Have a Mentor-Be A Mentor

While listening to the audiobook, 'Where Have All The Leaders Gone?'
by Lee Iacocca I was inspired by his chapters about mentoring.
It is our duty during our lifetimes to mentor others. Likewise it
is up to us to find mentors to guide us in our quest to leave this
world just a bit better because we have helped another.

Find your teacher and personal advocate. It's important to have
someone in your ra ra corner cheering you on and dusting you off
if you fall.

Iacocca reminds his audience that leaders are created -not born.
What are we doing to create leaders? Sometimes I wonder.
Everyone has gifts to share to encourage greatness in our society he
explains. We need to continually look inward to find those gifts we
can give to others.

I have had several mentors throughout my working life. The main
mentor in my life taught me how to work with teen-agers more
effectively. This person has always been urging me to be my best.
I have taught my son to use his talents to give back -he does an
amazing job through music.

Iacocca reminds us there are 3 stages in our lives:
1. Learning
2. Earning
3. Returning

I would like to add that learning is lifelong and we can also try to
start the returning to others while we are in the earning years.
To me all three items are overlapping and never ending.

I salute those who have mentored me and those who still do.