Power of Mentoring

I am celebrating my two years with WA this March! What a journey it has been! After joining, I went through the courses and was able to quickly build my blog. However, progress was slow and often times it took hours to get a problem resolved. While the tutorials are extremely helpful, I had to go over it several times to understand the steps I need to do. I reached out to members who were very helpful. And I made progress. But there was something missing. My progress was too slow. My understanding of the process was not up to par.

Searching for a WA tutorial on how to create a Gravatar I ran into a member, TeddyBear. I read his tutorial, and I still was not able to create a Gravatar. I contacted him via PM, and later had a phone conversation. In less than 15 minutes, my problem was solved!

And this leads me to the reason for this blog. A one-on-one mentoring could be very effective. It worked for me, not only with the Gravatar issue, but also with other matters regarding my website. For me, I found a mentor - one I can connect with via Skype and share my screen - see what I am doing and guiding me along. One who can answer many of my questions. One who helped me move forward with my website. Bottom line is that with the right mentor, learning could be accelerated!