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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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In Homer’s ancient story The Odyssey , the goddess Athena, disguised as old man Mentor, reveals to the hero’s son the right path to take. Skip forward several millennia and across the Atlantic to an urban high school preparing teens for life after graduation, and the image of mentor-as-lone-sage doesn’t quite paint the picture.

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What We Can Learn From Jimmy Carter’s Legacy of Thoughtful Leadership

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When executives fail to frame their organizations moral values, people in their organizations lack direction and confidence in how they should interact with one another, customers and other people, Eaves notes, adding that the benefits of having a moral compass extend beyond the people in your organization.

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Breaking Free From Impostor Syndrome & Self Doubt with Dr. Valerie Young

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One of the most powerful takeaways was Dr. Young’s advice on adopting a confident mindset—even if we don’t feel it yet. The trick, she says, isn’t to fake it, but rather to learn how to act despite our doubts. Confidence often comes with experience, but the willingness to “jump in” is the first step. Some part of that 30 are.

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3 Action Steps for an Honest Self-Assessment

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Develop confidence. You must develop confidence to take actions that will advance you and your business or career. But building confidence is not as simple as it sounds. Confidence is a constant work in progress to maintain the balancing act between pride and uncertainty. Talk it out. Listen to them.

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10 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get Things Done

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By the Inch Life’s a Cinch, by the Yard It’s Hard People usually procrastinate because of fear and lack of self-confidence —and, ironically, become even more afraid when under the gun. Seek out and converse with a successful role model and mentor. This article was published in February 2016 and has been updated.

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At Your Side: Mentoring in the Workplace

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She said that new assistants are mentored for the first year of their working career. They work initially as an assistant-in-training and report to a senior assistant for mentoring and help with anything that comes up on the job. Because of this mentoring program they had no problem hiring young assistants right out of college.

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There Still Aren’t Enough Women In Engineering. Here’s What Needs to Change

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It’s more an issue of interest and confidence,” she says. Teachers and peers matter in building that confidence. “A In spite of its struggles, engineering is still a place for women to build confidence and excel, Opperman says. She mentors older female students to connect them with women in STEM.

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