through the night: “He knew I had it in me to make it through that night when I didn’t know that myself.” The formula for mentorship that leads to self-insight: High standards + assurance + direction + support. • Six Sigma expert Ranjani Sreenivasan was pushed by her mentor to develop skills in company operations. “I learned that I’m capable of more than I thought,” she said. Expecting our mentees to stretch requires us to overcome our natural instinct to protect the people we care about from risk. To insulate them. • Spanx founder Sara Blakely’s dad: “What did you guys fail at this week?” He
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