Mentors and the Success Principles

I am currently reading Jack Canfield‘s incredibly informative book The Success Principles. This morning I on principle #44: Find a Wing to Climb Under.

The chapter starts off with this quote relating to mentors. . .

“Study anyone who’s great and you’ll find that they apprenticed to a master, or several masters. Therefore if you want to achive greatness, renown, and superlative success, you must apprentice to a master.

– Robert Allen, Self made multi-millionaire and coauthor of The One Minute Millionaire.

Here is some great info from Wikipedia on Mentors ::

Today mentors provide expertise to less experienced individuals to help them advance their careers, enhance their education, and build their networks. In many different arenas people have benefited from being part of a mentoring relationship, including:

• Authors — H.P. Lovecraft mentored Robert Bloch, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard
• Business people — Freddie Laker mentored Richard Branson
• Politicians — Aristotle mentored Alexander the Great
• Directors — Roger Corman mentored Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Jonathan Demme, Joe Dante, James Cameron, John Sayles, Donald G. Jackson, Gale Anne Hurd, Carl Colpaert, Monte Hellman, Paul Bartel, George Armitage, Jonathan Kaplan, George Hickenlooper, Curtis Hanson, and Jack Hill. Martin Scorsese mentored Oliver Stone at New York University
• Actors — Laurence Olivier mentored Anthony Hopkins. Martin Landau mentored Jack Nicholson. Mel Gibson mentored Heath Ledger
• Musicians — Johann Christian Bach mentored Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. José Antonio Abreu mentored Gustavo Dudamel. Dr. Dre mentors Eminem. Denniz Pop mentored Max Martin. David Foster mentored Josh Groban, Frank Zappa mentored Steve Vai
• Athletes — Eddy Merckx (five-time Tour de France winner) mentored Lance Armstrong (seven-time Tour de France winner). Bobby Charlton mentored David Beckham
• Movies — Obi-wan Kenobi mentored Anakin Skywalker and his son Luke Skywalker
• Television — Perry Cox mentored J.D. (Scrubs)
• Video Games — The Boss mentored Naked Snake. The latter’s son, Solid Snake, mentored Raiden. Samos mentored Jak in the stead of his father.
• Poetry — Seamus Heaney mentored Paul Muldoon.

Who was your mentor?

How did having a mentor shape/change your life and career?

Are you a mentor now?

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Here are resources about mentoring in the Triad and North Carolina ::

North Carolina Mentoring Partnership

National Mentoring Partnership

SHIELD Mentor Program

UNCG Guarantee Mentor Program

Have additional resources for those interested in becoming a mentor or those in need of one? Please share in in the comments!