The Heart of Mentoring: Ten Proven Principles for Developing People to Their Fullest Potential (Paperback)

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Author David Stoddard has discovered that in mentoring, giving often involves receiving, and receiving involves giving. By sharing your life with others, you will help them develop their values and priorities--not with a rigid formula or agenda, but in the natural course of a meaningful relationship.

In The Heart of Mentoring, you will see that sharing your life with others is the most rewarding gift you can give--and the most satisfying gift you can receive.

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The secret to living is giving. Mentoring involves life-to-life exchanges that help others discover and pursue their passions, and sort out their priorities. Through this process of mutual growth, you will learn that: · Mentoring is a relational process · An effective mentor teaches how to filter decisions through one's values · Humility is at the core of the strong mentor · It is never too early or too late to start the exciting process of mentoring How are you investing your life? Spend your time and energy to truly make a difference. Getting the most out of life isn't about how much you keep for yourself, but how much you pour into others.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: NavPress (October 3, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576834018
• ISBN-13: 978-1576834015
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #516,542 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book I've read on the subject, April 22, 2004

By	Barry Spencer, VP Business Development (Alpharetta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

There is a lot of talk about mentoring these days. In fact every time I turn around there is another resource on the subject. What I've found is the majority of resources on the subject focus on the skills a mentor needs. Further, most of the resources don't help the one looking for a mentor identify what to look for in a mentor. If skills and simply pairing people in mentoring relationship is all that is required for an effective mentoring experience, why are there so many people still looking for a mentor and so many would be mentors not mentoring? This book helped me over-come all this by getting to the root of mentoring, that it isn't a matter of skill initially. Rather, it starts with the proper perspective of mentoring, and being mentored or as the title conveys, it starts with heart. This book has helped me, more than any other mentoring book, to be effective in all my mentoring relationships at home, at work, and in the community. I highly recommend it!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very applicable principles, June 5, 2006

By	Brad Thomas - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a business owner, I have applied the principles in this book to all of the business that I have owned and found them invaluable. Other business development books always gave me a list of "do's" and "don'ts" which would work for a short while and then we would move to the next "flavor of the month." Finally, I learned that real organizational change comes from the inside out. Mentoring enabled me to do that and my business reflected that change. My profits started climbing as well as the retention rate of my employees. It all started with the principles in the Heart of Mentoring. If you are looking for a checklist of things to do, don't buy this book. If you are looking to make an organizational change for the better-buy it.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic insight into relationships, April 23, 2004

By	Atticus (Sandy Springs, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This book is so applicable because it truly does go to the heart of mentoring which is investing in others at the same time you are being given back in return. This book could even be called, the heart of ALL relationships. I like what the back says "The secret to living....is giving". It truly is the secret and has completely changed the way I approach business as well as personal relationships.