What should you look or in the perfect Mentor?
Well, if I was looking for a mentor I would want them to be easy to get on with, and for them to be able to answer any questions I ask directly and with experience behind it. I would expect my mentor to be honest and open with their own investments and share personal experiences with me. I would not want my mentor to have to follow a script, or not able to tell me things because the company they worked for didnt allow them ..... I would want to learn the truth, not a cloaked version that an investment company want me to learn.
Mentor was the son of Alcumus in Greek mythology, in his old age, a friend of Odysseus. When Odysseus left for the Trojan War he put Mentor in charge of his son, Telemachus, and of his palace. When Athena visited Telemachus she used a disguise of Mentor to hide herself from the suitors of Telemachus' mother Penelope. When Odysseus, in the form of Mentor, returns to Ithaca, Athena takes the form of a swallow and the suitors' arrows have no effect on him. The first recorded modern usage of the term Mentor can be traced to a book called "Les Aventures de Telemaque", by writer Fran�ois F�nelon. In the book the lead character Mentor. This book was very popular during the 18c was published in 1699 and and the modern use of the term can be traced to this publication.
This is the source of the modern use of the word mentor: a trusted friend, counselor or teacher, usually a more experienced person. Some professions have "mentoring programs" in which newcomers are paired with more experienced people in order to obtain good examples and advice as they advance, and schools sometimes have mentoring programs for new students or students who are having difficulties.
Today mentors provide their expertise to less experienced individuals in order to help them advance their careers, enhance their education, and build their networks. Many of the world's most successful people have benefited from having a mentor