The right word is mentor. No other word fits your description and discourse.
Sadly, there are few mentors and even fewer of them willing to mentor others in their field.
Another angle is that the mentees are not willing to listen, be patient and endure due process. They all want "it" now.
Most mentors that we admire today failed severally and rose up again. They spent years toiling and suffering before they became big but mentees don't want to toil, they want to big at twenty, mtchewww
Glad I used the right word then.
“...they want to be big at twenty...” that really hit me.
That's the honest but sad truth.
Thinking of it now that you said it really hits hard. Not many mentors are out there, and even the ones willing to put time and energy don't get those willing to learn or put the energy.
I think this comment adds a lot more to this post; especially looking at it from the mentors and menteess perspectives. Maybe I should find a place for this in the post 😁.
Thank you for your wonderful comment!