Mentoring is an art form, but it also involves science. The following pages provide an introduction to our training system and will help you understand and apply both these key aspects of the mentoring process, starting with our Fundamental Life Formula.

Legendary football coach, the late Vince Lombardi, once said that the goal of excellence is achieved by mastering the fundamentals.

Musicians must first conquer the scales to reach the recital hall. Every five-star chef must have honed and mastered basic knife skills at some early point in the kitchen.

No matter what the field of human endeavor, whenever we learn something new, we all start at our own ground floor and work our way up. I know I did!

For you to achieve excellence as a mentor, you must first understand and master the fundamentals. Before I explain how, I’d like to elaborate on what Coach Lombardi said.

Achieving excellence may be the goal, but it’s not the end game. The journey to mastery of self and mentoring others is a never-ending, always-evolving growth process. A personal quest that provides valuable life lessons, benefiting you and those you influence. I think he’d agree on that point.

At Mentors & More, my team and I have done our best to simplify the complicated business of understanding what makes us tick by creating our innovative Effective Mindset Training System (EMTS).

It’s our way of explaining the key factors that influence individual behavioral patterns and relational dynamics, with special emphasis on categorizing, defining and describing the most common messages which contribute to the cause of problems and more importantly, to the development of solutions.

Our system, with its keen insights, will open your eyes as to how and why you – and by extension, anyone you mentor – operate the way you do.

‍Before you can lead a mentee in developing beneficial, sustainable goals and solutions, you must learn everything you can to truly become a solid role model and know how to do it yourself.

‍On your road to a life pursuit of consistently realizing as much peace, joy, comfort, contentment, freedom, purpose and service as possible, you’ll encounter many roadblocks and inevitably take a few detours.

It’s not always easy to discern what to think, say or do, especially when we find ourselves in uncharted territory without a compass, map or the skills needed to navigate those scenarios successfully. And if we lack a sense of direction? Well, then we risk making poor decisions.

Not to worry. Our Effective Mindset Training System is designed for nearly anyone, regardless of age, skill level, challenges or goals and I’m here to guide you through. Whether you’re a mentoring rookie or a seasoned vet, you’ll be well equipped to become a more effective, beneficial leader of yourself first and foremost, and then of others.

I’m confident that by reading, studying and applying the information, you’ll learn how to better the chances of garnering greater receptivity, cooperation, responsibility, resourcefulness and resilience from those you lead.