Famous Mentors: Socrates

It was Socrates who mentored Plato, who mentored Aristotle, who mentored Alexander the Great. Socrates described himself as, ``a mid-wife assisting the labour of the mind in bringing knowledge and wisdom to birth".

Picture a dream. While the dream is being birthed, the mentor stands over his protégé and helps him relax and endure the pain. The mentor holds the dream up by the heels and spanks it to life. Then the mentor places the-dream-turned-reality into the arms of the protégé and walks away to assist another dreamer.