From the course: Being a Good Mentee
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Approaching a potential mentor with confidence
From the course: Being a Good Mentee
Approaching a potential mentor with confidence
- Many protégés, fear approaching potential mentors because they worry they are bothering them or wasting their time. I want you to try to let go of that fear. My research has found that people who serve as mentors are overall more successful than those who do not serve as mentors. I'm going to share tips to help you approach a potential mentor with confidence and grace. To begin, consider the best way to reach out to a mentor and specifically what to say. Here is a poor example of a real email I received from a potential protégé. "Hey Ellen, I decided to contact you to seek as much advice, info, help, energy from you that I can possibly get. I would like to pick your brain in the next few days. I've come to a point in my life where I want to transition as I'm sick of the nine-to-five grind. I'm only 28 and I've spent a good part of my life incarcerated, so I'm not sure of my next step. Can you please mentor me?…
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