How to Master Mentoring: Mentoring on Purpose, Part 2

This podcast episode, which is the 48th from The Rabbi Who Got Rich on Sunday, is another look at a mentor who helped me and a story about some of those I helped, both designed to address the topic of not only mentoring but Mentoring on Purpose (Part 2).  

If you have not had a chance, here is a link to check out Part 1 of Mentoring on Purpose.

I hope you find this Mentoring mini-series inspiring and interesting. The original title of the series was Mentorship Mastery, which we have changed to How to Master Mentoring. 

Each episode in the mentoring series will follow the same format. I will include a story about one of my mentors and one of my mentees.

Many of these stories are distinctly personal and are from my Rabbinical experiences there are always great business lessons to learn that I will point out! 

These learning moments are not just about acquiring how mentoring can and will influence your wealth accumulation but also about understanding the deeper principles that guide success in every area of life.

I’m Rabbi Dave, and every week we dive deeply into the challenges and triumphs of running a successful home business or side hustle. Enjoy!

Story #3: Purposely following in The Foot Steps of my 1st Mentor

I’m only doing a limited number of these episodes so I decided to skip over some of my mentors, like;

• Grandpa Louis taught me to fall in love with sports and how to play games with my wife and drive her crazy. 
• My dad, who worked very hard to be able to give his family everything they needed and a lot on top of that and still had time for hobbies like baseball, gardening, and reading science fiction, fantasy, and mysteries.  

Before getting to my first story, I want to recognize them briefly and mention that I’ve followed in their footsteps in many ways and I hope my kids do the same!

Moishe Zuker came into my life in 5th grade as an advisor in my youth group NCSY. I learned from his being  a role model for the participants, and more importantly I learned from when he seemed to  not be a role model!  

We affectionately called him Zukes and still do to this day. He gave me my first book on the weekly bible reading that actually talked to me.  

He gave me a garment called Tztizes which had strings and knots tied in a way to remind you of the 613 Mitzvahs (commandments that are tools for life).  

He would go around the room during prayers collecting charity (small change) and then use that to help out the less fortunate among us.  He would call me every Friday afternoon to pretend to insult me in a way that would actually inspire me and wish me a good Sabbath.

He didn’t necessarily look cool, but I loved how he would loudly and seemingly rudely interrupt the Rabbi in charge when he was trying to get quiet, and that would just happen to draw everyone’s attention with his shocking behavior, quieting the room. 

He was cutting edge for the time, turning a room (sometimes the one he slept in) into a dark room to develop slides he took of the event on Friday so we could have a slide show to cheer to late Saturday night at closing.

He took a personal interest in me, my brother, and my friends.  When I was down he was there for insightful advice and when I was up, he made sure my head didn’t swell too much.

I’ll never forget how my brother and I used to fight and we would both be upset because we really loved each other, Zukes told me that there is no greater show of love and respect than when another person follows in your footsteps and it might not always be clear which one of us was following in the other one’s footsteps but it did make me realize that we really did love each other and today we are extremely close!

Zukes, I see your footsteps in front of me very clearly and they are huge so they are easy to follow!

How to Master Mentoring by Mentoring with a Mission

Another mentor of mine, whom I’ll talk about in a future episode, showed me the importance of taking the people you are a close advisor to along for the ride to watch, learn, and grow from your actions.

There were many teens that I was privileged to mentor and learn from by just picking them up in my car and taking them with me to run events throughout the Atlantic Seaboard region. In this series, I don’t have time to share the experiences I cherish so much with Jonny, Dovid, Mikey, Matt, Eric, Lonny, Avi, Aviva, and many more who I had the privilege of having in hand in their growth into the amazing human beings they are today.

Just as I did above, I’m going to focus on two of the first students I mentored with a mission in mind: Tuly B. and Ira E.  There were many more superstars in the group of students I taught in my leadership training course in Jerusalem between 2001 and 2003 and many more who participated as leaders when we put the training into action in the USA from 2003 to 2005 like Ira P, Meir Z, Yael G, Keren S and more.

Tuly, was an excited student in the leadership training course and when we transitioned to action in America, it quickly became apparent his first love was teaching others the life wisdom he had already started becoming an expert in.  He quickly mastered the materials for one of our most popular courses and was better at teaching it than the person who had actually authored it.  

One of my biggest mistakes was when instead of having him speak at an event at Columbia University, I had the original author do it and from then on I learned that when someone is on fire, let them take the lead over the more experienced person who knows it all but is less likely to inspire. 

When someone has that passion, people follow them, and he or she will get excited as well. 

Later he followed my path again as he became a leader in the NCSY youth group and a regional director.  I gave another training course on how to get fundraising appointments with wealthy individuals through cold calls, and guess who was the best in the group once again, Tuly B!

Ira E, was the opposite.  He absorbed every lesson in the training, but, applied logic and seriousness and was not at all into passion and fire.  He created a group of leaders himself at Brooklyn College that effected the Nobel Peace Prize, ignited the intellect of hundreds of students through intellectual programming, and created a program at Brooklyn College that was so well structured that it still operates today 20 years later!

Both of them are active Rabbis today one with a congregation and the other with thousands of students and I couldn’t be more grateful for my small role in their lives!

Recap re “How to Master Mentoring” & the Weekly Podcast Challenge

I hope you enjoyed the second episode in the miniseries “The Rabbi Who Got Rich on Sunday Shares How To Master Mentoring” This week’s challenge is to think about people who you can invite to join with you in your daily business activities and allow them to follow in your footsteps and share with me who you chose and why through social media using our dedicated hashtag #richrabbichallenge, or email me — I’d love to hear from you!

If you’re looking for a mentor and are ready to take your personal growth seriously and see how it can transform your business, I’d love to help you on that journey. Send me an email to set up a free consultation. Let’s unlock your full potential together.

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