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Now, it's time to ask yourself the most important question: "Why do you want to mentor others?" We didn't include it in our list of questions above, because you may not have been able to give yourself an honest answer before you did your research and really gave it some thought.

If you answered anything like, "because I want to make as much money as possible from my marketing efforts," you get an A for honesty, and it's a smart choice. But, if it's the only reason you're considering starting a mentoring business, you need to think again, and carefully at that.

If you answered something to the effect of: "I'd like to help keep people from wasting time and making the same mistakes I did" or "people are asking me questions all the time anyway," then, you already have a pretty good idea about what the core of mentoring is about. Check your motives again, to make sure you're coming from the right place, rather than just a money motivation.

If you choose to become a mentor only because you want to make the most amount of money possible from your email list, that will come through to your students, which means they won't stick around over the long term. If sharing and helping others motivates you, that's a good thing, but you need to consider your motives and habits one last time, to protect yourself. Ask yourself: "Am I a rescuer?"

Being a "rescuer" is not necessarily a good thing. We're conditioned to do it. Rescuers don't have boundaries, and they don't understand the concept of "what's mine to own" and what's yours to own," where "mine" is the tasks that are your responsibility, and "yours" are the tasks that belong to your students.

Rescurers are reactive. They will drop everything and pretty much do things for their studends, rather than making minor adjustments to their "fishing poles" and letting them go back to the pond to learn how to fish on their own with confidence.

If you are a rescuer, you're not going to help your student, or yourself. You will be overwhelmed and burned out... and you'll find comfort in knowing how noble and self-sacrificing you are.

Forgive my sarcasm, as this is a technique you should never use with your students, but as it's the truth, I'm not going to apologize.

The "rescuer" mentality is not a virtue, but a weakness.

The situation you should aim for is where both are true: you not only want to maximize your profits, but you find joy in giving back to others and watching them group. This attribute - reciprocity - is the "win-win" situation we referenced earlier.

The students you mentor will be enriched by your honesty, desire to take action, and you will be enriched by their groth and success. Your reputation will also be enriched as your students leave positive testimonials for your services.

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