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Connecting: The Mentoring Relationships You Need to Succeed in Life
By: Paul D. Stanley & J. Robert Clinton
None of us are fully equipped to excel in life. Our weaknesses, blind spots, limited capabilities, and lack of experience all point to one thing-interdependence. Which is why connecting with others plays such an indispensable role in healthy development. Having access to the wisdom, experience, vision, and direction of those who have gone before can put you years ahead of where you’d be on your own. And, in addition to enhancing your own potential in all of life’s growth areas (spiritual, emotional, professional, relational, etc.), the things you’ll discover will equip you to help others as well.
So why don’t we place more of priority on developing these essential, empowering relationships? Are we uneasy with the vulnerability, assuming it will be perceived as weakness? Do we hesitate to ask, not wanting to impose on anyone else’s busy schedule? Are we reluctant to provide guidance for others, not wanting to come across as proud or self-important? Each of these factors can play a part, of course. But the main reason we miss out, according to Stanley and Clinton, is that we simply don’t understand the true nature of mentoring-a problem that is easily overcome. The fruit of over 40 combined years of experience, and research into the lives of more than 600 past and present leaders,
Connecting will show you:
-How to find the right mentors, even when it seems none are available. (By pointing to the seven different types of mentoring influences, the authors dispel the notion that there is only one “ideal mentor” for each of us, and they show how it’s possible never to be without at least one active mentoring relationship.)
-How the three dynamics of successful mentoring can guarantee rewarding relationships.
-What a balanced range of mentoring relationships should look like, and how they can help you avoid the five most common forms of failure.
-Dozens of illustrations and ideas on how mentoring can work for you right now, at whatever stage of life you find yourself.
ISBN-13: 9783909131020
ISBN: 0891096388
Size: 5.25 x 8.5″
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Publisher: Lewis & Roth Publishers (1992)
Weight: 0.6 lbs
Author: Stanley, P & Clinton, J.R.
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