During this month we have been holding our weekly webinars “Friday MINDreSET Live” where the theme for the month has been RELATIONSHIP.

The relationship between a mentor or coach and the person they support is a very important one, I should know I’ve been a student of metors for almost 4 decades.

I first met my spiritual Mentor & Coach Bro Ishmael Tetteh 37 years ago during a period when I was a young, naive and a homeless teenager who was also part of a gang. This relationship may have literally saved my life and inspired me to do the work I do today “Empowering people to live fulfilled lives.” 

I first met Business Coach Errol Abramson in 2015, he was a retired businessman who had run 47 successful businesses over a period spanning more than 50 years. We met at a personal development event where he was one of the speakers sharing his vision to help small business owners grow their business. He had learnt a thing or two, his business acumen had gained him billionaire status.

During the year of 2017 we began to speak more often as we developed our friendship and then one day he offered to become my business coach. Our relationship developed so well he suggested that we work together in supporting entrepreneurs through delivery of Mastermind sessions to groups of individuals. With him providing business support and I providing personal support.  Sadly he was taken ill, admitted into hospital and died in October 2020 before we could get our partnership off the ground.

In memory of Errol Abramson I’d like to share a few of his Mantras:

1. Nothing begins until something is sold: As an entrepreneur your first job is to create your product and find a market or audience who will happily buy from you.
2. Don’t get stuck in the Town called “Busy-ville”: Being busy does not necessarily mean one is being productive. Identify as a priority the tasks that must be done each day in order to ensure that your day has been productive.
3. Having a mentor or coach literally Adds Years To Your Life: Few people understand that having a mentor or a coach ensures that you are not wasting time, money and stressing yourself out trying to figure things out by yourself. Finding someone who is further along the path you want to tread who has a track record and is willing to support you is worth its weight in gold.
4. “A winner never quits and a quitter never wins” – This mantra enabled him to run 47 companies all successfully. Was this feat easy? Of course not, but he never sold a business without turning it into profit before selling.

Contrary to common belief a mentor/coach needs support too. Errol would tell me stories of his Mastermind group where he was the youngest member (at 70 years of age) with some members still attending at age 90 and he said he would always spend more time listening than speaking and always paying the dinner bill.

Genevieve Gresset is a coach and mentor of a different kind. She has over twenty-five years of experience in mentoring/coaching and supporting people with their relationships and dating lives.

She has also provided coaching, training and consultancy for clients, employees, directors, entrepreneurs, MP’s and senior leaders in a range of practices, supporting them both personally and professionally to reach their goals.

Her skills were recently on display when together with colleagues Paul Brunson and Dr. Angela Smith as the matchmaking team on ‘Married at 1st Sight’ broadcast on Channel 4, they broke all kinds of records.

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