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RE: Do We Really Need a Mentor? -- My personal take on living a life and improving oneself
I like to think mentors are great, but the student has to be ready first. Sometimes when you can't find a mentor, maybe view it in a way that you don't need one yet at that stage of your life/business.
I believe in mentors and coaches though, because I've had the privilege of being mentored by many over the past 15 years. Frankly, without them, I know I have to work much harder and probably make costlier mistakes.
That was great for you! I have yet to have the privilege to be a mentee though. Maybe i haven't yet asked, But isn't mentorship implicit? It just feels weird for me to go "Can you be mentor?" because the way i see mentorship is that i will be learning quietly from the side and then ask question about everything. Not the proverbial "Hey young man here see what i do lemme spoonfeed you"
It's good to be able to learn exclusively from someone, but i wont make him accountable to how much i can learn, which is sadly what i see people are doing. Blaming mentors when they aren't able to do anything.
I always am interested to learn stuff, could be from anyone, even a young teen boy. Maybe you are right, it's just not my time yet.
One thing a mentor, Dave Rogers, did teach me was,
"Be a mentor to others first, and then your mentor will appear in your life."
I don't know the recommendations and advice I've given others over the year counts as mentoring, but I do acknowledge that I have great support in return, which I'm grateful for. Pay it forward :)
That was a great advice and i've learnt something today.
Thank you for that!