I’ve never “followed a mentor.” But there are countless people, living and dead, who have shared a scrap of useful advice that helped me at the moment and has stuck with me over time.

Their words literally have reshaped my mind and made me what I am today.

Here, I share one example—from a professor who first taught me that a handful of words can change your life.

You’ll see his words and impact still living through me, his daughter, and the countless people we both have been signposts for in our own lives.

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