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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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In Homer’s ancient story The Odyssey , the goddess Athena, disguised as old man Mentor, reveals to the hero’s son the right path to take. Skip forward several millennia and across the Atlantic to an urban high school preparing teens for life after graduation, and the image of mentor-as-lone-sage doesn’t quite paint the picture.

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The Holy Grail of Investing With Tony Robbins: Mindset Shifts that Lay the Foundation for Financial Freedom

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After many years of success—and yes, failure—Robbins today sits atop a phenomenal multibillion-dollar brand that includes live and virtual training programs and seminars, seven internationally bestselling books, more than 25 million social media followers and a successful podcast that reaches millions more. Of course, I say.

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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As a high-school player, she caught the eye of the Tennessee State track and field coach, who recognized her tremendous ability and began training her as a runner. Natalie du Toit would have been a perfect candidate for Abbott’s mentoring. At 16, she made the U.S. Olympic team in 1956, winning bronze in the 4×100 relay.

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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

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By Dyson’s side since they met at art school was Deirdre, an illustrator and graphic designer by training (she now custom-designs carpets ). James Dyson is one of Britain’s biggest stories Dyson’s mentoring extended beyond his own research and development department. That’s where the doggedness — and a supportive wife —comes in.

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Product/Program Promotion Problems and Profits -- Launching Lessons Learned Expert Interview

Stephanie LH Calahan

You have a strategy and training and you've done all of your warm ups.  The free training (a 4-part series of videos) was well done and well focused on a real problem that the audience, small business owners, were experiencing every day. Mentor and Certified Strategic Business Leadership Coach. Associates.

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