You have told these words to how many.....&.....How many have told you these words.
In corporate life, & personal life we need to be mentor-role model, & we also need mentor-role model.
Sometimes, we experience these roles without realising the roles played at that moment.
A school senior, sharing his wisdom with you, while removing your fears & guiding you, also played this role of “men hun naa”. A simple mechanism of passing on books, notes, wisdom from senior to junior, portrays such relations without knowing management words like mentor, role model.
A teacher played this role, friends keep playing this role, relatives-family members keep playing this role. Your line managers, colleagues keep playing such roles.
Sometimes when you are reluctant to take particular responsibility because of some skill set you never inculcated. Your fear disappears when someone who had been in that role in the past tells you that he had gone through that situation & came out successfully, & if required for that skill set he will hand hold you. Such kind words & his/her confidence in you that you are worthy for the role & capable helps you immensely.
When a new member joins a team, someone plays role of “men hun naa”, sometimes without instructions from management. Teaching excel sheet, giving some draft formats, explaining depository of documents-common drive, showing how to make few calls or how to pitch or how to draft. Learning how to take budget approvals, how to place PO, how to certify, how to clear payments, how to get approvals from stakeholders-Govt authorities, interpretation of drawings, list of vendors, list of consultants, list of our connects, small-small things but if someone is just a phone call away, one feels comfortable & becomes more productive. Environmental approval, explosive approval, Port authority approvals, DGCA approvals, Forest approval, presentations to board, public speeches, dredging, court matters, tenders, all these & many more seems very big initially, but you should play the role to help next line, the way someone helped you.
Sometimes, people are reluctant to change role or not willing to take higher responsibility or not willing to try, they don’t know their own potential. It’s our job to give confidence to make them try something new, by standing their to support.
When someone needs to do something & is short of resources, someone plays role of “men hun naa” like “bookbaba”, “Super30”, “charitable trusts”, “library”, “sponsored education by company”, “sabbatical for study”, “a good recommendation”, “few phone calls”, “sponsors or subsidisers”.
Let’s say more & more “men hun na... “ to others, as someone will keep playing same role for you.