Quote from NihabaAshi:
I thought I was done with this thread but when I saw your post...
I decided to post one more time.
Your explaining one side of the track and its a good one.
The other side of the track is that there are good coaches, good mentors, good tutors that are great at their job and they charge bundles for their expertise.
To imply you aren't a true mentor, a true coach, a true tutor if you charge a fee is absurd.
Go tell that to a NFL football coach he's not a true coach because he's making millions coaching.
Go tell that to a private piano tutor that she's not a true tutor because she's charging thousands of dollars.
Go tell that to a academic tutor in college getting paid to help someone pass a difficult course
Go tell that to any parent (like me) that has paid a fee to someone that has the ability to help/encourage one of their children that has a very special gift in academics.
(my almost 4 year old is fluent in 3 languages and is already doing simple math equations - addition, substraction and multiplication...my toddler is also a darn good skier like his mom - former paid ski instructor)
My point, a fee or no fee is not the determining factor if someone is a true mentor.
To think such is absurd.
With that said, you mentoring for free is wonderful and I take my hat off for you.
However, if I met someone with your exact expertise and talent to teach...
They decide to charge a fee...that doesn't lower their quality as a person nor decrease their teaching abilities.
Simply, there are countless types of mentor/coach/tutor jobs that someone charges a fee as their only source of income and I've named a few above.
Therefore, for some it ain't about money and for others its about the money while both are just as equally qualified.
To sum up the above...
I'm with austinp on this while still glad your one of the few willing to do it for free.
Disclaimer: I don't mentor and my family is much more important to me because mentoring would take up too much of my time and energy.
Mark
