Invite someone to be your mentor. Here is one way you could establish a relationship with a mentor.
Take five minutes now to list in your study journal a few people who could help mentor you. Consider people who understand the world you are trying to navigate and who exemplify traits and characteristics that you value.
At home, pray about the people on your list and ask Heavenly Father to help you identify someone who would be a positive mentor in your life. Let the Holy Spirit guide you.
After choosing someone who you feel could help you, ask him or her to be your mentor. Share your goals with him or her and ask for help and guidance in achieving your goals.
If the person agrees to help you, discuss the expectations that each of you have. You could, for example, discuss how regularly you will connect to discuss your goals.
Discuss:
How have you found good mentors in the past? What worked in establishing a successful mentoring relationship?
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Your stake may have self-reliance groups focused on education, employment, small business, or personal finance. Participating in one of these groups could help you find mentors. Contact your stake self-reliance specialist for more information about these groups.
Commit:
Think about the missionaries and members who most positively affected you on your mission. Record in your study journal what it was about them that helped you.
Identify and invite someone to be your mentor.
Pray to know who you could mentor.
Share what you learned today with another returned missionary, another young single adult, or a member of your family.
Choose an action partner for this week and take two minutes to share with each other the commitments that you feel impressed to work on. Decide how you will follow up with each other during the week.