There Is A Difference Between A Coach And A Mentor For Your Road To SuccessPosted by admin on August 9th, 2009
I have been doing business on the internet since 2007 and on several occassions I have been asked, ‘What is the difference between a Coach and a Mentor”? “Which do I need or do I need both”? The answer to the second question is, some people need one or the other and some people need both. But all of that depends on each individual and their specfic needs. There is a difference between mentors and coaches.
A mentor is a teacher, one who gives you the information and shows you how to do it. when I started in 2007, I had a very special mentor. I met her at a camp called “Enlightened Warrior Training Camp” and she was one of my roommates. After camp this woman continued to communicate with me and took me under her wings as she began her journey of building an internet business. Her name is Connie Ragen Green and she is now a very successful internet icon. We would spend hours on the phone at night as she walked me through many methods, techniques and steps. I know I frustrated her at times but she was persistent. Although I do not hear from her much now I still believe her to be a master teacher and much of my success online is from the teaching and nurturing of Connie Green. If you are new at building an internet business I recommend that you visit Connie at Ebook Writing and Marketing Secrets and sign up for her teleseminars.
On the other hand a coach on the internet is one who encourages and inspires people to take the steps neccessary to put their learned into action. That is where I come in. My passion is to stand in the gap and be the one who does not and will not let an individual give up. When discouragement seems to be taking over, a coach checks your progress, looks at the road ahead and assists you in taking one more step forward. Reach just a little higher, use the tools that you have to go a little farther and is there when you succeed in the endeavor. When additional tools are needed your coach will encourage you to find another mentor with those tools or return to your previous mentor for additional training. That is why I enjoy working with the team of Peak Potentials Training at their events when I am not writing. You can follow me on Twitter as well.
So as you can see, there will be some people who will need a mentor who will teach them what they need to know to be successful. Some people will be able to take action and some will need the assistance of a coach to keep them on track and moving forward down their success road. It is all an individual situation. Which or both is all up to you and what you want to build to create a new lifestyle for yourself.