The readers of my weekly blog and I have enjoyed a fruitful relationship over the past few years, but if you’re brand new to my posts because of Forbes.com, then you might be asking yourself: Do we ...

The ability to discern truth from falsehood, to cultivate judgment amid the noise, has never been more endangered. And yet, this skill—the ability to think critically, to parse nuance, to navigate ...

Being mentored is not easy, just as mentoring is not easy. To really get something out of it, you have to be willing to put aside the mask–on both sides. True value comes from allowing someone, who is ...

The right kind of mentorship can steer you towards a fuller career. When we think about mentorship, we often skip over what it took to get to a place to be able to mentor - or that most mentors ...

The concept of mentoring dates back around 3,000 years to Homer’s Odyssey. In that epic Greek poem, the hero Odysseus entrusts his son to his friend Mentor while fighting the Trojan War. During this ...

Thanks to strong mentorship and persistence, in 2025 I was nominated to attend the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting in ...

David Bonderman, the founder of private equity firm TPG, and the founding owner of the Seattle Kraken, died on Dec. 11. Bonderman was my mentor, and his passing has led me to reflect on the key ...

Jam and Bread is a new local nonprofit organization based in the Cadillac area. The organization provides mentorship and a platform for students to explore their interests and expand their skills sets ...

In an age where information floods our screens in nanoseconds, where algorithms dictate our news feeds, and where AI can manufacture both wisdom and deception in equal measure, mentorship is more ...