From the course: Being a Good Mentee
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Building confidence as a mentee
From the course: Being a Good Mentee
Building confidence as a mentee
- Lack of confidence is the Achilles heel for many proteges. I have seen mentees wanting so much to succeed, but lacking confidence, not only in their interactions with their mentor, but also in the stretch assignments their mentors give them. In this video, we will review several techniques that will build your confidence, in general, to help you be your best self as a protege. Before we talk about the techniques, I want to introduce you to my protege, Emily, who was a budding entrepreneur. Emily had the opportunity to meet with some venture capitalist for funding. As her mentor, I gave her the assignment to put together a pitch. She shared with me that she was so anxious about the pitch presentation, she was thinking about not pursuing her business. So I suggested she used several confidence boosting tools. The first technique to try before you do something challenging are positive affirmations. An affirmation is…
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