In this monologue, John Wetmore recounts a habit he developed over a decade of weekly Wednesday‑night mentorship calls with his mentor, Mike. He explains how he continuously records questions on his phone throughout the week, curates the most relevant ones, and consistently becomes the first to ask during the call’s Q&A segment. This proactive approach makes him stand out, leading Mike to allocate one‑on‑one time, share personal insights, and teach patience, people skills, and building strategies. Wetmore credits this disciplined question‑asking practice as a pivotal factor in his professional advancement, emphasizing that without prepared questions the mentor would not have recognized him.
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So what I started doing years ago, 10 years ago, I always knew we had this call every Wednesday night, right? So as soon as the call ended, all the way for the next 7 days until that Wednesday night, anytime I had any kind of question, I had my phone, a notepad, I would put questions in there. So all throughout the week, and I have it still for different people, I'm, I'm that mentor me, or I do it with my staff, I do it with different people I talk to. I have different little folders in my, or notepads in my phone. and I would put questions in there throughout the week. So when that, we had a 10 PM call every Wednesday and he'd talk for like 20 minutes and open it up for 30 or 40 on questions. 10:20 every single Wednesday, I was like, yo, I'm gonna have a call, a question. And I already had them prepared because throughout the week as I had questions, whatever situation was going on in business, life, whatever, I'd be like, damn, this would be a good question for Mike on Wednesday. And I type it in my phone. So when Wednesday came, I had 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 questions. And I'd be like, all right, which one do I really want to ask? You know I'm saying? That dude, that got me so far in my career because after a minute he noticed I was always the first one on asking questions, which made me stand out compared to everybody else. And he started giving me a lot of one-on-one time. That was a big key to my success because that fool helped me do a lot that I couldn't have done on my own. He's very different personality. He calmed me down. He taught me a lot. He taught me patience, taught me people, taught me how to build. And without having those questions prepared, he wouldn't even know who I was.
