This morning I met with my mentor and another mentoree at Panera. The conversation went as it usually does, starting out with questions and answers followed by conversations stemming from the past week's events or from the questions and answers discussion.
It was at the point the conversation shifted to family and goal setting that my mentor saw an opportunity to drill my counterpart about church attendance. Drilling, drilling and drilling some more, my mentor asked "Do you go to church and Do you pray with your children?" My fellow equal began stammering and our mentor, seeing blood, went in for the kill. "You're owning it!" he exclaimed. He then explained to us that when we defend deficiencies in our life we are owning it. "Why would you want to own a weakness?" and "Don't defend it!" he said. "admit your weaknesses and take action to improve your situation."
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It was at the point the conversation shifted to family and goal setting that my mentor saw an opportunity to drill my counterpart about church attendance. Drilling, drilling and drilling some more, my mentor asked "Do you go to church and Do you pray with your children?" My fellow equal began stammering and our mentor, seeing blood, went in for the kill. "You're owning it!" he exclaimed. He then explained to us that when we defend deficiencies in our life we are owning it. "Why would you want to own a weakness?" and "Don't defend it!" he said. "admit your weaknesses and take action to improve your situation."
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