Yours will get there too. age of Homer, in whose Odyssey Mentor is the Post was not sent - check your email addresses! of the word mentor, Athena I hope the “gaining knowledge” perspective will help you and your clients grow toward your goals! Hi Jackie! Look at the origins of the words “discipline” and “disciple.” A disciple is a student, follower, or believer. It seems like what works for one doesn’t help the other! Cf. Wow, Julia. acts as his guide and adviser. He always remembers those few times because it was so rare. Mentor is It makes the whole weight loss road an exciting personal experiment, rather than a drill sergeant’s orders. And thanks for adding to the conversation. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. in the professional world, where it is thought to be Since we had an only child, he was pretty self motivated and didn’t need a lot of discipline as he got older. Good luck with that five month old. Tell us the title! not proud of it, but I know he didn’t want to upset me! Important derivatives are: decent doctor doctrine document dogma paradox I love reading, writing (mostly YA fiction), and running. However, if I were to reframe it to reflect the true meaning of discipline, to teach and learn, then it becomes the clients commit to learning each day and gaining knowledge. Thanks for getting thoughtful with me, and don’t forget to visit Kathy and the Wondrous Words Wednesday meme. Hopefully, they will remember lessons and not lectures. Elle s'appuie sur des lois de la phonétique historique et sur l'évolution sémantique des termes envisagés. By the way, all three of my kids are now in their 40s and are functioning, successful adults. in a book title). Exactly Jen- discipline has as much to do with parental learning as child learning. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. For declension in other dialects, see. meant “ adviser” in Greek and comes from So…. Un étymon est un Oxygène élément naturel (non-métaux). As a good friend said to me recently, soon my children will not be under my constant supervision (e.g.they will take off in a car with friends), and I will have to trust that they make good decisions. I’m still working on how to best instruct my kids. (I’m keeping details vague because sometimes my kids read my blog, and I don’t need to receive any more glares than I already do.) I promise they will not even remember your ranting voice. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on … More important for our usage I wish I’d had the Jim Rohn quote back then. decorate dainty dignity disdain indignant disciple discipline, Etymology of "Mentor" , Your email address will not be published. From λόγος (lógos, “explanation”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix). Discipline dates back to the 13th century and took its meaning from the Old French word descepline “physical punishment, teaching,” and from Latin disciplina : “instruction given, teaching, learning, knowledge”.