Take a millionaire to lunch and you may find a new mentor. Spending the money to be mentored by an expert is a key strategy to personal success and business success. In this past year, several new ideas I’ve had originated from the time and money I spent to be with successful mentors.<\/p>\n
Mentors are invaluable. There is no such thing as a self-made millionaire. Everyone has had help with some phase of professional development. You can go a long way toward life mastery and business success with books, audios and home study courses. But eventually you will want to have mentors with whom you communicate and interact on a regular basis. There are great professional development mentors to be found right in your own hometown.<\/p>\n
Make a list of those people who intrigue you with their achievements in business success. Then, ask the first one for coffee or a lunch meeting. Repeat this process with each one as you refine your professional development questions to get the most out of the time you spend together.<\/p>\n
And, don\u2019t forget to ask how you can be of service to each of these people.<\/p>\n
When I was beginning this process, I was surprised that busy, successful people were willing to take the time to share their secrets of personal success with me. All you have to do is ask! You may be surprised to find they will even pass on to you professional development strategies that they have learned from their mentors.<\/p>\n
An attitude of openness to possibility is essential. Keep your eyes and ears open, and have enough faith in yourself to make quick decisions and go for it. Don\u2019t ever be afraid to pay someone for his or her knowledge.<\/p>\n
The rewards you reap in saving years of trial and error, not to mention the strong possibility that you may never learn on your own the personal development strategies that they are willing to teach you, is more than worth the investment.<\/p>\n
Just a few weeks ago, I was at an event where I had the opportunity to network with some of the most brilliant marketers. Some were already friends and some I was meeting for the first time. We brainstormed about business and personal success over meals and in the hallways during breaks in the meetings and in the bar at night.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll find that successful people love helping other people succeed. We all share an attitude of \u201clet me tell you what\u2019s working for me now\u201d that allows everyone to take advantage of each other\u2019s discoveries and business success strategies.<\/p>\n
Yes, we\u2019re all in the same business as marketers, speakers and authors; but we are building strategic alliances rather than looking at each other as competitors.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a good idea to associate with the people who are already in the place of where you want to go. Only listen to people who have big goals for themselves and are willing to do what it takes to be successful. Don\u2019t make the mistake of asking someone for advice who hasn’t done what you are planning to do.<\/p>\n
Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, \u201cWomen\u2019s Business Empowerment Summit<\/a>\u201d. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System<\/a>” at www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Take a millionaire to lunch and you may find a new mentor. Spending the money to be mentored by an expert is a key strategy to personal success and business success. In this past year, several new ideas I’ve had originated from the time and money I spent to be with successful mentors. Mentors are … Continue reading Personal Success Strategy: Take a Millionaire to Lunch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1,23,3],"tags":[99,75,26,354,33,24,106],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-strategies","category-general","category-personal-development","category-success-strategies","tag-business-success","tag-lynn-pierce","tag-mentor","tag-personal-development","tag-personal-success","tag-professional-development","tag-womens-business-empowerment-summit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}