Showing posts with label mentoring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mentoring. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Who is your Sensei ...."There can be only one" !

          So many are responsible for shaping my development. For years I have been mentored by those I choose, ....not only one. From each I learned and experienced signifigant and diverse things.

Mentorship is the impartation of
information. Mentorship is accepting
perfect knowledge from an imperfect
man. Your mentor is anyone who
consistently teaches you what you want
to know. It was the secret of Elijah
and Elisha; Moses and Joshua; Paul
and Timothy. Pursue and extract the
knowledge of the mentors that God has
made available to your life. Mentorship
Is Learning Through The Pain of
Another. Your Future Is Determined By
Who You Choose To Believe.

“A wise man will hear, and will
increase learning; and a man of understanding
shall attain unto wise counsels,”
(Proverbs 1:5).



Understanding different relationships
People come into your life for a season. Others entertain various parts of your life. We need to understand that everyone will treat us differently.
 Dr Mike Murdock said,
People are different around different people. 
Some manipulate via affection.
 Few love enough to put another first.” 

That puts two things into question:
1) A person’s self-esteem
2) A person’s values




Proper use of relationships will result in proper life managementIt’s not just in being disciplined enough to manage your time but also people. You will need to know why some people come into your life. You see some want you to be a friend. Some want you to be a confidante. Some want you to be a “Ladder” to their future.


A great example in my mind is former World Kickboxing Champion Dennis Alexio who publicly talked about Joe Lewis as a mentor then snubbed him once he was World Champion..

You must be willing to listen to others.
 We all see through different eyes, feel with different hearts, and hear with different ears.

 Involve as many people as possible in your dream.
 You need people to assist you in order to achieve your dream. 
Solomon wrote and reached out to many to assist him in the building of the Temple.

He listened to people.
He listened to kings.
He listened to leaders.
He even listened to two quarreling harlots.


 He listened to enthusiastic voices of encouragement wherever he found them.

 Fall in love with people and people will fall in love with you. 
“People don't care how important you are, 
it's important that you care.”
Remembering this simple key can make a profound difference.
  • Those around you are great. Become worthy of them.
  • Those around you can become great. Become their “bridge to greatness.”
  • Uncommon achievers recognize and reward other uncommon achievers.
In In retrospect I wonder how many of my achievments were empty 'rewards".
I aspire to create uncommon achievement in others and through this I am building a legacy  forged in a unified fire of wills , mine and my student.

Sunday, November 30, 2014

A Matter of Inspiration..a letter to a friend

A flower that continues to bloom in the face of adversity is the most beautiful of all.
Adversity, pain & heartbreak are all seeds for the improvement of ourselves,
 or those we mentor.


I remember as a 13 year old boy meeting you for the first time.
You were a pretty intimidating guy, the kinda guy I wanted to become 
after being repeatedly bullied on the school bus.

Children must be taught how to think not what to think....you did that.
The mind of a child is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.


You were not so much a teacher to me but an awakener.
We live our lives between the act of awakening and the act of surrender.
Each morning we awaken to the light, an invitation to a new day in the world of time.
Each night we surrender to the darkness to play in the world of dreams,
 where time is no more.


Often the profound effect we have on others goes unnoticed by us.

As parents we want to be heros to our children.
As warriors we want to leave the mark of our will, our signature,
on the hearts and minds of our students, and all who's lives we touch.

You have done that in me Thank You, It is an honor to call you a mentor and a friend.