Stephen ScogginsFounder - CEO at Lion - Lamb Solutions

Mentor or Influencer? 👀 #Shorts

5 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube Shorts clip, Stephen Scoggins asks how to tell a genuine mentor apart from a modern influencer. The response, delivered by a second speaker, outlines the Omni platform’s vetting process: an alpha team reviews a candidate’s social media and alignment with platform goals, and requires documentation of both successes and failures. The speaker emphasizes that authentic mentors must have stories of mistakes to share, and that empathy is essential for translating those experiences into valuable guidance. The conversation underscores authenticity, accountability, and empathy as key differentiators between true mentors and influencers who merely project professionalism.

How do you distinguish an actual mentor from, let's just say, a modern-day influencer?
Number one, when the platform was first really creating shape, you know, you start with your, with your core, and then you build out. The beauty is that even though I may have an amazing conversation with you and think you are great, inside of Omni, we have an alpha team who goes and vets, does your social media, align with what you are on platform to do. If we needed you to document your successes, can you? If we wanted you to document your failures, can
you? I got a long list of those.
Somebody who's always posturing about professionalism and success, if you did not have failures, you're probably not who we're looking for because then you don't have stories to share about mistakes.
Or empathy to go with those stories.
Absolutely.