The Value of Your Protégé
Are you a mentor to somebody… professionally or personally? What do you get from that relationship, what value does your protégé offer? And what value are you providing to your protégé in return? Don’t be…
Author: David
The Value of Your Mentor
Do you have a mentor in your life… professional or personal? How did you find each other? What do you get from that relationship, what value? And what value are you providing in return? Don’t…
From me to you (and to me, too): Half of Something is Better than All of Nothing
It’s easy to give advice. I think I find it easy to take advice too. But for me to heed the words that I say to others? Not so easy. So this one is for…
Face Front! Friday!
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Shiny object syndrome. You know what that is. It’s when we chase whatever gleaming object catches our eye, likely distracting us from the important…
Discover who discovers you
If you’re just waiting around to be discovered, for your big opportunity, for somebody to solve your problems and make your life better, I have a suggestion: Stop waiting around. Take action. Who is supposed…
From me to you (and to me, too): From Future Me to Current Me
Yesterday, I posed a question to you (and to me, too). This one is for both of us. “What advice would your future self give to your current self?” What would future me tell current…
From me to you (and to me, too): From Future You to Current You
It’s easy to give advice. I think I find it easy to take advice too. But for me to heed the words that I say to others? Not so easy. So this one is for…
Face Front! Friday!
Happy 700! Way back on February 8th, 2021 I shared a post with you, and we’ve been together every weekday since then. That’s 700 of them. It’s a fun kind of therapy for me, and…
INFUSE Framework of Mentoring
Thank you to my friend Mary Pat and our Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence for allowing me to share my ideas on the INFUSE framework of mentoring. Do you have a mentor? Would you…
My Superhero Origin Story
Yesterday, I shared with you the idea that your personal or career “origin story” might be more heroic than you think. You know some of these superhero origin stories, even if you never read comic…