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You can do everything right and still feel stuck. Often the missing piece isn’t more effort, it’s the right man walking a few steps ahead of you.
Most men look for a mentor the wrong way. They chase the guy with the money, the title, the resume. That’s someone to admire from a distance, not someone who changes you. The mentor who actually moves your life forward has failed, kept going, and is willing to tell you about both.
When I found mine, he didn’t look impressive. What drew me in was how he treated people and his willingness to say “I’ve been there.” His legacy isn’t a trophy case. It’s the men he sat with when everything was falling apart. Watching a man like that live it out, week after week, is what pulls you out of feeling stuck, you start showing up differently because you’re absorbing a new way of carrying yourself.
In this video:
Why the right mentor is the most honest man, not the most successful
Privacy vs secrecy, and why secrecy is a red flag
How a mentor changes you by living it out, not just giving advice
Why a man who owns his failures is showing real strength
Where to actually find a mentor (not in the limelight)
Why your wife’s input on who he is matters
A mentor isn’t a therapist or a replacement for professional help. He’s a man a few steps ahead, with skin in the game, willing to walk with you.
Next: self-care and rest, and why most men confuse exhaustion for rest.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 – The most honest, not the most successful
0:05 – Most men look for mentors the wrong way
0:17 – Failed and kept going
0:28 – When I met my mentor
0:45 – It wasn’t power or status
1:10 – Compassion, not just advice
1:40 – Respect without success
2:02 – He shares his mistakes differently
2:22 – His legacy isn’t a trophy case
2:26 – What a real mentor looks like
2:41 – Where I wear a mask and where I don’t
2:55 – Privacy vs secrecy
3:11 – A good mentor makes himself available
3:22 – He pushed me to grow
3:47 – Conversations with people he disagrees with
4:01 – Performing vs leading
4:11 – The prayer that changed everything
4:57 – I can talk to God that way
5:20 – Books, losses, and character
6:16 – Skin in the game
6:27 – How to find a mentor
6:53 – His humility will draw you toward him
7:02 – Good mentors know other good mentors
7:13 – Frequency doesn’t matter, depth does
7:35 – Ask your wife’s input
7:55 – Start with coffee
8:20 – Just start the relationship
8:25 – Next episode: self-care and rest
8:40 – Take the assessment
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