WEEK-40

Create a Network of Mentors, Contacts, and Coaches

AFFIRMATIONS

for

Meditation and Reflection

I am thrilled to be learning and growing under the wings of mentors who guide me toward success.

I look forward to networking and building strong relationships—that’s how some of the most exciting and unexpected things happen.

With the expert guidance of my coach, I am joyfully leaping forward in every area of my life.

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

—ROBERT ALLEN
Coauthor of The One Minute Millionaire

Most people seek advice from their friends, spouse, or coworkers on issues they are facing. But unless you want recommendations on a movie, that’s probably not the best group of people to ask for advice.

We have discussed how success leaves clues often in the form of people who have wisdom and experience they can share with you. Isn’t it smarter to seek out one of these people who’ve already been down the road you’re traveling? Make a list of the people you’d like to have mentor you—then ask them.

Many people have reached the pinnacle of their careers and are happy to impart what they’ve learned as a way to “give back” to their industry and the world. Make a commitment to identify three people you could ask to mentor you, then contact them with a specific request of an hour a month or an hour a quarter or a 15-minute call every few weeks.

I am thrilled to be learning and growing under the wings of mentors who guide me toward success.

Adam Small, founder of Nashville Emerging Leaders said, “Networking is the single most powerful tactic to accelerate and sustain success for any individual or organization!” Business and careers are built on relationships; networking provides a platform to cultivate relationships. Plus, it also helps with:

Generating referrals and increased business: Networking gives you high-quality referrals that are often prequalified.
Expanding opportunities: Networking with other people in your industry—or fellow business owners—provides opportunities for joint ventures, partnerships, sales leads, and more.
Creating connections: Remember the old adage “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”? Well, it’s true, but it’s also how well you know someone that counts.
Obtaining useful advice: Networking gives you unique opportunities to benefit from advice and expertise on business issues and even personal matters.

Use today’s affirmation to focus on expanding your professional and personal network.

I look forward to networking and building strong relationships—that’s how some of the most exciting and unexpected things happen.

Would you expect an athlete to make it to the Olympic Games without a coach? Or an NFL team to show up for a game without an entire cadre of coaches?

Well, coaching isn’t just for sports. Business and personal coaches have been the “secret weapon” behind countless thousands of successful people—and hundreds of the world’s top companies.

A good coach will help you clarify your vision, stay in your core genius, confront bad habits and destructive patterns of behavior, help you overcome roadblocks, push you to do your best, and show you how to work less and earn more.

I have experienced great success through being coached, and I have also been fantastically successful in coaching others. You can access information and read success stories online for the Canfield Coaching1 program, which I developed to help people more easily implement success principles in their life.

With the expert guidance of my coach, I am joyfully leaping forward in every area of my life.

1 Visit the Canfield Coaching website at www.canfieldcoaching.com.