Toria
Well-Known Member
The importance of mentoring cannot be understated. Although formal education and training can provide an initial start, it is actually our mentors that help us achieve advanced goals and move through our careers with grace and professionalism. The most amazing thing is mentors accept the task of teaching without tangible compensation, but only with a sincere desire to advance their profession to the highest degree and to pass personal knowledge to capable, responsible, professional individuals. It is because they care deeply for their chosen life’s work that mentors are willing to share with others. Mentors stop mentoring when they no longer feel they have anything constructive to contribute.
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Mentoring does not necessarily come with the face of a formal relationship. It can be provided during only brief contact or in passing. Constructive comments and non-personal criticism from people with great experience, wealthy knowledge, and those highly respected in their field is mentoring. Respectfully accepting mentored advice helps improve skill and the ability to manage oneself professionally. Mentoring can come at any time. It is the recipient who decides to accept mentoring advice respectfully and with grace, or with belligerence, resistance, anger, or sarcasm. It is never the mission of a mentor to belittle or cast down their professional colleagues. Their sole motivation is to help an individual improve. Mentors would not provide any perspective or comment if they didn’t care. It is because they care deeply that they share their experience and knowledge with others.
I owe much to my mentors, those with which I had formal relationships and those that helped me only in passing. Aviation is an arena where mentoring is exceedingly important. It cannot be understated how important it is to share knowledge and accept advice in a respectful, constructive, and uncomplaining way. It is easy to ignore that which would improve skill as it would take work to actually do it. We have much to share and much to learn from each other. I am grateful for the mentoring I have received here at JC. I am a better pilot, and perhaps person, for it.
Perhaps it is time to thank my mentors, as they might not be aware of the positive impact they have had in my life.
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Mentoring does not necessarily come with the face of a formal relationship. It can be provided during only brief contact or in passing. Constructive comments and non-personal criticism from people with great experience, wealthy knowledge, and those highly respected in their field is mentoring. Respectfully accepting mentored advice helps improve skill and the ability to manage oneself professionally. Mentoring can come at any time. It is the recipient who decides to accept mentoring advice respectfully and with grace, or with belligerence, resistance, anger, or sarcasm. It is never the mission of a mentor to belittle or cast down their professional colleagues. Their sole motivation is to help an individual improve. Mentors would not provide any perspective or comment if they didn’t care. It is because they care deeply that they share their experience and knowledge with others.
I owe much to my mentors, those with which I had formal relationships and those that helped me only in passing. Aviation is an arena where mentoring is exceedingly important. It cannot be understated how important it is to share knowledge and accept advice in a respectful, constructive, and uncomplaining way. It is easy to ignore that which would improve skill as it would take work to actually do it. We have much to share and much to learn from each other. I am grateful for the mentoring I have received here at JC. I am a better pilot, and perhaps person, for it.
Perhaps it is time to thank my mentors, as they might not be aware of the positive impact they have had in my life.
I have the utmost respect, admiration and deep affection and love for a certain two. :rawk:
I don't think she meant anything malice by her statement.