1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,140 --> 00:00:08,750 Hello , my name is Terrence Adams and 3 00:00:08,750 --> 00:00:10,806 I'd like to offer some advice to you 4 00:00:10,806 --> 00:00:12,720 today , we will start with what I 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,110 believe are three ships that you can 6 00:00:15,110 --> 00:00:17,650 sell this process , so if you want to 7 00:00:17,650 --> 00:00:19,594 get on his voyage and have a great 8 00:00:19,594 --> 00:00:21,706 career , these that are three ships , 9 00:00:21,706 --> 00:00:24,050 one is leadership , the next is 10 00:00:24,050 --> 00:00:25,994 partnership and the one that we're 11 00:00:25,994 --> 00:00:28,050 going to spend a lot of time talking 12 00:00:28,050 --> 00:00:31,660 about is mentorship , mentorship is 13 00:00:31,660 --> 00:00:33,990 that special sauce for success I 14 00:00:33,990 --> 00:00:36,940 believe and mentorship and leadership 15 00:00:36,940 --> 00:00:39,610 go hand in hand . I think the best 16 00:00:39,610 --> 00:00:42,390 leaders are the best mentors , they're 17 00:00:42,390 --> 00:00:44,501 the ones who understand that in order 18 00:00:44,501 --> 00:00:47,510 to , to for an organization to succeed , 19 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,180 they need to have a program that is 20 00:00:50,180 --> 00:00:53,220 deliberate about raising the next group 21 00:00:53,220 --> 00:00:55,320 of leaders and we do that through , 22 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,880 mentorship , mentorship can be formal 23 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,920 or informal um but we also want to make 24 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,809 sure that leaders know it's their 25 00:01:02,809 --> 00:01:06,110 responsibility to be mentors , so 26 00:01:06,110 --> 00:01:08,166 you're an organization and you are a 27 00:01:08,166 --> 00:01:10,221 leader , you should find somebody um 28 00:01:10,221 --> 00:01:12,166 that you're looking out for , that 29 00:01:12,166 --> 00:01:14,054 you're getting . So what does the 30 00:01:14,054 --> 00:01:16,166 mentor , a mentor is a person that is 31 00:01:16,166 --> 00:01:19,070 an advisor , it's a confident someone 32 00:01:19,070 --> 00:01:21,500 you can trust , you can go in and talk 33 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:23,556 to you about your career . I like to 34 00:01:23,556 --> 00:01:27,230 use the analogy that the mentor is 35 00:01:27,230 --> 00:01:29,341 like a tour guide or somebody writing 36 00:01:29,341 --> 00:01:31,508 your vehicle , giving you directions , 37 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,410 The mentee is behind the steering wheel , 38 00:01:35,460 --> 00:01:37,682 they're the ones that setting the speed 39 00:01:37,682 --> 00:01:40,180 and of course in the direction they 40 00:01:40,180 --> 00:01:42,180 said the journey of where they want 41 00:01:42,180 --> 00:01:44,630 their career to go and the mentor is 42 00:01:44,630 --> 00:01:46,852 the one that says , hey you should turn 43 00:01:46,852 --> 00:01:48,963 left at this corner because I've been 44 00:01:48,963 --> 00:01:51,074 down this road before and it leads to 45 00:01:51,074 --> 00:01:52,963 success , but if you turn right , 46 00:01:52,963 --> 00:01:56,000 you're gonna go around a bunch of 47 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,056 curves and you're gonna end up off a 48 00:01:58,056 --> 00:02:00,360 cliff for yourself . The mentor knows 49 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,420 the roads uh and they also are the ones 50 00:02:03,420 --> 00:02:05,531 that are willing to give the advice , 51 00:02:05,540 --> 00:02:07,651 but you also have to realize that not 52 00:02:07,651 --> 00:02:09,762 every tour guide knows the lay of the 53 00:02:09,762 --> 00:02:11,929 land for every city you're gonna drive 54 00:02:11,929 --> 00:02:13,818 in . So you're gonna want to have 55 00:02:13,818 --> 00:02:15,818 multiple mentors people when you're 56 00:02:15,818 --> 00:02:18,160 trying to navigate a new areas of life , 57 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:20,896 you need somebody that knows the new 58 00:02:20,896 --> 00:02:24,050 areas . So your job is to find multiple 59 00:02:24,050 --> 00:02:26,050 mentors , find the mentors that are 60 00:02:26,050 --> 00:02:28,360 experts in the area upon which you need 61 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,840 the advice and sometimes your mentors 62 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,860 are the ones that can help you find 63 00:02:32,870 --> 00:02:35,900 other mentors as well . So we want to 64 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:38,122 ensure that you do that , you want your 65 00:02:38,122 --> 00:02:40,344 mentors to be diverse . We want them to 66 00:02:40,430 --> 00:02:42,541 come from different backgrounds again 67 00:02:42,541 --> 00:02:44,763 so they can give you different advice . 