A Game Plan for Life: The Power of Mentoring

Consistency is essential. You have to make sure that your students know what is expected of them and what the consequences will be if those expectations are not met.

Knowledge is nothing unless it is shared.

it is the transmission of understanding that is the very basis of civilization.

And here’s the kicker: You don’t always have to agree with your mentor. In fact, some of the best learning comes from watching others’ mistakes. What matters is what you do with the lessons those mentors teach you.

“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.”

Mentoring can happen at any time or place.

Even simple consideration can be contagious—and that’s mentoring, too.

“We stand on the shoulders of giants.” It is our responsibility to make our shoulders available for the next generation’s climb.

IT WOULD BE wrong, however, to assume that being mentored is always as simple as absorbing a positive example. Sometimes the opportunity for mentoring comes from passing on what one has gained from learning an incredibly painful lesson.