EPISODE 305

The Power of the Right Mentor

Big Takeaways

  • You can’t build a 100% school with 0% support. Stop trying to do it alone.
  • Coaches help you play the game. Mentors help you change it. 
  • If you’re always the smartest, strongest, or most stable person in the room, that’s not a flex—it’s a warning.
  • Trying to do it all yourself doesn’t make you strong. It makes you a martyr at the altar of outdated leadership thinking. You weren’t meant to carry the weight of your school by yourself. 
  • You can’t normalize 100% student success if you’re surrounded by people who’ve already accepted failure.
This week’s episode is more personal than most. I just learned that one of my longtime mentors is dying, and it’s made me pause and reflect on the profound impact mentorship has had on my journey.

In this episode, I share what it really means to have a mentor, not just someone who gives advice, but someone who sees who you’re becoming and helps you grow into that vision. I also explore how the right mentor can change your trajectory, and why being in the right rooms with the right people matters more than we often realize. 

It’s a reminder of how we grow, how we build, and how we show up for others #LikeABuilder.

Check out these highlights:
  • What losing a mentor taught me about who we become along the way
  • The difference between advice and true guidance—and why it matters
  • Why the rooms you’re in shape your vision more than your goals do
  • How to recognize (and seek out) the mentors who move your mission forward
  • A personal reminder that we don’t build schools alone—we build ourselves, too
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