Mentors are essential for leadership

From an early age, I was capable. In elementary school, I won my school’s spelling bee. Later, I learned how to pull apart, clean, and reassemble an M-16 air-cooled gas operated semi-automatic assault rifle in the U.S. Army. Even when I got into some trouble as Army grunts usually do, NCOs noticed how tidy, clean, and organized a utility closet I was ordered to clean became.