on what they have experienced firsthand.
• Hannah talks about how humility plays a crucial part in cementing a mentor-mentee relationship.
• Melissa asks Hannah whether it’s appropriate for people to ask other people to mentor them. Her answer is yes.

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