Mentorship means giving advice in the room; sponsorship means saying their name in rooms they don't attend — deliberately practice the latter, not just the former.

Prepare three STAR stories (Situation—Task—Action—Result) that cover 80% of behavioral interview questions.

Compare your skills to a dream job's requirements, identify 3 gaps to close in 90 days.

Update 7 elements in your profile in one hour to double search visibility.

Each quarter, volunteer for a project outside your scope that earns new skill + visibility to new people.

If your idea is publicly credited to another, correct the record with three friendly specific sentences immediately.

Do not ask "will you be my mentor?". Ask "30 minutes on one specific question" and repeat in a month if it works.

Instead of "will you be my mentor?", request a specific 30-min meeting around one question.

Mentorship gives advice. Sponsorship gives opportunities. Whom do you specifically sponsor in rooms they can't enter?

Help your teen explore his own path, not re-execute the dream you never fulfilled.

Each month's start, search your name on Google and review the first 3 result pages.