DTH-XII-0007
“I'm starting to mentor someone younger than me.”
Mentorship is one of the most direct forms of legacy available to any person. What you transmit — not just skills but orientation, judgment, and character — can travel forward through another person for decades. Take it seriously. Be honest with them. The most useful thing you can give is an accurate picture of how things actually work.
Your Practice
Before your next meeting with this person, write down the three things you most wish someone had told you at their stage. Not general advice — specific, earned knowledge from your own experience. Lead with those. Then ask them what they are actually struggling with, and listen without problem-solving until they've finished speaking.
The Architects
“The noblest question in the world is, what good may I do in it?”
— Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1737