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DECEMBER 22, 2022
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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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Natalie du Toit would have been a perfect candidate for Abbott’s mentoring. The very next year, she took to the pool at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and won not only two events for athletes with physical challenges, but also became the first amputee athlete to qualify for the final of a regular event when she swam the 800-meter freestyle.
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AUGUST 19, 2024
When carving your own path, Dziwulski says mentors can be helpful, but they can’t solve every problem you’ll come across. Army in 2002 as an ordnance officer, reaching the rank of captain. Her Navy training helped her persevere through challenging times. “If No one’s advice is as powerful as your own intuition,” she says. “But
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MARCH 14, 2023
He politely answered questions about his startup years and tough business decisions (in 2002, he moved production of his machines from Malmesbury, a small town in England, to Malaysia; more on this later). James Dyson is one of Britain’s biggest stories Dyson’s mentoring extended beyond his own research and development department.
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MAY 16, 2022
He is 25 years older, and he was my mentor early in my career. My best friend and neighbor opened a boutique with me in 2002, and for most of the nine years we owned it, it was fabulous. I worked with my partner since the 1980s at both a big bank and a small business. I spent more time with her than my husband.
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APRIL 9, 2024
Personal development and financial success To this day, Robbins draws inspiration from a mentor from his youth, Jim Rohn , an Idaho farm boy who made it big as a motivational speaker and author by holding seminars across the country for 40 years. Rohn taught me that working harder on oneself becomes a mantra for success above everything else.
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JULY 20, 2023
A fire in the restaurant’s kitchen in April 2002 forced the owners to scramble to become operational again before the summer rush. Reaching out to a free SCORE mentor can also be helpful, LaMonaca says: “We are not judgmental; we are accessible; we’re kind of a safe place for people to go when they’re under stress.”
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