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Why Do You Want to Become a Mentor? |
| Nikolaus Heilman | 07.26.2006 | Any/All Industries | Finding a Service Area that Fits You |
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 No one becomes a mentor. It is a genetic trait that is manifested from childhood on with random acts of kindness, altruism and helpful assistance. There is an innate desire to share experiences, make others laugh and to want o see order and harmony in every environment. A born mentor sees good potential in almost everyone and takes delight in bringing out the best in people. As the years go by, especially if laced with diverse professional and life experiences, the desire to share and influence the lives of others becomes almost a need to pass on what in the past was considered tribal knowledge. Classic text book knowledge does not suffice. To illustrate: I trained arduously for years to become a competitive weight lifter and achieved quite a measure of success. A colleague in a research lab where I worked had read numerous books on weight lifting and knew all the terminology and could cite the names and statistics of renowned champions. I invited him to lift some weights with me and he became quite angry when, despite having accumulated a wealth of book knowledge about the sport, he could not get one of my weights off the floor. Too many people enter into the business world without practical training to face weighty issues. The results often are anger and frustration and maybe the end of a career path, that with some practical mentoring, could have lead to generous personal and financial rewards. |
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