Thanks, Mike. It is difficult to quantify character, but this list of outcomes sure makes it easier to evaluate one's character-based leadership and recognize it in others. Thanks again!

Fiction can say a lot of things that can't be said in non-fiction, at least not in a way that a lot of people would receive.
I think it could be fun and educational, even profound, at the same time.

Glen Gaugh

I like the way this diagram conceptualizes the relationship between impact and influence. Thanks for the new tool! Glen Gaugh, @glengaugh and glengaugh.wordpress.com

In my experience, it seems that I have chosen people to be around intentionally that I would learn from, but most of the time I don't try to cement some kind of formal agreement or relationship. I just listen, learn, and ask questions. When it is someone I work with, I get tremendous value from the interaction.

Mentoring can benefit a lot more people if we would make choices to be around other people we respect and can learn from. An intentional relationship won't change much in a person's life if they continue to be around others that don't add value.

I am thankful you added the 5th type of mentoring. My greatest mentoring relationship is the one in which I mentor my boys, only 4 years old and 11 months old at this point.
Glen Gaugh, @glengaugh, and glengaugh.wordpress.com.

I'm with you, Ron. I enjoy reading your blog, but this post really conveyed the burden that I know is in your heart more than any others I've read. I have a huge burden for fathers and have been developing how to pursue that burden for at least 6 months now; I'm at least another 2 months away from beginning a group for fathers at my local church (a church that my family just joined that has been in decline for years; we are serving as outreach directors.) I hope and believe that more are going to catch the burden to minister to men of all ages, especially young men who will be the fathers and leaders of the future.
Glen Gaugh, @glengaugh on Twitter and glengaugh.wordpress.com