5 Struggles Mentors Need To Face To Become Successful

#2 We fail, and it hurts us much to know that we have to carry those failures as reminders not to repeat such.

Riku Arikiri
ILLUMINATION

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Mentoring requires discipline, focus, and the aptitude to foresee a mentee’s weaknesses, and strengths and being able to effectively channel them to create an impact towards achieving a balanced performance in either their social, academic, and personal goals.

It is a stressful process; success is not always straightforward, and there are opportunities for the mentor to learn, as well. Sometimes, we go with the flow, as you slowly start to transition your pace to match theirs.

We are sometimes directly dependent on your resolve if it doesn’t exist — we build it but at times when you are trying to dodge the process, and perhaps you don’t even know it yourself as it becomes a part of your existence, then it becomes a struggle and a tide that we both have to face if we want to survive and succeed.

There are so many struggles a mentor can face when mentoring their mentee’s. It depends on how the mentee comes with their problem. Most problems require modern solutions, and some even need us to change ourselves too, we have to become flexible as well to help you transition into yours. It does seem like…

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Riku Arikiri
ILLUMINATION

It’s never black or white. Sometimes there’s a bit of spicy red in there as well.