We don’t have an algorithm for chemistry, and we can’t manufacture lifelong opportunities. Mentoring is similar. It’s an organic process — and a creative one. Some of the most meaningful mentors do not not come from expected sources, and they may be in your life for only a short time. But when you’re open to the unconventional mentor, you can find both. 

In fact, there is much to learn from a colleague, a favorite movie or even a fellow passenger on an airplane, writes Elissa Sangster, executive director of the Forté Foundation.

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