This is what we talked about on The Invisible Mentor Blog this week: Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, Wisdom of Life Profile: Thomas Carlyle, British Historian, Essayist and Leading Social Critic, and Julie Daniluk, TV Show Host, Author, and Nutritionist. Adventures in Learning Self-mentoring is not a new concept, and according to Dr. Marsha L. Carr from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, “Self-mentoring occurs when the achiever (mentee) is willing to take the initiative while accepting responsibility for his/her own development by devoting time to navigate within the culture of his/her environment in order to make … [Read more...]
Mentor Yourself: Profile of Wisdom – Thomas Carlyle, British Historian, Essayist and Leading Social Critic of Victorian England
March 28, 2012 by
Mentor Yourself: Thomas Carlyle, British Historian, Essayist and Leading Social Critic of Victorian England “Thomas Carlyle, the nineteenth-century British historian and essayist believed that leaders shape and determine history.... was convinced that “history is the biography of great men,” the greatest of them being kings. The very word king, Carlyle contended, derives from the ancient word Can-ning, which means “Able-man” (although his etymology can be disputed). In Carlyle’s view, the Ablemen (and Ablewomen) of the human species direct the course of history and determine humanity’s destiny.” New Dictionary of the … [Read more...]
Wisdom Wednesdays: Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Essayist, Poet and Lecturer
August 31, 2011 by
Even though Ralph Waldo Emerson died over a century ago, his work is read and consulted frequently. In 1841 he published Essays: First Series and in 1844 Essays: Second Series, both essay series are still very popular even today. He was an abolitionist and refused to obey the Fugitive Slave Law. Name: Ralph Waldo Emerson Birth Date: May 1803 – April 1882 Job Functions: Essayist, Poet and Lecturer Fields: Education, Literature Known For: Essay Series One and Two At the age of 14, Ralph Waldo Emerson went to Harvard College on a scholarship which he made the very most of. At the age of 17 he started journaling, which he … [Read more...]
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