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  Mentorship is important. It helps others, it helps you, and it helps the
  broader community.
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# Why should I mentor?

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## :bust\_in\_silhouette: It helps you

Paying it forward benefits you as well.

* learn more about yourself
* expand your world view
* make a new friend, ally, supporter
* feel good about giving back
* find knowledge gaps in your own thinking
* learn something new

Hearing other people's stories and perspectives, makes your own that much more richer, dynamic, and inclusive.&#x20;

There are valuable feelings and experiences that money cannot buy, but that only mentorship can provide.

## :busts\_in\_silhouette: It helps others

The help you give has valuable and lasting benefits.

Here are a few different ways your work has an impact, such as helping someone in their ...

* career
  * accomplishing goals
  * trajectory
  * advancement
* schooling
  * what to pursue
  * excelling in studies
* projects/initiatives
  * getting started
  * doing them well
* skills
  * learning new concepts
  * reinforcing concepts
* and more!

> “To the world you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world” (Dr Seuss)

## :heartpulse: It helps the broader community

> "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle" (James Keller)

What we put in, we get out. Collectively, we can do our part in fostering a more inclusive, collaborative, and innovative community.

We are raising the waters so that we're all uplifted. It's a ripple effect. We help someone and they help someone and it continues.

Before you know it, it's like a boomerang of help that returns to you.

## :ballot\_box\_with\_check: Action steps

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