LinkedIn Post Example: Something a Mentor Taught You

Having a mentor changed my life. 🙏 Every successful person has someone who believed in them before they believed in themselves. Find your mentor. Be a mentor. The world needs more mentorship. 5 things my mentor taught me: 1. Always be learning 2. Stay humble 3. Bet on yourself 4. Relationships matter 5. Give back Who's your mentor? Tag them below! 👇 #mentorship #leadership #growth #gratitude

My first boss told me something in 2019 that I think about at least once a week. I'd just given a presentation to our leadership team and it went terribly. I'd prepared for two weeks, built a 30-slide deck, rehearsed the timing. But when the CFO asked a question on slide 4, I panicked and started skipping ahead to find the answer instead of just saying "I don't know." Afterward my boss said: "You prepared the presentation. You didn't prepare for the conversation. Those are two different skills." Since then, for every presentation I give, I spend half my prep time on the slides and half on what I call the "hostile Q&A." I write down the 10 hardest questions someone could ask and practice answering them out loud. Including "I don't know, but I'll find out." I've given about 80 presentations since then. I've never panicked in a Q&A again.