The Value of Mentoring

Mentoring is a partnership where someone walks alongside you during a season of your life, offering support and encouragement to help you achieve your goals and dreams. Accountability, purpose, and decision-making are rarely taught in school, yet they’re essential for personal and professional success. 

We all need a mentor, and most of us have had one at some point in our lives—even if we didn’t call them that. A mentor is someone who gives honest advice, sees potential in you, encourages you to pursue a new path, or simply listens when you need support. It could be a friend, teacher, school advisor, colleague, boss, or older relative.

This is where mentoring becomes invaluable. A true mentor doesn’t need to be in your field or have the same technical background. What matters is their ability to grow the whole person—helping you define your mission, challenge your thinking, and guide your decisions. They walk with you, offering honesty and insight that can’t be found in textbooks. People often look for mentors to tell them what to do, but the real value lies in someone who helps you discover your own path.

A mentor is an investment in personal growth.They will encourage you to consider all of the solutions, and hold you accountable—not just to your work, but to your greater purpose. A mentor doesn’t just shape your career—they help shape your life, by encouraging you to grow.  And, as you start to grow, you’ll be surprised how others start growing around you.