Martial arts instructors, and other mentors have a mission. Their mission is to motivate you and to be the type of mentor and role model to facilitate a positive, forward moving environment. Mentors have a knack for truly knowing your ends and outs, and they have the willingness to sacrifice their time and energy to see you succeed. It is definitely not a relationship to be taken lightly, and in order to be a great mentor, there are certain things they won't let you do!
Make Excuses
Excuses accomplish nothing but holding you back from your true potential. As Benjamin Franklin said, "I've never seen a man that made excuses, that could make anything else." We have to train ourselves to stop making excuses, and find solutions. #SolutionsOrientedCulture
Mentors will constantly remind you that excuses are just a waste of time, and encourage you to use your mind and your heart to find a solution!
Whine and Complain
Whining and complaining does nothing for your life, but causes you to put the pause on positivity and forward progress. No one likes whiners and complainers except other whiners and complainers who will all, collectively get nothing done but breathing hot air.
People who are going places and doing things absolutely HATE being around whiners and complainers. If you are going to move with the cloud of success, whining and complaining can not be a part of your personality, not to your boss, coworkers, family or friends. Don't whine and complain, make suggestions and comments and find solutions.
Mentors are quick to remind you to stop whining and complaining, to find a way to turn negatives into a positive in your life. To stop being a trash can for others who whine and complain as well.
Be Lazy
There is only one thing that separates successful people from none successful people and it is not talent or money, it is HARD WORK! No matter you natural abilities or skills and resources, you can always find a way to increase in all of these areas.
There is no one that I know of that became successful through being lazy. No one, and you won't either. Be an action taker. Be a doer, not just a talker.
Mentors will constantly remind you that hard work is the key to success, and all other options are automatically the long way around.
Fall Short of your Potential
You were made for greatest, and since the day you were born you have been taking steps towards your individual and God-given destiny. Your niche in life that will be a lasting contribution to fellow man. Everything in life is preparing you for that point, so don't let anything stop you from 1) finding out what your niche is, and 2) striving to share your excellence in this area for the rest of your life.
Good mentors will keep pushing you when you sit too long. They will help you to overcome obstacles and plateaus in your development.
Thank you for reading. Be a #Mentor, find a #Mentor today!
Benjamin Moriniere "Sensei" @CapoeiraOkinawa
Entrepreneur / Martialpreneur in Japan
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