Quotes About Mentorship

A lot of people think martial arts are just fighting, but it's character-building, too, and I want to give back.

Alinsky remained, as he put it, an "outside agitator." He firmly believed that activists should not become part of the government. Yet ironically, Alinsky became the mentor to two figures, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, who would learn from his techniques and then take them into the innermost corridors of power. Their

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

Fathers are teachers of the true and not-true, and no father ever knowingly teaches what is not true. In a cloud of unknowing, then, the father proceeds with his instruction.

Nearly every human being is looking for a guide (or guides) to help them win the day.

La gente busca un guía que les ayude, y no otro héroe.

when giving a speech, position yourself as Yoda and your audience as Luke Skywalker.1

The guide must have this precise one-two punch of empathy and authority in order to move the hero and the story along. These are the characteristics the hero is looking for, and when she senses them, she knows she's found her guide.

The strategy she recommends to her clients is simple: when giving a speech, position yourself as Yoda and your audience as Luke Skywalker

Always position your customer as the hero and your brand as the guide. Always.

Once you focus on your life's objectives, you need to focus on your instructors to make sure they are qualified to teach you what you want to know. They should have already been where you want to go and have lived to tell about it.

Excellence and achievement have a structure that can be copied. By modeling successful people, we can learn from the experience of those who have already succeeded.

If I try to teach you what I do, you will fail because you are not me. If you hang around me, you will observe what I do, and you may pick up some good habits. But there are a lot of things you will want to do differently. Colm O'Shea

Those who want to win and lack skill can get someone with skill to help them. I

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

When you become a leader success is all about growing others.

Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.

Taking a preponderance of courses capped at fifteen or so undergraduates is important. Studying with faculty who are well treated by the institution and incentivized to work with you is important. Having the opportunity to be mentored by professors is important. Knowing an institution's pedagogical philosophy is important. Attending a school with a genuine culture of teaching is most important of all.

You cannot choose a Guru. Deepen your longing and the Guru will choose you

The whole art of being a Guru is just this: to constantly puncture people's egos and still manage to remain their friend.

Working hard will allow you to be useful to successful people. Working smart will allow you to enter their ranks.

It was a wonderful experience to work with Sylvia. She pushed me to be more powerful with my acting, and she told me scores of the most incredible stories I've ever heard. She is amazing.

Little leading makes much following.

Forensic boards, like most guilds, are extremely hierarchical and largely dominated by older white men. Aspiring experts are dependent on the mentorship the guilds offer for credentials and professional development. Second-generation practitioners seek to make their contributions to the field by building on their mentors' work—not by questioning it. The cultural norms create powerful disincentives to challenging orthodoxy or asking the guild masters tough questions.