The Entire Mentor Collection

Your previous chapter is over and it's time for reinvention. But where do you start?

The Second Season planner will help collect your ideas, use your new insight to take practical steps towards new beginnings. Start thinking about your Second Season now. Try the new mindset planner to get the most of your next adventure, your second act. 
Second Season Planner for the professional in transition -
Undated 4-in-1 design: weekly planner and monthly calendar, featuring action steps and review pages. Designed as a day planner and personal organizer.

​What does an Academic Dean, the “Oracle of Omaha,” one of Forbes’ “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women,” a Grammy Award winning vocalist, a glass sculptor, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, and a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee all have in common? - They were all motivated by mentors.
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Be inspired by the influences of these leaders in the new book compiled by Marcia McMullen. These contemporary mentoring stories illustrate the diverse and familiar relationships in which mentors often appear. The elegant wisdom of “it only takes one” is magnified in each contributor’s own words and personal, inspirational story.
When you finish this book, give it to someone you who inspired you or someone you admire. This book is intended to spark conversation, build connections and foster gratitude for the person that shaped your thinking or influenced your path.

​Weekly planner and journal for the young professional.

Pearls of Wisdom can easily be forgotten unless they are written down. Keep a record of your plans and ideas through Mentor Collection’s Mentor Method Weekly Planner & Mentor Journal. This mentor guide will keep your life organized and help you keep a record of all the meaningful conversations you’ve had with the people who inspire you.

Mentor Method planner can be used as a schedule organizer, a daily writing journal, a weekly calendar, or as an organizer notebook you can scribble random ideas in. This mentor tool can serve as the analog platform to pour in all mentoring matters and plans in the future.

This soft cover journal is ideal for community leaders, students, young professionals, mentoring enthusiasts, or anyone aiming to expand their network of wisdom. Makes a perfect gift for students, graduates, or young professionals.

​It only takes one—one person, one unexpected possibility, one ordinary moment of insight to create a life-changing experience.

Who was the one person who took that moment and offered needed motivation or created an opportunity that inspired you in ways never imagined?
Mentors see you as you are and awaken the potential for what you could be. They often appear in varied roles: teachers, family members, professional colleagues, influential leaders or friends.
Marcia McMullen's book Because You Believed in Me illuminates mentoring with historical examples. These vivid stories recount hopeful perseverance, invigorating collaboration, and the generous sharing of wisdom.

The perfect gift to inspire those who have inspired you.

Choose between these perfect Mentor Collection gift sets:
  • Volume I - Mentors and Proteges with Note Cards
    Give the first volume of the Mentor Collection, an anthology of real-life history stories that captures the true essence of mentoring. Also included are 5 notecards with uplifting quotes, perfect to send to those who have shared their wisdom and experience with you.

  • Volume II - Contemporary Mentoring Stories with Note Cards
    This appreciation gift, comprising of the second volume and notecards, offers leaders important life lessons that will help them realize their full potential.

  • Book Bundle - Volume I AND Volume II
    One to keep and one to share! This gift bundle includes both inspiring volumes and is perfect for birthdays, graduations, and retirements.

What others say about Because You Believed In Me 

Because you Believed in Me is a luminous and poignant work about generosity and mentorship.  This tribute to those who've inspired and nurtured us will serve as an inspiration to all who read it—the wisdom contained within is priceless!  
Dave Isay, Founder, StoryCorps
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These personal stories showcase the profound and lasting impact a mentor can have.  Mentoring relationships, in particular for women, are critical to fostering the entrepreneurial spirit and helping to bridge the gap between confidence and capability. 
Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

Because You Believed In Me offers a compelling glimpse into one of the most critical elements of success: the mentor/protégé relationship. Each story is told from a vulnerable and candid perspective, and the lessons are timeless.  A must-read for mentors and protégés alike.
Charles Best, Founder, Donors Choose

In this page turner, you’ll discover the true meaning of mentorship.  Because You Believed In Me will give you life, hope and a sense of destiny.  It will inspire you to think of those whose shoulders you now stand on. 
Tim Sanders, author of Today We Are Rich and Love Is the Killer App 

All great leaders typically got a break from someone at some point in their life: A moment that matters. A lesson you never forget. Because you Believed in Me tells simple, important stories that, once savored and absorbed, will make us all better leaders, better students, and better human beings. 
Larry Keeley, President and Co-founder, Doblin