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Mentor's Field Guide · No. 07

Strength-Based Practice: Building on What Is Right

Name the strengths a person already has, and build on what is right instead of only correcting what is wrong.

Mentor's Field Guide #7, Strength-Based Practice: Building on What Is Right: a youth coach smiling as a teenager shows his sketchbook at a community center, with the quote “The way you just talked your friend down from that fight — that’s leadership, and it’s rare.” — Melvin Williams Sr

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