Well, you'll have to find one.
While the easy method would be to check out a website such as nightingale.com and download/purchase a mentor-in-a-can, what I would also recommend is a holistic approach to your mentor acquisition; meaning, find a mentor who can and will teach you as many aspects of what it is you want to learn as possible, while simultaneously improving your life.
These are few and far between, but, with a quick interview, you can identify one rather easily.
For example, could you find a mentor who would help you with your financial goals while also helping you with your physical ones? Or perhaps you could combine your soul searching inner quest with that of increasing the fun in your life?
In my experience, a place such as Shinka Martial Arts can provide all of this, and more. As an instructor there, I often find myself mentoring the students of all ages, helping them find their own definitions of greatness.
From simple adventures like retiring at a young age to complex adventures like finding inner peace or life's purpose, a good instructor will be able to ask the right questions, and point you towards the right paths.
A good mentor won't do the work for you; providing the proverbial fish. Their questions and recommended pathways will often require dedication and hard work to achieve. The plus side, is that they often combine decades of experience into a few hours.
These proverbial lessons in fishing will sustain you for a lifetime, instead of through a single life's challenge.
Often, to find a mentor, the simplest questions you can ask yourself are:
1) What is it that I want? (skills, objects, relationships, ethics etc)
2) Who currently has it?
3) What could I do for them?
Most mentor candidates are more than willing to help people find their own paths, and providing them with a segue of reciprocity is an excellent approach.
Sensei Ono, Shinka Martial Arts
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