“Work until your
mentors become your competition”
Well I have been
slacking a lot lately in the writing department, between national boards,
patients, school and the holidays it has been a struggle to stay focused. I was listening to a podcast last night while
driving home from the VA hospital where I was completing paperwork to
participate in a clerkship there as a student chiropractor.
Side note here, in
order to even attempt to keep up with podcasts I have to forgo the jams and use
my driving time for something productive.
During the podcast the quote “work until your mentors become you
competition” was mentioned. This quote
is a variation of “work until your idols become your rivals” from a song
recorded by Drake. It’s a pretty cool sounding quote but the
struggle for me is how to take an inspirational quote and actually make it a
reality.
So how do I work myself
into a position that my mentors are my competition?
First what is the
quality that makes a person a mentor? I believe
they are primarily leaders, they have to possess a quality that makes people desire
to follow and emulate them. If you want
to compete with them you must inspire other people to follow you. So how do you become a leader while you are
still learning yourself?
I have also been thinking
about some other quotes recently “you can judge a man by the company he keeps”
and “if you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together.” Many of the people I look up to have gotten
where they are by surrounding themselves with people who are working towards
the same goals. By being the catalyst of
the group succeeding they were able to become a leader that others would
follow.
So my challenge to
myself is to surround myself with like-minded people who are striving to reach
similar goals. Then focus on how to help
them succeed in their goals and then learn and grow with them. As we all reach our goals together we will
become the next generation of mentors.
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