Chapter 2    Mentoring and Training

If you ask any successful person if they made it entirely on their own merits without help and guidance from one or more special people—particularly when they were young—you’d find most are willing to acknowledge the role of mentors in their progress.

There may be exceptions, but I have not encountered one. People need guidance to stretch and grow, to develop a sense of progress as they strive to reach their potentials. They need encouragement and support. They need role models and yes, they need genuine mentors.

What is a mentor? The dictionary definition does not do justice to this important concept, describing ...

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