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

While mentoring is usually about building someone up, it can occasionally be about taking someone down a notch or two, too—provided the dressing down is done with that person’s best interest at heart and that it stems from love.

It is both something we receive and something we give.

“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.”

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

Discipline applied fairly and effectively rarely needs to be repeated.

You can be a mentor—my father certainly was—but you must still be receptive to learning yourself, to being mentored.

THERE IS ANOTHER part of this equation, though. It’s not enough to set about finding a mentor; it’s every bit as important to concentrate on becoming one yourself.

He mentored me with lessons, with actions, and with words