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Have you ever? Someone older and wiser than you that's guided you through difficult times? If yes, how has that helped you? If no, do you regret that you haven't, and do you think that it would have helped?
I ask this, because at the time, I find I have an angel on my shoulder. A guy that I haven't known long, who's about 20 years older than I am, and who's traveled a path I now find myself on, and who has some kind of a 6th sense. I'll exchange an email or two with him, he'll sense I'm at an impasse, and not long before the phone rings. I honestly don't know how I got so lucky.
Have you ever? Someone older and wiser than you that's guided you through difficult times? If yes, how has that helped you? If no, do you regret that you haven't, and do you think that it would have helped?
I've been blessed in my life to have a mentor, along with a safety net, two things I know not everyone gets that can really give you a leg up in life.
Having an older, wiser, more life experienced person take an interest in you and be willing to spend time guiding you in some of your decisions can make a HUGE difference in your life. Without one many people make ill-fitting choices for themselves that they later have to rectify or deal with the consequences of. If you've found a good mentor I say congrats!
Have you ever? Someone older and wiser than you that's guided you through difficult times? If yes, how has that helped you? If no, do you regret that you haven't, and do you think that it would have helped?
I've been blessed in my life to have a mentor, along with a safety net, two things I know not everyone gets that can really give you a leg up in life.
Having an older, wiser, more life experienced person take an interest in you and be willing to spend time guiding you in some of your decisions can make a HUGE difference in your life. Without one many people make ill-fitting choices for themselves that they later have to rectify or deal with the consequences of. If you've found a good mentor I say congrats!
Thank you, and same to you. I haven't always been so lucky. My father, the obvious first choice for a boy loved me, was a great man, but so old school he just figured you take your knocks, you learn, and you go on. So what the hell was there to talk about? He lost his father when he was only ten years old, so in a way it wasn't really his fault. He didn't know how.
I had a maternal uncle who took a real interest in me as a kid, and it did help, a lot! But the guy I'm talking about now is just a first class mensch. Not only has he been around, two or three times, but he is one of those guys that analyzed life as he went through it and made a point of never proceeding until that lesson was learned. I think, since I am involved in something that he has also been involved in, he appreciates my talent for it and is generous enough to help me get some answers. I'd never say this to his face, but I love this guy. He's a little sick now, and it hurts to think of it, what I will feel when he's gone. Damn life is so bittersweet, always!
I had my two older brothers and my three taijiquan teachers all act as mentors to me until I was around 30.
Funny, but the whole late-80's - early-90's life coaching phenomenon was really just about mentoring people.
It's an honorable calling and a lift indeed for those in need.
Good for you, Phil. I guess in business it is starting to catch on to. I think any way to save some time, some pain, is a good thing. It's confusing enough out here without making a mystery out of it. I look at these young kids, and not that I had an easy go, but they look so lost. With all the broken marriages, I guess it's no surprise. But still a shame. We get one go around and it takes us half our lives to even come close to figuring out what the hell it's all about, if ever.
I've got a lot of faults, but for some reason, stubbornness is not one of them. I was raised in a situation where they kept me on my toes. So quickly they changed the game on me that I guess I had to learn to adapt..
I've got a lot of faults, but for some reason, stubbornness is not one of them. I was raised in a situation where they kept me on my toes. So quickly they changed the game on me that I guess I had to learn to adapt..
On the other hand, it sucks having nobody to blame for your decisions...
On the other hand, it sucks having nobody to blame for your decisions...
Ha! I'm so hard on myself, I take the blame for OTHER people's decisions..
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