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Seek wisdom from your inner mentor

Seek wisdom from your inner mentor

- [Pete] Awesome, thank you. Well, Tara, tell me, is there anything else you want to make sure to mention. - [Tara] I do want to mention inner mentor for a minute, 'cause I think that's such an important topic and it's really kind of the antidote to the inner critic. It's the other voice in us that we talk about a lot in "Playing Big." And the idea with the inner mentor is that rather than always seeking external mentors and looking for that person out there that has the answers for you, you come into contact with a sense of your own older, wiser self. And so, in the book, we do a guided visualization so you can meet yourself, 20 years in the future. And what people find is they don't just meet their older self, they sort of meet their elder, wise self, their authentic self. And then you can really consult and dialogue with that part of you, as a mentor. And it is absolutely the best mentor you will ever have. All its…

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