Each one of us is either a mentor or mentee or both at a given time in our life. During much of our early years, we have had mentors. These could be our parents, teachers, relatives or others. Bell (2002) wrote, “Over the course of our lives, learning comes from many people, in many places, and through many events”. As we grow up, we start to influence others in the area we specialize while at the same time continued to get mentored. As we grow older and older, we may spend much of our time as mentors. In any case, mentoring appears inseparable from us.

I hope, you agree with me that mentoring is inseparable from us and you are already enjoying its benefits. If you doubt about it, let’s face it! You may not acknowledge it or unaware of it but some how, you have been a mentee of others. By the same token, you may not even know or recognize it but, at least, someone, some how, and from some where is getting your mentoring. If you reflect on your life, you will definitely appreciate the mentors who are impacting your life right now. Or else, you may be both a mentor and mentee at the same time. In which ever stage and circumstance you may find yourself, it is important to consciously recognize the inseparable nature of mentoring from your existence. The sooner you acknowledge and tap into it, the better you exploit its advantages.

As I grow up, I have been mentored both face-to-face and virtually. For me, it happened that most of my mentors in various issues are living far away from where I live where the chance to meet and get their mentoring is remote. However, thanks to their unwavering effort to publish and record their wisdom where I am virtually mentored via reading their books, listening, and watching their teachings. I am also privileged to mentor wonderful leaders. It gives me a great pleasure and honor to get such a chance to invest on others’ life.

As a candidate for Doctor of Strategic Leadership at Regent University and majoring in Coaching, I have had an exciting opportunity to learn from my professors and discuss about this topic with fellow cohorts. I have learned lots of things about mentoring well beyond my expectations. Even if I have been getting mentored and mentoring others, I haven’t fully captured the essence and full meaning of this very important topic.

As soon as I finished the session, I promised for myself to share with you, at least, how mentoring is inseparable from us. In the near future, I will write about the features of mentoring and some tips that might be helpful for you as a mentee and/or mentor.  Stay tuned!