WEBVTT - Mentor for the moment

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that mentoring can be for a moment. Mentoring

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't have to be for life to be meaningful and influential.

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<v Speaker 1>So I recently encountered the concept of mentor for the

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<v Speaker 1>moment and Gallop's Strength Finder's Handbook. Regardless of your personal strengths,

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<v Speaker 1>appreciating the value of mentors for the moment can be wise.

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<v Speaker 1>You offer help when you can, and you take help

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<v Speaker 1>when you need it without feeling like any of this

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<v Speaker 1>needs to be permanent. Mentoring for the moment also allows

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<v Speaker 1>for casting a wider net for potential mentors and mentees.

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<v Speaker 1>For instance, maybe you've been out of the workforce for

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<v Speaker 1>several years, your next door neighbor is an executive at

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<v Speaker 1>a major corporation. You probably aren't giving this person professional advice.

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<v Speaker 1>But maybe you've just helped your two oldest children through

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<v Speaker 1>the college application process, and your neighbor has a high

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<v Speaker 1>school sophomore. You can mentor your neighbor through the process

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<v Speaker 1>as needed. Or maybe a summer intern on your team

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<v Speaker 1>has an opportunity to give an important presentation. You can

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<v Speaker 1>mentor her for the next few weeks as you teach

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<v Speaker 1>her how to be comfortable presenting in a higher stakes

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<v Speaker 1>professional situation. It's okay that this mentee may be going

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<v Speaker 1>on to a completely different field later. You are mentoring

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<v Speaker 1>for the moment. You can also seek out mentorship for

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<v Speaker 1>the moment. Maybe you've got a first book coming out

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<v Speaker 1>and someone has put you in touch with a veteran author.

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<v Speaker 1>You might arrange for a few meetups to chat and

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<v Speaker 1>ask questions without putting any obligation on that person to

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<v Speaker 1>keep doing these regular meetups long term. That makes it

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<v Speaker 1>a lot easier to say yes. In any case, mentorship

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<v Speaker 1>can wind up being made bigger and scarier than it

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<v Speaker 1>needs to be. In Cheryl Sandberg's book lean In, she

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<v Speaker 1>has a whole chapter on how younger people sometimes go

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<v Speaker 1>around hunting for the perfect mentor is going to make

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<v Speaker 1>their career. But the truth is that mentors often appear

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<v Speaker 1>when you are doing good work, because people get excited

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<v Speaker 1>about that and want to see you succeed. If you've

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<v Speaker 1>identified a specific need where you'd like someone's help, asking

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<v Speaker 1>for a very short term mentoring relationship makes it easier

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<v Speaker 1>for the person to say yes. You are not bound

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<v Speaker 1>for life. You are bound for the moment and you

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<v Speaker 1>can probably get a lot done during that time. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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<v Speaker 1>to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening

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<v Speaker 1>to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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