(originally posted February 28th, 2005)
I have a mentor, but not in the traditional sense. I was thinking about this a couple of days ago when I received this phone call from someone who’s hoping to contract with me for services. I asked them how they’d heard of me and they mentioned this person’s name, and immediately I had a smile on my face.
It’s always important to have, or to try to be, a mentor. As a mentor, you help somene else along their way, giving advice when needed, listening when needed, and helping out when needed. Many managers or people in other positions end up being left out there by themselves, with no one to go to, and sometimes that’s just isn’t enough.
This guy has always been there for me, even when I didn’t really know him all that well. He helped me get my first director’s job. He called me after I lost that job, telling me he knew I’d been set up, and to not get my hopes down. He got me my next job, when I was having a tough go of it. He’s been a constant reference for me throughout my career. He gave me my first bit of work when I started my own business. And he’s always there to talk to me, these almost 20 years later.
This week’s newsletter will be about mentoring, but I wanted to thank him now; thanks Chuck.
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