{"id":2465,"date":"2014-04-13T16:22:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T23:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2014-04-13T16:22:02","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T23:22:02","slug":"pursuit-significance-mentoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/pursuit-significance-mentoring\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pursuit of Significance in Mentoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/pursuit-significance-mentoring\/attachment\/chip-bell-mentoring\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2466\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2466\" alt=\"mentoring\" src=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/chip.bell_.mentoring.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/chip.bell_.mentoring.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/chip.bell_.mentoring-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/chip.bell_.mentoring-480x318.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>\u201cNo one can teach anyone anything of significance,\u201d wrote the famed psychologist Carl Rogers in his classic book, <b>On Becoming a Person<\/b>.\u00a0 This philosophy is the foundation of effective mentoring.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">I learned a lot of insignificant things in grade school.\u00a0 Even today, I can name the capital of every state; I can tell you that the Amazon River is almost 4,000 miles long, and the Empire State building is 102 stories high.\u00a0 I know the Pythagorean Theorem is the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.\u00a0 John Quincy Adams was a U.S. congressman after he was president and bats are not blind!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">These facts and figures I learned through lecture, drill and practice.\u00a0 Memorization was required because there was going to be a test.\u00a0 Even today, the words \u201cclear everything off your desk except for your pencil\u201d conjures up a feeling of stark terror.\u00a0 I had kind teachers, mean teachers and lazy teachers.\u00a0 Most believed my brain was an empty container into which they were supposed to pour knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Then, in the fifth grade, I had Mrs. Effie Pope.\u00a0 She was a seasoned renaissance nurturer of significance.\u00a0 Oh, she had her moments of drill and recite.\u00a0 And in an era of corporal punishment, she had mastered the business end of a paddle.\u00a0 But, she would get carried away telling stories about the \u201cwhy\u201d behind the \u201cwhat.\u201d\u00a0 She asked me, \u201cWhat do <\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">you<\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> think?\u201d as if my perspective was a vital part of my understanding.\u00a0 She accepted my erroneous interpretations and then led me to accuracy through a conversation, not a lecture.\u00a0 She was firm with an obvious expectation of excellence; she was also quick to hug.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Mrs. Pope was a treasure hunter of insight.\u00a0 She knew the jewels of understanding lay hidden inside the mind of each of her students.\u00a0 She respected the fact that access to those rich treasures was through a door opened from the inside.\u00a0 And, that the path through that door was accessible to her only if she was invited in by its owner.\u00a0 It was a trusting relationship plus her sincere curiosity and acceptance that insured the welcome mat would be put out for her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Mentoring is not about the transmission of expertise or the conveyance of knowledge; it is about the fostering of insight\u2014the light that goes on inside the mind of the prot\u00e9g\u00e9.\u00a0 Insight leads to understanding, not merely retention; wisdom, not rote competence.\u00a0 Mentoring is the creation and nurturance of a partnership in which mentor and prot\u00e9g\u00e9 learn together. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Morgan Freeman in the movie <\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The Magic of Belle Isle<\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> plays Monte Wildhorn, a wheelchair bound famous Western novelist whose loss of his wife has led to alcoholism.\u00a0 It robbed him of his love for writing and left him angry and depressed. \u00a0He rents a lakeside cabin for the summer on beautiful Belle Isle and becomes friends with the family next door\u2014a single mom and her three young daughters.\u00a0 The middle daughter, Finnegan, wants to be a writer but is struggling to figure out the concept of imagination.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Monte agrees to teach Finnegan about imagination for the $32 she has saved.\u00a0 He begins their imagination lessons by treating Finnegan as a very bright equal, not as a naive 10 year old child.\u00a0 Their exchanges are laced with honesty and authenticity.\u00a0 She learns to be candid; he learns to be kind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Monte first attempts to demonstrate imagination by telling her a big yarn about faking his inability to walk in an attempt to defraud the insurance company.\u00a0 He learns the route to her \u201cgetting\u201d the concept was not to show her, but to chaperon her on her own learning journey.\u00a0 \u201cWhat do you see?\u201d he asks her in one lesson.\u00a0 She only reports reality.\u00a0 \u201cWhat do you not see?\u201d he queries and Finnegan begins to slowly grasp the concept.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Mentoring is about being an escort, not an expert. 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