Evan Carmichael was asked to judge a student entrepreneur competition on his protected work day. He spent it listening to pitches, then recorded personalized feedback videos for each student instead of catching up on his backlog. He argues entrepreneurs should set aside time each week to mentor someone.
Today's One Minute Monday is donate your time. I believe that as an entrepreneur you have a responsibility to help the people in your community and give back and share your wisdom to make them better. So I was recently asked by Enactus to judge a student entrepreneur competition for them. The only problem was it was on a Monday. I hate saying yes to things on a Monday. I almost never do it. Monday is my get stuff done for the week day. It's where I get everything I need done for the week so I can go enjoy and have fun on the rest of the week. But it was an important cause. And it was helping entrepreneurs, so I said yes. It took me basically the whole day there listening to 4 entrepreneurs pitch their ideas and giving them feedback to help them pick a winner. We finished around 4 o'clock and I rushed to my car to get back so I could start doing work. But on the car ride back, all I could think about was those 4 student entrepreneurs and how their presentations could have been better. I wish I had the opportunity to talk with them and meet with them and give them feedback on how they could improve for the next time they go out and do it. So when I got back, instead of going into the work that I had missed for the entire day, I sat down and made 4 videos for each of the entrepreneurs, giving them feedback. I spent the next 40 minutes making individual videos for them, giving them personalized advice for how they could improve. I emailed them the videos later that day, and they were all blown away with the advice and feedback. And I could tell that it really made a difference for them. So even though I had work piling up and piling up and piling up, I spent the day to go help them and then came back and made those videos for them because it was the right thing to do. You have an obligation and a duty to help others as well. So take some time this week to mentor for somebody and see the positive impact you can have on their lives. And believe.
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