At 6 a.m. in the lounge of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, my career changed for the better. I was already delivering training locally, and sometimes nationally, in Turkey. My desire for international work was about to become a reality, finally. As a member of Junior Chamber International (JCI), a worldwide federation of young leaders and entrepreneurs, I was attending the 2004 Leadership Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. The JCI president leading the summit was an excellent trainer from Venezuela. After his presentation, I asked him for a few mentoring moments. He said he could spare 15 minutes at breakfast the ...

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