According to mindtools, Mentoring is a relationship between two people with the goal of professional and personal development. The "mentor" is usually an experienced individual who shares knowledge, experience, and advice with a less experienced person, or "mentee."
Mentors become trusted advisers and role models, people who have "been there" and "done that." They support and encourage their mentees by offering suggestions and knowledge, both general and specific. The goal is help mentees improve their skills and, hopefully, advance their careers. It can be in various type of form such as coaches, trainers, consultants, teachers, tutors, that can help you learn and grow professionally.
In short, mentor is someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person.
Well, I am grateful that I have met a lot of good people from all sort of different background to give me some advice into my life.
For instance, I still remember one of my favourite moral teacher from secondary school, Puan Goh. She like to share a lot of story to us although I have forgotten most of it since I didn't blog about it when I was young.
However, I am grateful to have another teacher in my college life, Mr Roland Cheng, which is also one of my respectable tutor back in Tarc College. (Currently known as Tarcuc)
One of the story that I liked most was about "The world is such a small place" and it does make me feel inspired after I had listened to his story. (Sorry for my poor English back then)
Seriously you will never get bored if you ever attend his class if you're a Tarcuc student because he have a lot of story to share and those story often came up with some good moral value that you can learn from it.
Anyway, he had just started his first new blog post in "Come Yum Cha With Me."
On the other hand, I do feel appreciate to everyone who had helped me on the way to cure my "loneliness" no matter it is good or bad because I do learn something from it.
Somehow I just feel that it is important to have people that you can share your problem with.
During the afternoon, I followed my cousin with her family to go for swimming.
It was known as Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Complex as shown below.
Well, the swimming pool was heated and it was a new experience for me.
In fact, there is not much Asian as most of it was foreigner. (guai lou + guai mui)
After having my dinner, my cousin spend her precious time to "mentor" me.
It is because I didn't manage to finish write the article and told her that I might have anxiety disorder or any other psychology problem. (You will be good at anything if you can practice it for 1000 times)
Well, she might be true that I might finding excuse to be "lazy" by finding all sort of reason to delay my task.
Anyway, I have start to acknowledge my weakness and would find solution to fix it.
Moreover, I do learn a lot of thing from her sharing that is worthwhile to record down as shown below.
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a) Never ever make assumption, don't assume thing because it will lead to a bigger problem to arise.
b) Don't always see thing in the surface or being shallow.
c) If you went through a tough decision, always think about the worst thing that could happen.
d) Don't pretend to know something if you don't know about it.
e) Be very honest in yourself.
f) Being a mindful and conscious person.
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Honestly, I do felt bad after listened to the "truth" about my weakness but it is better to find solution to fix it instead of dwelling the problem.
At last, I have a task/assignment for this week is to research about Seth Godin and present the marketing plan to my cousin this week.
Therefore I will go to the bookstore near Tottenham Court Road to withdraw some $$ from HSBC again although it is quite "heart pain" to spend money in London.
Furthermore, the most important thing that I need to focus now was to improve myself instead of thinking other nonsense thing.
Overall I am being grateful to have someone who guide me and I am trying to be as "original" as possible.
In life, do you agree that learning from mentors is important to give you some guidance about your life?