There are many roles we play or hats we wear in our lives. We are professionals, family members, brothers, sisters, co-workers, leaders, coaches, friends, parents, and neighbors to name just a few. While you may not wear all of the hats I listed, you can likely add several more that I left out! Many of these roles are a given we dont have much choice of having the role they come with being a responsible adult.
Because of these many roles, we find ourselves very busy. Many tasks and priorities find us perhaps busier now than we have ever been before!
With these two factors, many roles and little time, it may seem absurd to write an article that encourages taking on yet another role and adding another task to your over-booked calendar. But that is exactly what I am going to do. In this article Im going to show you why, despite the competition for our time and energy, being a mentor is one of the best things you can do.
There are many reasons why being a mentor is valuable to the other person. They get the value of your expertise, knowledge, and experience. They get a chance to advance more rapidly and create greater success than they would have been...