Filling The Deficit Of Mentoring In Your Life w/ Ken Blanchard & Claire Diaz-Ortiz

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🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Mentors. Chances are slim you have someone who really fills the role. These days people will tend to cite their favorite authors and philosophers and influences as their mentors. And to that degree, I’d say that almost everyone in my life “mentors” me, as I learn from everyone. But I really define a mentor as someone who literally knows you and is invested in helping guide you. We used to have this in families where we lived in a village and closely amongst family and friends. We had grandparents, aunts and uncles and even neighbors who were truly involved in our lives. Today, we are isolated. A few years ago I sat down with Ken Blanchard, famous business and personal leader. Ken authored The One Minute Manager which is a business classic and has sold more than 15 million copies. But this conversation wasn’t about management. It was about mentoring. Ken became the mentor for Claire Diaz-Ortiz, who is an author, speaker and innovation advisor who was an early employee at Twitter. She was named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and called “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter.” Clair is an award-winning author of eight books that have been published in more than a dozen countries. But the story here is Ken became a mentor to Claire, and together they co-authored a book titled, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor - and Why You’ll Benefit from Being One. Ken asked Claire to do this book with him because he not only personally mentors her, but she in turn mentors him in regards to the younger generation. It makes an incredibly valuable perspective on the need, value and opportunity of mentoring. I bring this back because at the age of 53, I found a true mentor in my life, and it has been transformational. My core devotion is to finding deep fulfillment in life, and helping others find find it as well. When I’m not on this microphone I’m working with people as a life coach and often applying what fulfills them into their work and business. Connect with me at kevinmiller.co or email me at [email protected]. Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to start your free trial. Use my promo code WHATDRIVESYOU for 10% off on any CleanMyMac's subscription plans Join millions of Americans reaching their financial goals—starting at just $3/month! Get $25 towards your first stock purchase at get.stash.com/DRIVE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome, everyone. I'm Kevin Miller in this episode, filling the deficit of mentoring in your life.
0:08.4	So mentors, chances are slim, you have someone who really fills the role. And these days, people will tend to cite their favorite authors and philosophers and influencers as their mentors. And to that degree,
0:22.4	I'd say, gosh, almost everyone in my life mentors me. I learned from everyone, all my guests for sure.
0:29.5	However, I really define a mentor as someone who literally knows you and is deeply invested in helping
0:36.2	guide you.
0:40.0	And we used to have this in families where we, you know,
0:44.1	lived in a village and lived closely amongst family and friends.
0:47.6	And we had grandparents and aunts and uncles and even neighbors who were truly involved in guiding our lives.
0:50.5	Today, most people do not have that.
0:52.8	We're really isolated.
0:56.5	So a few years ago, I sat down with ken blanchard famous business and personal leader ken authored the one-minute manager a business
1:03.2	classic that sold more than 15 million copies but this conversation wasn't about management
1:08.1	it was about mentoring so Ken became the mentor for Claire
1:12.9	Diaz Ortiz. She's an author speaker, an innovative advisor. She was an early employee at Twitter
1:19.9	and named one of the most, I think it was the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company
1:25.1	called The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter.
1:32.0	Claire is an award-winning author of eight books that had been published in more than a dozen countries. The story here, though, is that Ken became a mentor for Claire. And he asked her
1:38.9	to co-author a book with him, and they titled it One Minute Mentoring, How to Find and Work with a Mentor,
1:45.4	and why you'll benefit from being one.
1:47.6	And Ken asked Claire to do the book because he is her mentor, but he said she has become my
1:52.7	mentor as well in regards to, especially understanding the younger generation.
1:56.7	There's a big age gap between them.
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