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Someone further up the mountain, pointing out the exact rocks they tripped on.
means A relationship in which someone more experienced guides, advises, and invests in the growth of someone less experienced.
from Traces back to Mentor, the character in Homer's Odyssey entrusted with guiding Odysseus's son Telemachus while the hero was away at war — though in the story Athena herself often borrowed Mentor's shape to do the actual advising. The name became a generic word for 'wise guide' in the 1700s, first in French then English, and 'mentorship' followed as the abstract noun for that relationship.
- not sponsorship
- mentors give advice, sponsors give opportunities
- best question
- what do you wish you knew sooner
- expiry date
- ends when advice starts repeating itself
- real cost
- time, not money, which is why it is rare