What's Obvious to You, Is Amazing to Someone Else. One of the reasons I sometimes hear people give for not blogging, Tweeting, or otherwise participating in sharing their ideas online is, "I don't have anything to say.
" To that I often reply, "yes, you do. " The great thing about sharing online is that you never know who is going to discover what you share. Prof. Leonardo's Links. Songs in the Clouds. Mentors. The final chapter of Sir Ken Robinson's The Element is about mentors.
Finding our element often requires the aid and guidance of others. Sometimes this comes from someone who sees something in us that we don't see in ourselves. The role of mentors: recognizing the spark of interest or delight - they can help an individual drill down to the specific components of the discipline that match that individual's capacity and passion.encouraging - mentors help us believe we can achieve something that seemed improbable of impossible to us before we met them.