The Invisible Mentor

Napoleon Hill Did This, And You Should Too

April 30th, 2010 |

Today I’m going to expand on Napoleon Hill‘s Invisible Counselors and my Invisible Mentors technique, but before I do that, I’d like to say that a few weeks ago I attended a networking event where Anna Rossetti, CEO, CPI Card Group was the guest speaker. She told the audience that today, having one mentor is not enough, we need a team of mentors (Personal Board of Directors) to help us get to where we need to go. I smiled when she said that because I have been building my Board of Mentors, and I plan to Build a Board of Invisible Mentors as well.

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We’ve talked in detail about how to choose Invisible Mentors, so today I’d like to deal with the next logical step. Please also read “What Did Napoleon Hill Omit? Invisible Counselors vs. Invisible Mentors” to understand how Napoleon Hill used his Council of Invisible Counselors. This process involves a lot of research so let the Public Library, Google and Yahoo be your friends. Just a reminder, an invisible mentor is a unique leader you can learn things from by observing and studying them from a distance.

For each of your five invisible mentors find all the information that you can on them:

Identify and secure biographies and autobiographies on your invisible mentors
Conduct a video search to identify videos by or about them
Conduct research to identify speeches and presentations given by and about your invisible mentors
Read all the information that you have collected
Identify themes that emerge
Who were their mentors
Who gave them their big break
What are their philosophies
In what way are they similar and dissimilar to you
What did you discover that was very surprising to you
What did you discover that wasn’t surprising to you
How do they solve challenges
How do they generate ideas
For each invisible mentor, identify 10 great ideas from the information that you read about them
Combine the ideas you extracted, among invisible mentors and identify new ideas
How can you apply the new information to your work and life
When you feel as if you know your invisible mentors, refer to “What Did Napoleon Hill Omit? Invisible Counselors vs. Invisible Mentors” and try to follow the Invisible Counselor Technique that Napoleon Hill perfected
Now that you have read the information, processed and played with it, map out a strategy to get to where you need to go
Implement the strategy and fine tune as necessary

After you have amassed and read all this new information on your five invisible mentors, you will discover that your body of knowledge has expanded tremendously. With your Board of Invisible Mentors in place, or what Napoleon Hill called his Council of Invisible Counselors, whenever you find yourself in difficult situations, you have more information to draw on to solve them. Because you know these people who you have studied, you are able to think like them and anticipate how they would respond in a variety of situations. You can also find invisible mentors on The Mentors page.

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Resources to Have in Your Library

Books of Famous Speeches
Books about people who have changed the world
Books about the great inventors of our time

Resources to Refer to

Famous People Their Lives
Biography.com
Biography Online
Famous Speeches

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