Mentoring Quotes
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The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.
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I've trained my people in mentoring entrepreneurs and made myself obsolete.
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I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, where we match teen girls and writing mentors because it changes their lives.
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I love mentoring young filmmakers and girl filmmakers.
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I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.
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No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.
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I think there is too much attention on mentoring. If people want to be scientists, they will figure out how to do it. They need to figure it out by themselves.
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Mentoring is about listening to people, helping them go over what the issues are and how to clarify ways to deal with any problems that may arise.
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What the tech industry often forgets is that with age comes wisdom. Older workers are usually better at following direction, mentoring, and leading.
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If I was mentoring a young fighter, I'd tell him to spend more time on boxing. That doesn't mean I would ignore kickboxing - you still need to learn the defenses - but in stand-up, it's hard to beat good, solid boxing.
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It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.
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The issue of redistribution of resources and wealth needs to resolved systemically, but in the meantime but there are individual spots you can occupy. There are things that you can do on a daily basis that will make a difference in moving the needle in individual lives. When we look at the mentoring of young black kids, for instance, the number-one mentor group is white women. I think after that maybe it's black women, and then white men, and then black men. We can make all kinds of arguments about that.
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I think real true success is when, yes, you have reached the goal, reached yours, but it's how many others you have helped along the way.
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I take my mentoring responsibilities very seriously.
