Soar to Success December 2017

SOAR TO SUCCESS / December 2017 / Business Acceleration Strategies Mentorship – How to Find your Mentor By Karen Cupp “T he purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, and to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” “In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Mentoring is a lifelong process of giving and receiving in a never-ending role as both a master and apprentice. This is a gift for those who value the power of connection. Great musicians, talented athletes and world-class speakers all learn early that to be successful they must engage a mentor. Successful people of all walks of life realize that they cannot be their best without someone who will test them, try them, and challenge them. But finding and engaging a mentor does not happen by chance. It requires you to be intentional thereby getting outside your comfort zone to seek and meet those from which you would like to learn. In