Are you a coach or a mentor? Or just a lousy sponsor?
This came to me this weekend in Big Al’s Fortune Now newsletter.
Consider these definitions.
To be a coach, you don’t have to know how to do what you are coaching. Many coaches simply listen to their distributors and tell the distributors they already know what to do and how to do it. As coaches, they simply hold the distributors accountable for their actions.
These coaches don’t have to be good sponsors, good presenters, or good leaders. They simply hold the distributors accountable, and attempt to motivate them into action by talking about their “Why,” etc.
To be a mentor, you should already have the skills the distributor seeks to learn. In this case, the distributor does not have certain skills and experiences, and seeks the answers from the mentor. The mentor is not responsible for motivating or holding the distributor accountable. The mentor assumes the distributor already is highly motivated and will put the lessons into action.
To be a mentor, you must first master the skills the distributor seeks. And if you master the skills, the distributor seeks you.
And what if the distributor is not self-motivated?
Well, the distributor won’t be seeking you out.
Are you simply a coach that talks a good talk? Or are you a coach that motivates distributors to take action? Are you a mentor that has mastered skills and can pass them on to self-motivated people?
Or, are you simply a lousy sponsor that recruited a distributor and quickly moved on to finding your next new distributor?
Reprinted from Big Al’s Fortune Now newsletter. Get great tips and advice like this from Big Al (and join his monthly cd club – I bought an annual subscription.)
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Wow, that is some tough stuff there from Big Al. How true and fitting it is, but tough to hear. It truly opens your eyes to yourself and those around you. I guess we all hope that we are the Mentor and was recruited by a Mentor. Let our spouses and significant others be our coach and moral support when we need them, let sponsors be the Mentors and guides we all need to make money.
Cheers.
Being a HUGE fan of Big Al, I was going to write a blog about this same topic, and yes, as the previous commenter pointed out, “some tough stuff”. However, it rings with so much truth, certainly gives one pause for thought.
Thanks for sharing this
~Jennifer