To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
~ Chinese Proverb.

A mentor is somebody you can turn to for directions for your job, or your life in general. The mentor has a more passive role than the teacher or the coach.

Mentoring has existed for a while already in some larger corporations. Now more and more institutions have recognized the benefits of mentoring. At universities, old students are mentors for new students, alumni students are mentors for current students, etc.

Healfi believes that everybody should try and look for a personal mentor: there is always somebody with more experience that can help us on the way.