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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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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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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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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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Magic Johnson’s Fast Break Into Business

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The start of Magic Johnson’s business career Thus began the business career of a man who, just 23 years later, in 2009, was hailed by Ebony magazine as one of the most influential Black business leaders in America. He immediately started grabbing business magazines, newspapers and books to take with him on the road.

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5 Latina Changemakers Who Are Making a Difference

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Jacqueline Vazquez Event planner, educator & mentor Founder and CEO of Lifetime Events , Jacqueline Vazquez is a speaker, educator and mentor, as well as a wellness advocate through her podcast, Inspired by Jacqueline. This article appears in the November/December 2024 issue of SUCCESS Magazine.

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Eliza VanCort Is Teaching Women How to Claim Space Shamelessly

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I surround myself with women who are just extraordinary… And I’ve also gotten very good at getting anti-mentors out of my life. She also delves into the tactics for chasing “anti-mentors” (i.e., This article originally appeared in the March/April 2024 issue of SUCCESS magazine. Raise Your Voice.

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