Tag Archives: Self-improvement

“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” – Steven Spielberg A lot of folks think that the idea of mentoring began with Homer’s Epic Poem Odyssey. In this work, the hero Odysseus entrusts the care of his son to his close friend who is aptly named “Mentor” as he goes off to war. According to…

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” —Archbishop Desmond Tutu A small man with a grand idea of good. Desmond Tutu stood for what he believed to be right, for love and for the improvement of all humanity, as well as the environment. As Time Magazine said on the day that he passed away, he “tried…

“Treat yourself as you are, and you will remain as you are. Treat yourself as you could be, and you will become what you should be.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson I love Emerson, and I often need to remind myself that I should treat “me” well. That includes enlarging my ideas about my personal possibilities, dreaming of the future, and taking steps to attain my goals. November was “National Career Development…