As most of you know, I prefer Twittering to Facebook. I love all the people I follow. Some of the people I follow on Twitter are for friendship, some family, and some for the “little nuggets” they tweet throughout the day.
A few weeks ago, Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, twittered about winning a book on his blog if you would leave a comment. The book he was giving away was Mentor Like Jesus by Regi Campbell.
The title of the book intrigued me. I also felt that I had benefitted from some good mentors at various points in my life. My father passed away during my teen years and some of the men that showed an interest in me during that time were invaluable. And then later during my business career, I benefitted again from several men, specifically from Bob Fisher, now President of Belmont University in Nashville.
Not only was I selected by Mike to receive the book, but Chris Hornsby from Next Generation Mentoring contacted me saying if I didn’t get selected to receive the book, he wanted to send me one. Chris and I exchanged a couple of emails about Next Generation Mentoring including sending me a link for further information.
Long story short – this book was humbling. The objective of the book is to get men into a mentor – mentee relationship. Regi describes throughout the book a “how-to” approach to setting up mentoring groups and offers a template and materials for a year-long relationship for a nominal fee.
Here are my issues. While I would have no problem setting up a relationship like this with eight men, I have made a TON of mistakes. I’m pretty sure there aren’t eight men I know who would be interested in doing this with me. There are better mentors.
With the above said, this is a great book. Mentor Like Jesus is a perfect rationale and template for mentoring. If you think you could be a mentor, get this book. If you think you would like to find a mentor, get this book. If you’ve benefited from mentoring – pay it forward!
