My experiences with Mentoring
“Nothing great was ever accomplished alone. For every goal I have achieved in my life, I can trace back each goal to a mentor or individual who helped achieve it.” ---- Anonymous. Knowingly or unknowingly we all have Mentors in our life right from the time of our birth till the end of ours life. According to Merriam-Webster, a Mentor is “someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person” . A Mentor may be formal or informal “in nature”, and may change or evolve as the needs of the mentee change. A mentor can be a role model, coach, sounding board, voice of reason, “source of” emotional support, counselor, and a trusted resource. Likewise a mentor could be anyone from our parents to our professors, our teachers our Doctors, and our aunts and uncles to name a few. At some point during your career, you may have considered becoming a mentor but dismissed the idea, thinking it would not be worth the time and energy you put into it...