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Why mentoring is critical

Mentoring young professionals in the insurance industry should help you as much as it helps them.

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In his book “Smart Thinking,” Art Markman writes about the illusion of explanatory depth: By this, he means that we think we understand things better than we actually do.

One cure for this trap is to be a mentor, because the process encourages you to teach another person. In doing so, the mentor and the mentee will both understand and better address their own limitations.

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