If you haven’t heard of GaryVee (Gary Vaynerchuk) by now I would be surprised, he is a popular entrepreneur that has a very large social media presence. Last week he released a video on Facebook voicing his opinions on mentors (you can watch the video here).
It shouldn’t be very surprising but it immediately struck a nerve with many mentors and coaches.
In the video GaryVee spoke about (and I paraphrase) that you should be focusing on taking action opposed to finding a mentor. While this upset many people (mostly mentors and coaches), I took what he was saying a different way. Many people find reasons to hold themselves back, it sounds silly but it’s true. Some people are afraid to start taking action. I believe what GaryVee’s motivation behind the video was to say taking action is more important than anything, don’t let not having a mentor hold you back from taking action.
Think about it, if you get a mentor or coach and take no action, you’re not going to find any success. If you do take action but do not have a mentor or coach, you may or may not find success, but by taking action you are at least giving yourself a much better chance to succeed.
Now let’s take this a step further, we know you need to take action to even have a chance at finding success. Now if you are doing this then great, now what if at this point you also add a mentor or a coach? In my opinion, you are setting yourself up to succeed anymore. While you may not need a mentor or coach, they can certainly help increase your level of success, but at the same time – taking action is the most important aspect, without this you will not find success.
Great write up here! I personally think it depends on what someone wants to do. A true coach will show their client that they already have the answers they need…they just have to…like Gary says, “Put in the fuckin’ work!”
In this day and age, there’s no excuse…we have all the info at our fingertips. TONS of content and tutorials exist online. A person shouldn’t need 10 different books saying the same thing. Our philosophy is simple…AWARENESS. COMMITMENT. FOCUS. ACTION. That’s all anyone needs for success.
So in a sense, Gary is right. BUT…people gotta stop bullshitting themselves and stop looking for validation and start getting shit done.
-Trey