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…finding a talented, experienced mentor who is willing to invest the time and effort to develop you as a person and a professional is far more important than making career decisions based purely on salary or prestige.
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…you [have] to put people first, all people, not just those above you.
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A successful mentoring relationship needs equal parts utility and emotion. You can’t simply ask somebody to be personally invested in you. There has to be some reciprocity involved…
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The best way to approach utility is to give help first, and not ask for it. If there is someone whose knowledge you need, find a way to be useful to that person.
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…mentors are all around you. It’s not necessarily your boss or even someone in your business. Mentoring is a nonhierarchical activity that transcends careers and can cross all organizational levels.
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If you take mentoring seriously, and give it the time and energy is deserves, you’ll soon find yourself involved in a learning network…
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Yes, loyalty matters. But not when it means sacrificing your principles.
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It’s not enough simply to reach out to others; instead, we all must be vigilant that our efforts to bring people together are in line with our efforts, in part, to make the world a better place.
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…when you’re driven by principles, there are always sacrifices involved. But your determination to connect with others should never come at the expense of your values.
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The biggest obstacle to successful networking is the sterility of our offices and our profession’s increasingly impersonal nature.
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