Robin's Mentoring Matters Blog
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Strategies to Guide Others Effectively and Empathetically
Reaching out to others transforms lives We can all can learn how to be role models to others — employers, parents, coaches, mentors, and educators. Here are twelve strategies gathered from experts over the years to help anyone working with others, but especially with...
Inspiring Young People to Reach Their Potential
Life is about choices. Do you have an idea to inspire and motivate young people to share with the world? Better still, will your idea make a positive difference in your community? How do you share your idea with the global community? As an ‘idealistic dreamer’, I have...
Three Key Tips for The Effective Management of Time
How many times do you stop each week and wonder where time has disappeared to? Or mope about saying, “I don’t have enough time,” or “I am too busy!” or words to that effect? Sixteen-year-old Jason once told me that one of his problems was that he did not finish his...
Your Attitude Determines How High You Fly
How do we guide those we mentor in the months and years ahead? What can we learn from our experiences about life, relationships, and the needs of our global community that must be addressed? These are tough questions and there are no easy answers unfortunately. Let me...
10 Proven Strategies to Become an Effective Influencer
Can you name one leader, or person of influence who has significantly impacted your life? What happened? While enjoying a cup of coffee, I was reflecting on the many leaders I have either worked under or met during the past five decades. Which were the leaders I had...
The 10 Most Important Life Lessons My Students Taught Me
What is the greatest life lesson a young person has taught you? Can you remember the actual time and place where that occurred? I was thinking about this recently as I continued my research for my new mentoring book due out later this year: 52 Mentor Musings: to...
Invest Time in Life-Changing Decisions
I was reflecting on the amazing people who reached out to me during tough times in my life, and guided me closer to reaching my potential. They tolerated my inconsistent behavior, my cheek, my nonsense, my sense of insecurity and self-doubt, mostly hiding my feelings...
We All Want to be Loved and Valued: Words of Wisdom to Inspire and Motivate
“What are your top five life lessons you can share with me?” Imagine someone asking you that question. How would you respond? Like many others, from time to time some pearls of wisdom cross my desk. The two lists I share in this post can be shared with anyone, no...
Mastering the Number One Survival Skill: Regulating Your Mind
The Number One Survivor Skill …. The number one survival skill is… the power to regulate your thoughts. Some call it resilience, mental toughness or grit. Others call it perseverance, fortitude or mental powers. The bottom line is… it is ALL self-regulation....
Twelve Ways to be the Love You Wish to Feel in 2025
The change always begins with me. What positive memories will you store from your 2024 experiences? How have you expressed care and concern (love) to others? How have you received the love of others? While reading the media reports this morning, I reflected on...