Supporting each other in business – Peer to Peer Mentoring
Posted by: Claire | March 24, 2012
Tonight I went out for a meal with my mentoring group. We wanted to meet and have a catch up, to see how everyone was getting on. It was really lovely to see everyone and to realise just how far we’d all come since we first joined the group. It was run by Kate Wilde from Engage with Business, who is really motivating.
I love interacting with other people who are facing the same challenges. I love being able to share experiences and also just have a good chat, which our meetings seem to always become. There’s often food involved, normally cake; but tonight’s meal was delicious!
When we first started, Kate got us all to fill out a card with three things we wanted to achieve in the six months the group met for. Tonight we got our cards back and I took mine with a small amount of trepidation. Had I done any of them? How much had I really achieved?
This was my list:-
- Create a London holiday that I’ll be proud and excited to market.
- Increase my marketing online. Reach out to more communities.
- Film a video about the holidays and how they work, show the fun.
I was delighted to realise that I was part way through each goal.
- I’ve started the London holiday, with two days written and two almost finished. The rest is planned and ready to write.
- I’ve been doing regular blogging here on my Holidays From Home Blog. I’ve also upped my Facebook interactions and I’m looking at ways to connect with more online support groups for things like carers, specific illnesses, anxiety, agoraphobia, fear of flying, as well as parents at home with kids looking for things to do to keep them entertained.
- I start a course a week on Monday learning how to do my own videos, so I’ll have some ready to upload and get out into the world.
It’s reassuring to know you’re on track with your goals and that you are going in the right direction. The coach I’m working with suggested having a book and keeping a list of my goals written in it, so I can check back to see when I achieve them. I have to do lists; but this sounds much easier to maintain and keep track of. Fun even! I’m sad that the group is over; but I’m sure we’ll all keep in touch, social media makes it so easy now. It will be great to watch people grow and to share my own progress with them.
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March 28, 2012 | amy zellmer:
That is awesome!! Good for you! I love the idea of writing them down and having someone collect them to give you in six months!! I remember writing a letter to myself in my Senior year in high school. She mailed them to us five years later. Creepy how close it was!! Life has an interesting way of always working out for us!!
March 28, 2012 | Nona Jordan | the Business Yogini:
Fantastic, Claire!! The benefits of working together in a group are SO huge – I am excited for you and what you are bringing to the world. Thank you for sharing your group with us and your encouragement to find our own community!! xoxo
March 28, 2012 | Kenetha Stanton:
I really like this idea of keeping a book that just has my goals so I can keep them in front of me! I keep lots of to do lists, and I make note of my goals in my journal, but I think that having a dedicated space where I store them and can easily review them would be a big help. Thanks for sharing this idea. And congratulations on all the progress you’ve made toward your own goals!
March 28, 2012 | Jessica:
Yay for you, Claire! Peer mentoring is so important — I never knew it until recently, and it has made such a difference in my life and business. Congrats on getting so far into your 3 goals….only a little more to go, and we’re all rooting for you!
March 28, 2012 | Jackie D.:
What a great exercise Claire! I’m going to write my 3 goals tonight and put them in an envelope to be opened 6 months from now. So proud of you and your accomplishments!
March 28, 2012 | Brandy:
Mentoring/business inspiration groups are SO essential! I am a part of a similar thing, although it’s online – it’s been a huge catalyst for me in many many ways. I love the idea of writing three goals and coming back to it six months later. Good stuff!
March 28, 2012 | Bri Saussy:
Congratulations Claire! I know that you have been working hard on this and I know that your work will pay off!
March 28, 2012 | Theresa | The Tarot Lady:
I have a goal book that I keep right by my computer – each day, I write down my goals for the day and then check them off.
I also have a list of long term goals as well. It’s amazing how quickly they get checked off. I also keep a book of “accomplishments” and at the end of every month, I write down anything I accomplished that month as well as track my progress in list growth, etc. It’s so cool to look back and see how far I’ve come.
March 29, 2012 | Meg:
Love the six month goal thing, going to figure out a way to do that electronically for clients would be brilliant!!! Also congrats on achieving SO much and sharing it with us!
March 29, 2012 | Cynthia:
Wow! Congratulations.
Obviously there is power in collectively believing for each other.
March 29, 2012 | Katelyn:
Congratulations Claire! Writing down our goals makes them so much more real. Add a dream board and you can’t miss.
March 29, 2012 | Lisa Claudia Briggs:
This sounds like it was just-right.. and that your goals were just big enough without being so big that they overwhelmed you or too small that they didn’t inspire you. Lovely to have a group.. community and shared journeys make everything better, but only always. Finding a way to track and be accountable to ourselves in ways that make us feel good is always positive..cheering you on, Claire!
Love and blessings,
Lisa
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March 30, 2012 | Kelle Sparta - Thought Alchemist at The Divining Room:
Meg – if your clients are on Google Calendar, then it’s simply a matter of sending them an invite to an event that is 6 months from now with their goals written into it. When they accept, it will populate to their calendar and they will see it automatically when that date comes around! (It’s also a great back-end marketing tool for you as a coach to get them back on board if they aren’t where they wanted to be by then!)
Great post Claire! Thanks!
March 30, 2012 | Marita Rahlenbeck:
Congratulations on your progress! I am so excited for you. Your mentoring group sounds so supportive, encouraging and beneficial. So happy for you!
March 30, 2012 | Meg:
Kelle, Thanks for the suggestion I will have to look into it : )
March 30, 2012 | Sue Burness:
Claire, congratulations are in order! I’ve always been a fan of writing down goals and intentions. The very act of writing them down seems to empower them. And support of a like-minded community-can’t be beat!
March 31, 2012 | Leah Shapiro:
Sounds like a lovely group Claire!
I write my goals on post-its and put them on a big board. That way I can move them around and add action steps to them. It helps me keep everything straight in my head…..and my eye on the prize so I don;t get distracted.
March 31, 2012 | Michelle PIppin:
There’s no replacing a good mastermind group… and I love your focus on creating events that you are PROUD and excited to market. THAT makes all the difference. I know your next events will be wild successes!