A past issue of Forbes Magazine has a wonderful article by Rich Karlgaard entitled "About That First Job." What
caught my eye was the description of how, as a young man in the
business world without a lot of business interest or experience,
Karlgaard found mentors that never knew they were his mentors.
Karlgaard writes "I picked mentors because they had something I needed
to learn. From one I learned how to match a jacket, shirt and tie.
He
always looked sharp; I wanted to look sharp, too, so I quietly observed
the color of his clothing, the knot of his tie, the amount of shirt
cuff showing. Sounds trivial and even silly, but it helped me and gave
me confidence."
If a person in business spends 60 hours a week
on their profession that leaves 108 hours that are available to spend
on their personal lives. Take out seven hours a night for sleeping and
you have 52 hours left per week to spend with family, friends and other
people you care about. Often the quality of the time we spend in
those 108 hours determines how we approach the other 60 hours. Most of
us focus on finding mentors in our business lives. What we probably all
could use are good mentors in our personal lives.
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