A communication arrives from one of my former Universities.
Would I be interested in being a mentor to one or more students?
My initial thought was “They’d have to be desperate to consider asking me!”
But I’ve thought about it for a while and at least I’ve stopped giggling now.
It’s nice to be asked.
But my MBA mentor was the Chairman of ICI (well yes, I know I struck gold with my letter to him whereas my co-students had to make do with folk they worked for, but that’s not the point).
The point is the quality and quantity of time and effort that I was generously given by my mentor.
After a huge amount of thought I’ve said yes, but to no more than one.
I hope it’s the right decision – for me as well as for my ‘mentoree’; it would be a shame if I couldn’t do him/her justice because of my own time constraints.
B.