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Who Believed in You?
- How Purposeful Mentorship Changes the World
- De: David McCormick, Dina Powell McCormick
- Narrado por: David McCormick, Dina Powell McCormick, Paige McKinney, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8
All successful leaders stand on the shoulders of their mentor giants—people who saw something in them they may not have seen in themselves and helped them redefine what was possible. The relationships transform both parties into better versions of themselves and can uplift entire organizations and even society itself. Who Believed in You shares the mentorship stories of some of our greatest leaders and influencers starting with the journeys of David McCormick and Dina Powell.
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5 out of 5 stars
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each one reach one
- De Rosemarie E. Christopher en 04-26-25
- Who Believed in You?
- How Purposeful Mentorship Changes the World
- De: David McCormick, Dina Powell McCormick
- Narrado por: David McCormick, Dina Powell McCormick, Paige McKinney, Danny Campbell
Mixed Bag; Heavy Emphasis on the American Dream
Revisado: 04-13-25
The core premise of Who Believed In You: How Purposeful Mentorship Changes the World is that the U.S. is experiencing a great crisis (loss of trust) and that purposeful mentorship is the means to restore trust. To their credit, the authors seem deeply passionate and committed to this ideal.
The book unveils four key principles of purposeful mentorship (trustworthiness, values, commitment, and confidence) that are unpacked through a combination of author explanation and interviews with successful people. The second part of the book continues with interviews and focuses on some of the more practical elements of this approach to mentoring.
The interviews, indeed, are one of the book's strongest aspects. Each was succinct and interesting, and I enjoyed hearing perspectives from leaders of differing backgrounds who’ve achieved great success but aren’t necessarily household names. That said, the “name-dropping” sprinkled throughout the authors’ own recounting of their experience can be too much at times.
My chief complaint about this book is its nauseatingly high emphasis on “The American Dream.” Much of the narrative and the examples it highlights take a “pull up your bootstraps” approach to achieving success. Does it have its place? Sure, but the authors also speedily gloss over any deep discussion of real and impactful societal inequities, leading to a one-sided view of success and how it can be achieved.
For all its focus on success, Who Believed in You rarely emphasizes failures or lessons to be learned from them. The examples given almost always show that transformative mentorship leads to incredible personal success, but what about when it doesn’t? What about when, even in spite of world-class mentorship, failure inevitably happens? I think it was a missed opportunity to develop a wider view of success in the context of failure.
Ultimately, this is an easy, straightforward read that raises some salient points regarding our current society and rightly points to mentorship as having the potential to have a transformative impact. However, an overemphasis on the American Dream and an avoidance of discussion around failure mean that I won’t readily recommend it to others unless tI know it’ll be in their wheelhouse.
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