“A mentor is someone whose hindsight can be your foresight.” - Anonymous
UNION SQUARE, NY – This weekend, I celebrated my Mother’s birthday over dinner and a movie (we saw Inception). As a teacher with a degree in special education; my mother has been in service to public school students for nearly two decades. In many ways, this professional training guided her in raising me. In elementary school, I often struggled to keep pace with my classmates. Reading was a challenge for me, so were most sports and standardized tests. Recognizing this, my mother enrolled me in alternative public schools until I graduated from high school. She also actively funded my passion for the arts. Through this focus, I learned to employ a level of self-discipline that I might not have experienced otherwise.
Recently, I participated in a film by the 99 percent (part of the Behance Network) that offers advice for the Class of 2010 about “Making Ideas Happen”. See below:
As a child, my mother believed that I could overcome my developmental obsticles by working alongside people with very high personal standards. This simple lesson transformed my life and allows me to constantly create better relationships with my friends, family and clients. Although we may disagree at times, our commitment to self-improvement allows us to do better work together. If you want to be your best, I suggest exclusively working with people who are committed to being their best. The result is often a collective success that can be traced back to a series of individual successes. Thank you Mom for your guidance and mentorship. Happy Birthday!