68 00:02:44,763 --> 00:02:47,900 We want your mentor to be somebody that 69 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:50,700 you have a very close relationship with 70 00:02:50,710 --> 00:02:52,932 and be able to share something that may 71 00:02:52,932 --> 00:02:55,670 be going on in your life because the 72 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:57,736 family , the family should be in the 73 00:02:57,736 --> 00:03:01,470 car and it's a family um is wanting to 74 00:03:01,470 --> 00:03:03,692 go somewhere different . You may find a 75 00:03:03,692 --> 00:03:05,692 family member grabbing the steering 76 00:03:05,692 --> 00:03:07,970 wheel and say no I don't wanna go left , 77 00:03:07,970 --> 00:03:10,192 I want to go right , I don't want to go 78 00:03:10,192 --> 00:03:10,180 down in this field , I want to go up 79 00:03:10,180 --> 00:03:12,013 this field , so you want to have 80 00:03:12,013 --> 00:03:15,150 alignment with your family as well and 81 00:03:15,150 --> 00:03:17,220 the great mentors kind of understand 82 00:03:17,230 --> 00:03:19,397 you know how the family , you can play 83 00:03:19,397 --> 00:03:22,880 a part of your career , so that's what 84 00:03:22,890 --> 00:03:26,110 we look at in mentorship . Um I want 85 00:03:26,110 --> 00:03:28,330 you all to again to be bold and go and 86 00:03:28,340 --> 00:03:31,190 find mentors . If somebody is not 87 00:03:31,190 --> 00:03:33,480 offering you mentorship , never say no 88 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,880 to yourself , be the one who's bold and 89 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,102 aggressive and it does not mind sending 90 00:03:39,102 --> 00:03:41,230 an email or pick up the phone and 91 00:03:41,230 --> 00:03:43,560 asking somebody to be mentored 92 00:03:44,140 --> 00:03:46,450 mentorship is that important , It's 93 00:03:46,450 --> 00:03:49,550 been the key to my success . Um and I 94 00:03:49,550 --> 00:03:51,661 think most of the people who I talked 95 00:03:51,661 --> 00:03:53,661 to , you know value mentors but you 96 00:03:53,661 --> 00:03:55,700 gotta find the right one uh and and 97 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:57,950 don't be afraid if you meet someone and 98 00:03:57,950 --> 00:03:59,894 you start a relationship and if it 99 00:03:59,894 --> 00:04:01,839 doesn't work that's fine , then be 100 00:04:01,839 --> 00:04:03,728 honest and say you know that this 101 00:04:03,728 --> 00:04:05,894 relationship will start working um and 102 00:04:05,894 --> 00:04:08,117 I think that's okay , you want to waste 103 00:04:08,117 --> 00:04:10,117 anybody's time for mentorship , but 104 00:04:10,117 --> 00:04:10,040 it's very important that you find a 105 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,820 mentor uh and if you are also a leader , 106 00:04:12,820 --> 00:04:16,260 I really really ask you to be a mentor 107 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,190 to deliberately find somebody that you 108 00:04:19,190 --> 00:04:21,560 can pour into because most of the time 109 00:04:21,570 --> 00:04:23,792 we all admitted people have poured into 110 00:04:23,792 --> 00:04:25,760 us , no one came here with all the 111 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,130 success and knowledge . We got here 112 00:04:28,130 --> 00:04:30,130 from hard work and we also got here 113 00:04:30,130 --> 00:04:33,060 because other people care about us and 114 00:04:33,060 --> 00:04:35,116 they spend a little time . I have to 115 00:04:35,116 --> 00:04:37,282 share what they learned about life and 116 00:04:37,282 --> 00:04:39,282 about jobs and being a professional 117 00:04:39,282 --> 00:04:41,393 member of the United States Air Force 118 00:04:41,393 --> 00:04:43,616 with Space Force . That's why and how I 119 00:04:43,616 --> 00:04:45,671 got to where I am . It was through a 120 00:04:45,671 --> 00:04:47,782 lot of mentorship . So again , I want 121 00:04:47,782 --> 00:04:49,949 to thank you for the time today . This 122 00:04:49,949 --> 00:04:52,540 was quick and fast . But again , find a 123 00:04:52,540 --> 00:04:54,651 mentor . It is important . My name is 124 00:04:54,651 --> 00:04:56,707 Terrence Adam and thank you for your 125 00:04:56,707 --> 00:04:56,050 time .