When you introduce yourself, how do you identify yourself beyond your name? Likely, you identify yourself with your job title: teacher, lawyer, professor, doctor, police officer, entrepreneur, banker…. You get the gist. Our job title is our go-to for letting people know who we are, and it is common for us to internalize our identity […]
Key pointsThink in terms of more than one mentor. Set specific goals with your mentor(s). Be proactive. Mentorship is a lifelong pursuit. We never stop needing a mentor, even when we become mentors. Mentors offer guidance, support, transfer of expertise, and act as models for mentees. But what is expected of a mentee, especially mentees […]
Key pointsNot all the benefits of mentoring accrue to the mentees. Mentors benefit in multiple ways from mentoring. Among the benefits of mentoring: seeing one’s knowledge deployed in creative new ways. Mentors find personal renewal in mentoring. Question: What do a teacher, editor, real estate agent, project manager, professor, transformational thought leader, and psychoanalyst have […]
Key pointsNot all the benefits of mentoring accrue to the mentees. Mentors benefit in multiple ways from mentoring. Among the benefits of mentoring: seeing one’s knowledge deployed in creative new ways. Mentors find personal renewal in mentoring. Question: What do a teacher, editor, real estate agent, project manager, professor, transformational thought leader, and psychoanalyst have […]
Key pointsA legacy tree is like a family tree, but it displays the impact we make. A legacy tree is a form of immortaltiy. We spend a lot of time at work. A legacy tree makes visible the effect of our work. More than 15 million individuals trace their family’s roots using Ancestry.com, the world’s […]
Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. Michael Friedman and I just recorded a livestream that brings aging out of the abstract and into real life. Michael is in his 80s; I’m in my 50s. Between us, we bring more than 75 […]
Key pointsLook to your left, look to your right. Your next mentor might be next to you! Lateral mentoring comes naturally to us and arises organically. You are probably engaged in lateral mentoring and don’t even know it! When you think of mentoring, what do you envision? Most people think of mentoring as a hierarchical […]
I wanted to share a quick reminder about Office Hours for paid subscribers. Every Friday at 12:00 PM Eastern, I host live Office Hours on Zoom — an open, conversational space for questions, reflection, and discussion around the themes we explore here: relevance, meaning, mentorship, and life after 40. There’s no presentation and no agenda […]
Key pointsGenerativity leads to productivity. Mentoring leads to fast advancement. Generativity in the workplace creates a sense of fulfillment. Most adults spend at least a third of the day working (whether virtual or in-person). Have you ever wished to find a way to become more productive at work? Or that you could find a way […]
Please NOTE – I will be sending this again on Friday, but just to get it on your calendar, the link is below. The registration is so I know how many will be attending and I can plan accordingly. I look forward to seeing you on Fridays! Read more Originally Published on https://deborahheiserphd.substack.com/
