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Great mentors foster discovery, they don’t instruct. Great mentors know that thought-provoking questions are much more powerful than smart answers. Great mentors know that harsh criticism and guilt minimize creativity and freedom to experiment. Great mentors know that superior listening comes from genuine curiosity and obvious attentiveness. Great mentors give feedback with a strong focus on the future, not a heavy rehash of the past. Great mentors try to catch protégés doing things worthy of affirmation. Great mentors focus on helping the protégé transfer learning to performance; they do not just rely on wisdom-filled dialogues.
-- Chip R. Bell
Michael Cohen at Chez
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