Mentor's Advice - 2 A mentor is a person who has more experience than you and is glad to share his experience with you in order to support you and help you to get rid of your fears, helps you to set priorities in your goals and guides you on your path. I believe if I had ever had a psychologist, he would have been called my mentor as a person who spends time with me privately and listens to me and guides me. Who else is often willing to listen how our life goes? Our close relatives and friends. And as we can call almost all the people around us our teachers, so we could call our parents and friends. However quite often they are the people I’ve been talking about, who give some advise even unnecessary, unempathetic and against your plans. While searching for a synonyms to the word “mentor”, I found the following: master, tutor, coach, teacher, counselor and instructor. Let’s speak of gurus and instructors or fitness-trainers. I used to go to yoga-classes and my friends were surprised by the way I chose my instructors. I didn’t simply visit the closest to my house fitness center or choose the preferred yoga course. I chose my instructors by their personality and could follow them and visit their classes in different city districts. I trusted to what they say no matter if it was called Kundalini or aero-yoga. You may say, that was my mentor’s search. The next person whom we could consider as our mentor is our boss. Right, you need to be a lucky one to say so but here is my story. I believe that a manager is supposed to develop their employees and i had such a boss! Her name is Maria. I got promoted 3 times when we were working together. At some point she was fired and few years lates I was fired. So even considering that we have not been working together for a while, she has helped me not only in emotional way. I addresed to experience she had and I’m thankful to her for spending time with me, helping me to find more information on prospective places to work and preparing for interviews. As a conclusion I’d like to say 2 things: 1. Pay attention to the choice of your enviroment 2. Think of 3 skills you’d like to improve. Think of 3 people who could be your mentors. Contact them and ask, if they agree to be your mentors. This is beneficial for both of you, a mentor and a protege.