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How to Recognize When Mentoring Becomes Personal Projection

I have been mentoring a young soldier who reminds me of myself and I realize I am projecting my own unfulfilled ambitions onto him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You realize you're pushing your own unfinished dreams onto the person you're mentoring.

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