Mentor… Are you there yet?
When you hear the word mentor what is the first thing that
goes into your mind? a whiteboard and colored pens? diagrams all over the
board? exams and marks? Well, this is what you’ll imagine if the word mentor is
related to someone who teaches others in a systematic predefined way i.e
teacher, professor, researcher… etc.
It’s hard to define your self or be defined as a mentor,
because a mentor is someone who affects others life in every aspect, from my
little experience I think anyone can be a mentor if he had some characteristics
that can tell whether he have the ability to mentor others or not, some of
these are:
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You are a mentor if you already had a mentor or
still have one, what ever the level you reached in your life and career path,
you’ll always need someone who can advice you, give you tips, and open your
eyes on things that you don’t see, someone who acts like your conscious and
inner mind.
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You get to be a mentor if you’re certain deep
inside that you have the ability of teaching your mentee something new, enrich their
knowledge, expertise, and advice them.
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You only get to be a mentor if you know and
certain that you can dedicate time to your mentee, not just to be a mentor by
name, you have to set, talk, discuss, draw plans or even just chitchat with
your mentee.
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You get to be a mentor if you’re a good listener.
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You get to be a mentor if you’re a dreamer who doesn’t
believe in boundaries.
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You get to be a mentor if you feel you learned
enough that qualifies you to be so.
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You get to be mentor if you have the passion in
mentoring others and help them developing their life and career path and even
their personal life.
Don’t
do it just because you want to be a mentor, in this case you’ll be affecting
someone else’s life in a negative way.
Always
know who is your mentee and pick them carefully make sure to choose those whom
you really can help and open new doors to, don’t be someone’s mentor just
because he asked you to, be someone’s mentor if you see in him/her something
similar to you in your youth days, those are whom you really can help.
Be the last piece in a puzzle rather being the lost piece.
And as Romain Rolland Says, “If a man is to shed the light
of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself”
I agree with every word you have mentioned above Ms Nour,,, our Islamic culture kept abreast just when Arabs and Muslims had mentors with wide knowledge and spiritual affecting,,, simply we miss such mentors like ancient ones,,,leaders in different field,,,so if you have a good mento you get successful people as in japan case where they gave mentors salary like a minister,, and impunity like a diplomatic and a glory like an empiror
ReplyDeletethanks Mr Muneen for commenting, and i totally agree with you..
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