Soledad O’Brien: We Should Rethink What Mentoring Means

Sep 17, 2016, 01:06 PM

When I was in my very first job in TV news, it didn't even occur to me to get a mentor. I was 21. I was constantly busy and living in the moment. And, like a lot of people, I thought of it as a formal, stuffy relationship with someone at work.

But very quickly, my boss stepped up to be my mentor. She made me start thinking about my long term goals. She made me look at my job as a career, even a calling. It worked. I began working, not to fulfill the demands of the day, but for the long haul.