what's the deal with mentoring?

Quality mentoring is inaccessible to most people who need it. The challenge is not about availability - it is discovery and fit. People struggle with:

1. Finding the right mentor: Getting connected to the right mentor with the background, experience and affiliations that can help you realize your goals. You would like a mentor who's walked the path you want to and be inspired by them.

2. Lacking personal attention: Templates, tools and framework driven advise does not work. Your mentor should understand your specific context, situation and aspirations to tailor your approach.

3. Being one dimensional: Mentoring is usually focused narrowly on job advancement or academic success. You need mentorship that can understand the whole person and is focused on both professional and personal fulfilment.

why now?

The need for meaningful guidance and support has never been more critical.

1. The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence has democratized access to well formed, structured and professional content but it does not make you stand out. You need guidance that is nuanced in wisdom that comes from lived experience, emotional intelligence, and contextual understanding of your unique situation.

2. Flexible and Remote Learning and Work: With higher flexibility in choosing how we learn and work, we have lost meaningful professional and personal relationships. You need real time feedback, differing points of view, understanding of institutional dynamics, emotional support and network building for long-term personal and career advancement.

3. The Paradox of Choice: There are many choices when it comes to education, career and personal lives - but paradoxically it causes a lot of confusion and decision-making challenges. You need clarity of thought and vision to figure out what is truly important to you and what is the path you need to take to get there.