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How to be an Effective Mentor

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Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap How to be an Effective Mentor Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 2, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Mentoring can be one of the most effective means of teaching: inviting someone to learn from the example of another with more experience. Thanks for visiting!

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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 May, 2009 Getting your foot in the door. Although I was fearful to make the move and doubted my abilities, the transition has been relatively easy to make and more suited to what I am skilled to do. If a more experienced assistant comes alongside you and provides mentoring - dont refuse it.

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Should You Go Back to School? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

We talked about Extreme Skills Makeover (Work Edition), concerning the different opportunities available to people who want to continue their education: [link] Taylor’s take is quite interesting, though: formally set up your own curriculum, choose your own resources, and set your success criteria according to your goals. Meet people.

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Business Lessons from Equestrians

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It takes skills to jump small – and to jump well. You have to always push yourself (and it) for more, and your goal is to eventually ‘outgrow’ your horse and need a new one that fits your skill level. Can be difficult without a great mentor to advice me. Master the basics, slow down and pay attention to details.

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Did You Reach Your NaNoWriMo Goal?

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Love the six core skills idea. Rose – Those six core skills really come into play in the FIRST draft. Come on, Ro-Ro!) @ James: Yes, the six skills need to come into play in the first draft, but the truth is that if you spend your whole time focusing on Writing With These Qualities in Mind, your novel will come out stilted.

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Sleep your way to the top | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Coaching- Consulting and Mentoring- plus 40 off for EOFYS Reply Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach ( @barbaraling ) June 28, 2010 at 6:21 am Ho ho ho. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. It doesn’t quite make up for the lost sleep, but at least it’s productive in those hours sometimes!

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Three Ways to Start a Revolution | Men With Pens

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Our parents, our mentors, our employers talked with us. My blogging provides an advertisement for my skills as a writer, blogger, and social media “definitely not an expert, but I play one on the Internet” expert. Click here to read our guest post guidelines , then show us what youve got. Talk helps create solutions.

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