Ep157: 5 Keys to be a Great Mentor
Ready 4 Pushback
Nik Fialka
5.0 • 797 Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Ready to supercharge your career? Perfect for aspiring pilots and professionals looking to boost their careers, this episode is your guide to building powerful mentor relationships that drive real results. So tune in and start making every mentorship moment count!
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE
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What you need to do before meeting your mentor to ensure productive conversations
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How to show respect for your mentor's time
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Ways to focus discussions toward your goals and mentor's expertise
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Reasons to take the initiative to gather information and ask targeted questions
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Tips on how to boost your confidence and make interactions more effective with your mentor
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Pilot, before we get going, I've got big news, July 17th at 8 p.m. Eastern Time. You can join me |
| 0:08.2 | on a live webinar where I will be offering an industry update as well as answering your questions. |
| 0:15.6 | If you want to join me, click the link in the description and it will bring you over to the registration |
| 0:20.6 | page where you can |
| 0:22.1 | get registered. So come join me July 17th, 8 p.m. Eastern Time. I'll see you there. If you're |
| 0:30.4 | prepared, it establishes trust. The mentor knows that you are really focused on what you want to do |
| 0:36.3 | and that you are willing to do what it takes to get there. Take the time that you are really focused on what you want to do and that you are willing to do what it |
| 0:39.0 | takes to get there. Take the time that you are allotted and make it the most impactful. |
| 0:45.3 | Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation. |
| 0:51.3 | They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums, |
| 0:57.7 | meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details. |
| 1:02.9 | This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find your dream job. |
| 1:09.9 | Let's get ready for pushback. Here's your host and my dad, |
| 1:14.8 | Nick Fialca. Hey, pilot, welcome back to Ready for Pushback. I'm Nick Fialca. You found another |
| 1:22.2 | solo show. And I am surprised at how much recently I have been getting a request for this episode. And today, |
| 1:33.9 | I am talking about mentorship. I've talked about mentorship a lot, but this is a little different. |
| 1:39.7 | This is a different spin. I've been getting calls from mentors that are helping other pilots, that are having |
| 1:47.7 | a little bit of frustration. And I wanted to tell you about it because you may not be aware |
| 1:54.3 | of the fact that before you call somebody or reach out to somebody and you're looking for mentorship, you want |
| 2:02.4 | somebody to help you out. You are calling, looking, helping yourself get further, keeping your |
| 2:09.2 | inertia going, all the things that I talk about. But one of the things that is often overlooked by a person that's reaching out, that's going forward, |
| 2:20.9 | is to gather as much information about the topic that you want to talk about ahead of time, |
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