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Chip Somodevilla / Getty How Mentorship Can Be Life-Changing for People Living With HIV
"By having HIV and living with it for so long, I [am] able to support, encourage, and inspire somebody else."
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Jose Cabezas / AFP / Getty The Odyssey’s Millennia-Old Model of Mentorship
According to the classicist Gregory Nagy, Homer’s epic provides an early example of enlightened guidance that’s still relevant thousands of years later.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Friendship That Helped Create 'Vagina Dispatches'
The filmmaker Mae Ryan and the data journalist Mona Chalabi say that their willingness to push and support each other was the key to creating their Emmy-nominated documentary.
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Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters What Studying Conflict Resolution Teaches About Personal Relationships
Donna Hicks, a scholar at Harvard, says the lessons from her research on violence apply to interactions with family, friends, and mentees.
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Mark Lennihan / AP Warby Parker's Co-Founder on Starting a Company From Scratch
Dave Gilboa says it’s important to find a mentor “who can tell you when you are being delusional.”
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Stephen Lovekin / Getty Soledad O’Brien on the Power of Showing Up
The former broadcaster compares mentorship to a good gym habit—it’s not just about working out today, but every day for years.
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Courtesy of Boeing The Importance of Women Mentoring Other Women
Elizabeth Lund, a vice president at Boeing, reflects on the lessons she's learned and passed on during her career as an aeronautical engineer.
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Edward S. Curtis / Historical Picture Archive / ... Mentoring With a Time Horizon of Seven Generations
Jodi Gillette, formerly an adviser for Native American affairs under President Obama, on how her worldview is built into her career.
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Courtesy of Define American What Mentorship Can Mean to Undocumented Immigrants
Yosimar Reyes, a poet and artist, reflects on the guidance the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas has given him.
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Yuya Shino / Reuters The Dark Side of Networking
“If one person gets a leg up, that’s a leg down for whomever else is competing for those opportunities.”
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Maxim Shemetov / Reuters What a Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Learned From Condoleezza Rice
Michael McFaul, who served under President Obama, on being a diplomat in an often hostile environment
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Chris Keane / Reuters Coaching Players for Life
University of Michigan's John Beilein reflects on 40 years of mentoring young athletes.
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Zhee Chatmon / Gallaudet University ‘We Have 14 Black Deaf Americans With Ph.D.s—14’
A conversation with a deaf-studies professor and a student she’s been supporting throughout his academic career
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Scott Suchman When Success Means Leaving Your Mentor
The chef Jeremiah Langhorne learned from one of his idols—and then decided to move on.
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Tim Shaffer / Reuters When Mentorship Goes Off Track
A psychology professor at the U.S. Naval Academy on why professional guidance doesn’t always work out as planned
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Edgar Su / Reuters How Mentorship Looks Different in the Sciences
A conversation with two immunologists about the “little digressions” that shape their research and careers
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters When Men Hold Top Positions, How Much Can Mentorship Help Women?
The career of one female national-security professional offers some insight.
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Courtesy of Chris Mosier Becoming the Mentor You Wish You'd Had
As the first openly trans man to compete for the U.S. national team, Chris Mosier is trying to provide support to up-and-coming LGBTQ athletes.
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Kristina Barker / AP Mentorship That Goes Beyond Career Advice
Two rabbis in Washington, D.C., say that, for them, the relationship is about finding someone who knows and challenges you.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters This Is What 20 Years of Mentorship Looks Like
Two women share a name, a hometown, and a devotion to the law.
