Yes, I know it's been a while I reached out to you all! It's been looooong since you all happened to read my posts. Sorry! It's been a one off unfortunate exception that's happened in the last 8-9 years of my blogging.
Read my old posts from my previous blog, here!
Well I thought I wanted to give some clarity on the prevailing confusion of mentors & mentoring.
In this era of social media, we see a lot of words, catchy and start using them, not knowing the meaning of them. We're not even clever enough to look up on Google for an answer.
So back to mentoring, it's a very highly commendable and reputed position, mind you, I'm not referring it as a profession, although it can be, it needn't be always. Such a reputed position is held by very revered, well knowledgeable personality over flowing with the rich experience they have gained and continue to accumulate.
These mentors don't go on mentor every Tom, Dick and Harry. They do so to the ones who are truly deserving, and in those whom they believe possess a shared vision or cause or calling.
Just because someone knows something more than the average person, doesn't really mean that they qualify to be a mentor.
The world is full of ignorance living in a lot of us, and the slightly better person might look too great. We fail to see a mentor in a Kalam, Einstein, Musk or Jobs because, we can't really think big.
So we go on to consider the slightly more than average person as a mentor. And it's very unfortunate that, the wrongly chosen mentor takes immense pride in being one, cos you see, even they can't really think big.
The bottom line is that, mentoring is a highly reputed and a responsible position (not profession always). The next time someone calls you a mentor, please remember this post and do justice by telling them you are actually not. Of course be willing to help and share information and insights. Just don't let it take that to your head, if you realise what I mean.
Love,
