The issue with mentorship, through whatever medium it’s provided (direct, books, digital, conferences, etc.), is you become inundated with so many ideas, you want to try them all at once.

My issue with reading a paradigm shifting book, especially with the craft of teaching, is I want to try all of the ideas at once. Even though I tell myself to take it slow, “just a few ideas,” there’s something fundamental I always miss.

The person doing the mentoring tried these ideas one at a time, piece by piece, iterating them over time until they came to the point where you’re viewing them now.

In our rush to be like the master, we forget our roles as beginners.

A solution around the problem is to look at all the good ideas presented and ask:

What one idea can I use tomorrow, that would make sense for me right now?

Then use that one idea and work with it until you’re ready to start the next one.

Otherwise, all you have is a ton of one-off ideas that had a beginning, but no follow-up and no resolution.

In other words, you’re right back to where you started.

Just start with one.