domain | thepassivevoice.com |
summary | This content discusses various dynamics between mentors (mentees) in different scenarios which may not necessarily align with each other or contribute to effective learning and growth due to differing expectations:
- A mentor who is open to collaboration, allowing for mutual benefit. - Mentors can become possessive over their protégés instead of seeing them as resources.
- Some view protégés merely as a means to an end rather than recognizing the potential within each one.
- The role reversal where once-great mentors may now be seen by proteges not just as teachers but also as individuals needing development themselves, or even taking offense at their protégé's perceived lack of interest instead.
- A scenario in which protégés see more value and opportunities for growth from the mentorship than is being offered to them.
- Protégés might develop beyond expectations without adequate guidance due either to a proactive attitude towards learning (seeking constant feedback, showing responsibility) or through challenges such as distraction by personal issues that lead to partial effort.
- Some protégés may feel compelled into these relationships against their will causing resentment and lack of engagement while others are eagerly seeking the knowledge they can gain from them.
The document also lists concepts related to fair use in copyright law which involve gray areas within purpose, amount used versus whole work's value, commercial vs educational nature; although it doesn't directly relate to mentorship dynamics but instead addresses legal considerations when using copyrighted material.
Overall, this content suggests that the relationship between a mentor and protégé can be fraught with misalignments based on personal desires or misunderstandings which might lead either party feeling discontented. It also implies these mismatches could result in an ineffective learning process for both parties involved just as much as copyright law aims to protect against unfair use of work while allowing fair usage under certain conditions, though not directly related but with underlying concepts that highlight the need for clear boundaries and intentions which can similarly apply within mentorship dynamics. |
title | The Passive Voice - A Lawyer's Thoughts on Authors, Self-Pub and Traditional Publishing |
description | The Passive Voice - A Lawyer's Thoughts on Authors, Self-Pub and Traditional Publishing |
keywords | books, have, book, more, will, post, there, authors, time, like, click, categories, work, link, rest, copyright, make |
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nslookup | A 188.114.96.2, A 188.114.97.2 |
created | 2025-06-14 |
updated | 2025-06-28 |
summarized | 2025-06-28 |
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