Humanity in Business Series: Be A Mentor

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IN a recent survey, many people said that one of the topmost items on their personal agenda is to make their lives count for a purpose bigger than them. This is indeed noble and commendable. It’s likely also that you share the same sentiment. We most are agreed that life must not end with us, that life, no matter how beautifully lived or wealth acquired, is not an end in itself. Indeed, we agree that life is more than food and clothing, even when we lack these basic human needs.

Is it not then instructive and maybe indicting to see some people live as if they own life, or as if life is all about them? You may therefore want to ask, in today’s world, with all the fears, mistrust, pressures and uncertainties, how does one live purposefully? There are surely many ways, but for the benefit of these series, I will simply say, ‘Be a Mentor’. You can be a mentor regardless of your age. Mentorship is based on your experience or knowledge in a field, and of course your heart.

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Being a mentor gives your life an eternal significance. I personally believe that the challenges many nations face today, and the collapse of many businesses, are traceable to the shortage of men and women with a heart of gold, a heart to mentor. Of course also, is the other side of the spectrum; a teeming number of people that can’t endure mentorship. An apprentice signs a 3 year training contract to learn car repairs or tailoring, only to leave after about one year to become an independent business owner. I guess a number of us have examples of losses from such charlatans, I have.  

But like the Igbos would say, ‘you don’t for the fear of death refuse to go to war’. We must not allow the challenges of mentorship deter us from mentoring. I encourage you therefore to pour yourself into another. You may want adopt a business today, organize free classes and teach some skills or dedicate time to counsel and advice. Be a mentor, that is purposeful living.

A big thank you to Pastor Michael Olawore, who inspired parts of this episode.

Whether you succeed or not, is really in your hands. Remember that when you set the sails, God sends the wind.

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