A mentoring lesson

I've never been one of life's managers but I have mentored a lot of people in my time. One of the greatest pleasures of being a mentor is seeing your mentees move on to successful careers.

 It would be invidious to pick any of them out by name but I've just discovered that one guy, whom I mentored when he was doing GCSEs at a comprehensive school, is now Creative Director of a well known international hairdressing chain. When, at 15, he declared his intention to become a hairdresser I was disappointed although, of course, I didn't let on. I thought he was destined for greater things. It just shows how wrong you can be.

Or, as one of my social media friends commented, how right.