Ask any young professional and he or she will swear by the invaluable advice of mentors from around the globe, given the reach of present day technology. They find that a trusted, as well as experienced adviser, offers solutions that weigh more than its intrinsic value with respect to gold.
Hindsight Bias
On hindsight, having travelled the career road a bit, having changed couple of jobs, applied for vacancies against vigorous recruitment drives, all through the journey, it is commonly observed, the guidance of such counselors, tends to stick with the men-tee for a very long time to come, many times it sticks with the person for the rest of his lifetime. When a person happens to be young and exuberant at the same time, much like a bright eyed and mischief making, playful under-graduate, and has his or her ways with the world, despite not being wise with the ways of the world. The person’s understanding of how and why people all around act in the manner, they do is yet to mature.
Youthful Exuberance
Truth be told, the comprehension is quite raw, unstructured, and unsophisticated. Despite the youthful exuberance, the person is still aware, that there always has got to be, some sort of rational explanation for the kind of human behavior that is displayed on a day today basis, by everyone almost everywhere. This happens at a time when the person is still not mature enough to be able to properly describe his or her motivations and underlying emotions.
The First Mentor
Tracing the presence of the very first mentor at an early impressionable age, who plays a big role in shaping the mental makeup of a young person, be it in school or college, not so much by oral, verbal communication but by way of example or even simple presence, wherein the men-tee imbibes and assimilates the message, even though it happens to be subtle as against being loud and clear, which is never required in the first place to begin with to make the desired impact.
The Seeds of Understanding
It helps if one is able to gain a working understanding of the biochemical pathways of normal as well as abnormal behavior. The teacher happens to be the de facto role model as far as academics go. The latter grows in life, so does his protege, but the seeds of understanding that the former, sows in the mind of his student, about logically understanding, as well as explaining emotions and motivations would stay with the young persons for a lifetime. With the passage of time, the concept may appeal, germinate and blossom into a lifelong passion for helping people from various walks of life to make sense of the things that move them, and why they end up making the choices they do.
Congruence of Values
At times some of the youngsters thus coached fall back on the science of personality as a safe bet, to help business houses connect better with their customers, resulting in dramatically improved sales and also on the communications front. No matter where they bump into each other, corporate world or otherwise, anywhere in the world, there has to be a congruence of values, and both of them need to be on the same page, it is absolutely critical to developing as well as sustaining all sorts of relationships and benefiting from the same.
Final Thoughts
It is imperative that one gains valuable insights, into the value systems of the people we happen to interact with. Mentors help shape as well as reshape the future, of their mentee, their advice is indeed more than its real worth value in gold, they are priceless.
