In a world where many are driven by interests and desires to achieve ‘it’ quickly or arrive early, failure is never far away, lurking around happily with all confidence, knowing it will soon gain some unexpected prey or victims. Okay, don't get it wrong. Failure itself is a prerequisite for success, it forms the basis for the success story and achievement. Hence, there are mistakes or failures that one could just be helpless about, and others that should have been rather avoided.
Not every failure should be our failure too. If history has taught us anything is that we don't have to repeat the mistakes of those who were before us and made such mistakes. Such lessons are meant to be reminders, echoes and even directions towards a successful path. Nevertheless, to walk such a path, there's a need for one who would hold the other's hand and help navigate through.
I'm glad to opine that one to do that is nothing but a mentor. There's been a misunderstanding between ‘role model’ and ‘mentor’. In this case, however, I see the mentor as a viable one. Mentors can exist in different spheres of life. From one interest to another, one skill to another, one work or another, there's certainly someone out there whose journey/path could be followed towards a successful result.
With viable and reasonable person(s) in place in one's life as mentor(s), there's a high chance of doing things right, better, easier and maybe even attain it faster. Yes, I initially mentioned the desire to achieve it fast and the desire to arrive early. That was in the sense of an uncoordinated approach, and perhaps a guess-directed work, in all haste and expectations to yield fast.
The point is that, whatever path we're taking in life－for good of course－we could be diligent enough to find someone who is ahead in that thing, with some experiences that could help and direct us. This will help one to avoid making some ‘unnecessary’ mistakes or failures or facing some setbacks because they have learned the lessons already. We just have to read their ‘lesson notes’ and let them teach us a thing or two.
Coming to Hive, I already knew one or two people who shared with me some of the ways to go on the blockchain. Some things they were not able to know when they came on board but through time it became unlocked to them. So then, I don't have to take that route too, but rather work on the lessons and information I have to do better and grow better. And I must say that such has been handy for me.
Silently and closely, I've learnt from others as well here on the blockchain, making my engagements, writing, activities, and my journey better, easier and more enriching. This allowed learning some things quicker than would have perhaps taken a longer period, and a different route altogether.
Well, maybe ‘mentor’ might not be the best word for my discourse in this post. Perhaps another word fits better. If you have such a word I'll gladly welcome it in your comments. However, I guess the point or the whole idea is presented and perceived. And that's; we could always need someone who has taken a path before us and is ahead to help us navigate through that world, avoid some ‘unnecessary’ falls and actions, because the lessons are there to help us through.
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