Mentorship And Intimacy Can't Co-Exist

GandhiWise NOW: "A reformer cannot afford to have close intimacy with him whom he seeks to reform."

PART 1

Does Gandhi's NOW not remind you of Jesus and his famous observation that "A prophet is without honor in his own land"?

In his autobiography "My Experiments With Truth", Gandhi talks about his belief that he could reform a friend who he believed was not walking the correct religious and social path.. and his utter failure in being able to do so.

Gandhi portrays this interesting sensitivity to the happenings in his life. He leads a learning based life, where experiences are to be emotionally felt but intellectually dissected and the results to be stored for future use. He didn't let the experience of failing to reform a friend go waste, he translated into life long learning - a learning that equals the observation of Jesus Himself!

Gandhi went through his life forming partnerships, but no close intimacies. His childhood learning carved the way for his later life as a public leader. The man who influenced the highest number of people in world history did it by not sharing close intimacy with anyone around him. He remained a loner, and an island, and hiding his loneliness behind his mission, he went about reforming the society and fighting for the nation's freedom.

End of Part 1

Contd. in Part 2: If You Are A Corporate Boss, This Principle Will Make A Big Difference To Your Future