• Ask friends, relatives, or coworkers, until you come up with a list of 15 -20 of successful business mentor candidates. After you have chosen the one you feel most comfortable with, take them out to lunch and ask for their advice (Note: it would be wise to take notes, but ask for permission first).
• At your lunch meeting, be mindful not to keep them more than 1 hour, no matter how well the lunch is going. They will appreciate you respecting their time.
• Also, do not talk that much, spend your time listening and like a sponge, soak in their wisdom....avoid the urge to talk too much. Here are four questions you might want to ask:

• What steps did your take to achieve your goal?
• What contributed most to your success?
• What was your driving force? Can I work for you for FREE

Why do you want to work for free? They will teach you valuable insights that only the rich can teach. After you help them further their dream, they will help you build yours...you must first give, before you receive.

If you can not find a mentor, do what I did, go to the library or bookstore. Read every book you can on successful people. I call these my "literary mentors". Ask for the book section, grab some Java and go to work. I spent hours researching my literary mentors, their companies, their business principles, and I even read books they referred.