Week 3- book report

In Sheryl Sandbergs book, Lean In,  she discusses a lot of important issues that women face in the workplace. In chapter , titled 'Are You My Mentor?' discusses about the difficulties of getting a mentor to help and support you. Sandberg says, "..a startling number of women introduce themselves and, in the same breath, ask me to be their mentor." (64-5) She discusses how mentorship is constantly talked about these days. She also says, "Many of these young women are responding to the often repeated advice that if they want to scale the corporate ladder, they need to find mentors (people who will advise them) as well as sponsors (people who will use their influence to advocate for them)." (65) I agree with this statement because it is the advice that is constantly repeated in society. But the bigger question for people is how do I find one? In the chapter, Sandberg talks about how many people don't tend to ask a person to be their mentor. They go the other person for advice and ask questions that are "planned and tailored to that individual." And that you don't want to wastes the potential mentor's time. The most interesting advice that the author received is, "figure out what I wanted to do before I went to see people who had the ability to hire me. That way I would not waster my one shot seeking general guidance, but would be able to discuss specific opportunities that they could offer."(69) I feel that this piece of advice is the most useful to me because you don't want to waste others time trying to figure out what you want to do. It is important to know what to do and what kind of opportunities are available and in your reach.