Have you ever had a role model? Someone in your unit, platoon or squadron? Someone in your family or friend circle? Maybe you admired someone on television or in the news and wanted to be like them?

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — November is National Inspirational Role Models Month. When we think of role models, we tend to think of celebrities, athletes, and public figures. But, role models can be an ...

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I’m exhausted from being a role model for little girls everywhere! To be fair, I’m not one. But still—the idea of anyone considering me their role model is stressful. I don’t want to be a role model, ...

Kids choose positive or negative role models based on whether they have a growth or prevention mindset. A growth mindset looks toward goal accomplishment while a prevention mindset focuses on avoiding ...

Whereas not everyone is lucky enough to have specific mentors, most of us have role models, living or dead. For example, former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton made no secret of having ...

This past month, I lost my mentor, my friend, and the person who served as my career role model. Her name was Judy DeLoache, and she plucked me out of college at the ripe old age of 22 to start a ...

Good role models are essential to our children and young people, for as former basketball superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once said, “As a parent, ...

People who are “works in progress” can be more inspiring than the preordained successes of powerhouse figures. Credit...Camila Rosa Supported by By Katty KayClaire Shipman and JillEllyn Riley Female ...

At its yearly Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast, the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project honored 45 high school seniors with college scholarships and a send-off from House of ...