“Hatred destroys; love alone creates,” Maximilian Kolbe While in a Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, a prisoner escaped from his barracks, and in retaliation, the Nazis chose 10 men to execute by slow starvation. Franciszek Gajowniczek, one of the 10 chosen was distressed and cried out that he had a wife and children. Kolbe, who was a Catholic Priest of the Franciscan Order, offered to take Gajowniczek’s place. Name: Maximilian Kolbe Birth Date: January 8, 1894 - August 14, 1941 Job Functions: Catholic Priest Fields: Ministry Known For: Died on behalf of Franciszek Gajowniczek Self-Mentoring … [Read more...]
Maximilian Kolbe: Catholic Priest Sacrificed his Life for Franciszek Gajowniczek at Nazi Concentration Camp
June 20, 2012 by
The Invisible Mentor Week in Review: Little Women, Thomas Jefferson & Deborah Nixon
May 26, 2012 by
This is what we talked about on The Invisible Mentor Blog this week: Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President, and Deborah Nixon, Founder, Trust Learning Solutions and MyMoneyMindset. Adventures in Learning Having mentors is an excellent way to accelerate your career, but in their absence, invisible mentors are great substitutes. However, you have to know exactly what you are trying to get from mentors, you have to know what you are trying to achieve in life, and then you have to practice reflective self-mentoring to get to where you need to be. 15 Great Resources for Self-Mentoring Booked for … [Read more...]
Frederick (Fritz) Perls, Founder of Gestalt Therapy
May 16, 2012 by
Frederick Salomon Perls (Fritz Perls), his wife Laura, Paul Goodman, and others founded the Gestalt School of Psychotherapy. Name: Frederick Salomon Perls Birth Date: July 1893 – March 1970 Job Functions: Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist Fields: Psychiatry Known For: Gestalt Therapy Biography Born in Berlin in the late nineteenth century into a middle class family, Frederick Salomon Perls was interested in theatre. Affectionately known to friends and colleagues as Fritz, Perls decided to study medicine when he enrolled into college in 1913. The First World War interrupted his study and he enlisted to serve until the war … [Read more...]
The Invisible Mentor Week in Review
May 12, 2012 by
This is what we talked about on The Invisible Mentor Blog this week: Edith Nesbit’s The Railway Children, Seneca the Younger, Stoic Philosopher, Playwright and Tutor to Nero, and Shannon Moroney, Author, Advocate and Speaker. Adventures in Learning What you read is more important that how much you read. Ensure that your reading material is diverse, and vary in the level of difficultly to read. The “menu” of books should include a selection of not just bestsellers, but also books that are off the beaten tracks. In fact, the great thinkers who have transformed the world did not read bestsellers. Why You Must Read Broadly – … [Read more...]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, Stoic Philosopher, Playwright and Tutor to Nero
May 9, 2012 by
Name: Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger Birth Date: 4 BC – 65 AD Job Functions: Philosopher, Playwright and Politician Fields: Philosophy, Literature and Politics Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger was born into a distinguished family of Italian origin in Cordova, Spain around 4 BC. Seneca’s father, known as Seneca Rhetor was an excellent orator and wrote about history and rhetoric. Seneca’s older brother was a proconsul of Achaea in AD 51 – 52, and was the Gallio before whose tribunal the Apostle Paul in the Bible was brought. Seneca was educated in Rome from an early age and received extensive lessons in public … [Read more...]
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