Help Someone Else Succeed

You have to ask yourself: How much of your professional talent are your using? How much of it are you giving back? Mentoring someone else and teaching others further sharpens your competitive edge.

Attention neophytes
Are you intentionally taking steps to learn from the best and brightest in our field? If you don’t consistently sharpen your professional skills, you set yourself up to fail. If you have not personally taken charge of your career development, no one else will watch out for you. Find yourself a mentor. Think about those people who you admire most in our profession and take steps to get to know them. If you have already achieved success, offer to be a mentor to staff or other aspiring professionals. I think you will find that one of the greatest rewards you can experience in your career is to have another successful fundraiser credit you as their inspiration — their mentor.