Mentorship doesn’t have to be so formal.

It’s not like you have to ask someone to be your mentor.

If you did, that would probably ruin any type of relationship you envisioned.

Unless they approach you on mentoring, don’t ask.

Instead, ask someone you admire questions or for feedback.

Ask them how to get better and how they accomplished their goals.

It can be someone you work with or a family friend or someone in a group you’re a part of.

A mentor doesn’t even have to be someone you’ve met or know.

They can be an author.

A podcaster.

A blogger.

A general content creator.

A President.

A General.

An innovator.

They can be dead or alive.

It doesn’t matter.

If you’re learning from them and reducing your mistakes, that’s a mentor.

If they’re guiding you to always get better and always improve, that’s a mentor.

If they’re helping you in any measurable way, that’s a mentor.

You have mentors all around you.

The question is, are these mentors positively or negatively impacting your life?

Find someone you want to be like and reach out to them.

Find someone from the past who was successful – in your eyes – and read about them.

Learn from them.

A mentor can change your life.