Why no entrepreneur should ‘go it alone’

A decade ago, as a young entrepreneur, I would often look at successful businesspeople and marvel at their resourcefulness, tenacity and vision. I wished I had the same internal mechanics that enabled them to overcome self-limiting beliefs, dream big, and find the right path.

I thought I needed to put in more hours to get the results they were getting, but when I was maxing myself out, my results got worse!

I now think the big difference was that they had a mentor / coach.

As Richard Branson said:

“Whenever I am asked what is the missing link between a promising businessperson and a successful one, mentoring comes to mind. […] If you ask any successful businessperson, they will always have had a great mentor at some point along the road.”

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