Why curiosity and mentorship will change your life | Bogdan Gogu | TEDxAUBG

A topic that I neglected to write about before is mentorship without a doubt.  Making a decision about what you are going to do for the rest of your life at a young age can be quite daunting. Therefore, having  a mentor beside you who can properly guide and instruct you is essential not to make the same mistakes they did themselves at your age. In the following post, I will be addressing this issue to the best of my ability and expand on it with the aid of some facts and examples.

God or the universe if you will has endowed us with the natural ability to do something out of the ordinary. So long as we do not discover what that is however, we will not be able to capitalize on it.

It is the role of the parents and the education system to provide ways for children to be able to realize what they are good at. Unfortunately nonetheless, the aforesaid role is not executed correctly. Thus, keeping youngsters from uncovering their talents. That is where a mentor can play a highly significant part in solving this problem. Case in point, by exposing children to mentorship programs according to their preferences, we would be expediting the process of them finding a career choice. No matter what type of profession they might be interested in (all the way from medicine to portrait painting), there is always room for growth and improvement in every single occupation out there.

 

Having an inquisitive mind must also be taken into account when it comes to mentoring. Seeking answers for as may questions we can ask ourselves is key. We might struggle looking for the right person to answer them. Still and all, it will be worth it in the end. You see, the beauty of looking for a mentor is that they are not always going to be easy to encounter. Be that as it may, once we come into contact with them, we will appreciate their assistance even more. It could happen at the workplace, at university, or whatnot. The important thing is that this person is going to inspire and keep you motivated so as to be able to reach your end goal. You could even be at your breaking point and this character is going to lift you up and give you a boost to carry on. In the video I am showing you next, the speaker talks about an anxiety level diagram he was told about. Irrespective of how badly you feel while working on a long term goal, that feeling is mostly temporary. Primarily due to you being overwhelmed by such a large number of responsibilities and such a tight schedule.

 

In summary, being able to find a mentor is imperative in order to making a better decision regarding your career path at a young age. Workshops, internships, among other programs can indeed help those who have not been able to decide on a profession yet. I myself bemoan not having found a mentor at an earlier stage of my life. Even though I was lucky enough to meet  a couple "preceptors" later down the road; never did I dispose of the feeling that there was yet another piece of the puzzle that needed to be added. In other words, as long as you are pursuing what interests you and have the suitable educators around who can steer you in the right direction, everything will fall into place eventually.