“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”, spoke Friedrich Nietzsche in his groundbreaking romantic work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, in 1891. This quote, within all of its benevolent romanticism, is the perfect analogy for that of mentorship. We must first all learn to walk before we can soar, and to learn we must be led. For this is leadership, the commitment to the individual and their furtherance, in themselves, as flyers. This, moreover, is the core paradigm of mentorship, whereas we commit ourselves to the furtherance of others, utilizing our wisdom, passion, and dedication to improve the qualities of people’s lives. So, in asking what the mentor is, we …show more content…
We are the products of our mentors. Those that teach us and lead us in life are what truly allow us to be successful to any degree. It is the median in which we learn of life, of struggle, but eventually its paramount rewards. We cannot be born into flying, but we can be taught to walk, to run, to dance and laugh, so that one day we too can fly. We can all soar, but to do so we must learn of the very foundations of the leadership that allow us to caress the sky. This is mentorship. Alas, the good mentor is the one that exhibits a sense of purpose with their mentee, dedicating themselves to their mentee’s success, commits to sharing their valued wisdom with others, and finally, and most importantly, realizes the value of what they give others in life is often beyond themselves, as selflessness. Whether it is color-coding and typing drills, dystopian fiction, or broken hands and tear-filled laughter, the contributions mentorship adds to our lives are second to none. Mentorship is ultimately the art of growth, of realization of hidden potential and activation of passionate aptitudes, but indeed, as Nietzsche and life shows, the art of learning to fly as our mentors, in essence, construct our
There have been countless books, lectures, and and trainings, and retreats constructed around the idea of cultivating leadership in an individual. However, cultivating individuals’ ability to follow great leadership has received far less attention. Who are these people leading if each person within an organization is being trained to be a leader? The word follower has negative connotations, evoking the images of a weak, uncreative, milquetoast personality. However, Jimmy Collins, in his book, “Creative Followership: In the Shadow of Greatness”, suggests that the ability to be led brings as much creativity, consciousness, and indeed leadership to an organization or team as the leader himself.
This book shows what a role of a mentor has on someone’s life. It is a simple story about an unlikely pair of friends who learn the meaning of trust to overcome their failures and turn those failures into
A mentor is a trusted guide who shows you the way in life. Through the mentors of Pi and Antonio, they help save and point them to the right way in life. In the novel Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, Ultima shows Tony that good can always overcome evil, no matter how evil it may be. Life of Pi by Yann Martel, shows that Pi can face his fears by the help of a big Bengal tiger in a small boat, and that the littlest things in life can change the course of how your destiny awaits.
A mentor is someone who shares one’s wisdom, knowledge or experience with one’s junior person so that the person could learn and grow. Mentors have many different style of training or passing on their knowledge to other people. The movie “Something the Lord Made” directed by Joseph Sargent shows a kind of mentoring style in between the two main characters Dr. Blalock and Vivan Thomas who invent a way to treat “blue babies” back in the 40s. Vivan Thomas is a brilliant black men who wishes to go to college, and to become a doctor; however, due to the Depression, he loses all his saving. Instead of going to college, Thomas finds an opportunity to work in the hospital. Dr. Blalock, Thomas’s employer, discovers Thomas’s incredible knowledge in medical, and promotes Thomas as his assistant instead of a janitor. Dr. Blalock is a mentor to Thomas. Dr. Blalock trained Thomas with only a high school certification becomes a medical scientific lab technician. Although Dr. Blalock’s mentoring style of Vivan Thomas is similar from my high school speech team coach Mrs. Kuznicki mentoring style of me, they both speak out their criticism of other without consider other’s feeling, and also acknowledge mentees for what they have done, but Mrs. Kuznicki treats me with more patient, less selfishness and encouragement than Dr. Blalock treats Thomas.
The Mentor is a character created to guide the Hero via protection and wisdom. This character leads to the success of the Hero (AN). In Harry Potter Albus Dumbledore acts as a mentor to the hero Harry Potter by giving advice about the Mirror of Erised, and not to dwell on it’s visions. (HP pg.213), giving Harry
This definition of mentor is ratified by Parsloe (2009): To support and encourage individuals to manage their own learning in order that they may maximise their potential, develop their skills, improve their performance and become the person they want to be.
Before Greek mythology, the term mentor had its origin in Homer's Odyssey when Odysseus gave Mentor, an insightful and scholarly man, the duty of sustaining and instructing his child, Telemachus. Mentor stayed behind to instruct Telemachus while Odysseus went off to fight the Trojan war. This education included every part of Telemachus’ life. Anderson and Shannon (1988) conclude from The Odyssey that modeling is a standard and style of behavior constituted a central quality of mentoring and that mentoring was intentional, nurturing, insightful, and supportive.
Classroom-type leadership consists of activities such as mentoring, coaching, and action learning. This classroom training helps us to be better leaders and gets us prepared for what’s ahead of us. Our development relationships have 2 forms its coaching and mentoring. Back then coaching involved lots of practice, setting goals from one-to-one and help the behaviors to some of our leaders. Mentoring is a relation to an older leader who is agreeing and supporting the development of a youn...
Garvey, R. Stokes, P. and Megginson, D. (2009) Coaching and Mentoring theory and Practice. London: Sage
Mentoring Students. Besides teaching, I also hold training responsibility. Devoting efforts to promote undergraduate research, I supervised many senior undergraduate students for their directed research, which is mandatory for graduation. These undergraduate students are
leader I am today. Instilling these principles in me took many years of mentoring from
However, each and every one of us are different in our own way, bring unique assets and the ability to lead differently. (Yuchasz, 2015) Everyone has the capability to become a leader if they can motivate themselves to look deep into their personality and find their gifts, what makes them unique. An Individuals, gifts, skills, morals, and life experiences can be shaped to become an outstanding
As a mentor to children, a role model of kindness and sincerity, it is my desire to lead them into their future with confidence. The aspect of working with individuals through
Maxwell maintains that the leading leader is born with leadership qualities and has seen leadership modeled throughout life. The leading leader has learned additional leadership skills though training and practices self-discipline. The “learned leader” is described with the same characteristics of the “leading leader” with the exception of “being born” with leadershi...
Some people were born to be great leaders, and some were born to be great learners. I ask myself this question, “How was I created?” Was I born a leader or was I molded to lead? As I explain my philosophy on how I want to lead, I will first dive into my past to recognize and pin point my creator. October 27th