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This Is Why You Don’t Have a Mentor

This Is Why You Don’t Have a Mentor

http://99u.com/articles/36393/how-to-find-a-mentor

“There is an old Zen kōan about an aspiring swordsman who approaches a master.

“How long would it take me to become great under you?” he asks?“10 years,” the master swordsman replies.

“I don’t have that long,” says the student. “I want to be good soon. What if I worked very hard and dedicated myself completely to the task?”

“Ok, 30 years,” he says back.

“But that’s even longer,” the student says with some perplexity. “I am telling you I am in a hurry.”

And so the master replies, “Precisely, students in a hurry end up taking even longer to learn what is right in front of them.”

“1. Mentorship is something you do, not something you get.

Mentorship, like all relationships, is a process, not an accomplishment.

2. Give as much as you get.

3. Keep your problems at home.

Your personal life is irrelevant.”

Stephen

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Posted on: December 19, 2014, 6:40 am Category: Uncategorized

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