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10 Great People and Their Favourite Tweets?

Image via Wikipedia One of the things I discovered about myself is that the more I read, the more creative I am, and the more great ideas I generate. I thought I would have some fun with this blog...

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Mondays at the Salon: The Book as Mentor

During an interview once, the interviewee told me that she has often been mentored by the many books that she has read. While browsing a book about authors as mentors in a bookstore, one of the...

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Wisdom Wednesdays: Samuel Pierpont Langley, American Scientist and Aviator...

Image via Wikipedia Samuel Pierpont Langley was one of the lesser known pioneers in aviation. Though his formal education ended after completing high school, Langley was well read, reading extensively...

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The Invisible Mentor Week in Review

This is what we talked about on The invisible Mentor Blog this week: Review of How to Read Literature by Thomas C. Foster, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Aviation Pioneer and Interview with Andrina Lever....

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Wise People: Wright Brothers, Inventors of the Airplane

“Suddenly, the whole machine lifted from the rail. For 12 long seconds, the Flyer wobbled and snaked 10 feet above the dunes, landing 100 feet away. [John] Daniels had snapped the shutter, freezing in...

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Booked for Mentoring: The Early History of the Airplane by Orville and Wilbur...

Image via Wikipedia The Early History of the Airplane by Orville and Wilbur Wright is a great book for mentoring because it teaches us to question everything, and not accept things as fact. “Late in...

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Otto Lilienthal, King of Gliders

Otto Lilienthal and his brother Gustav developed an interest in flying. When Lilienthal was a lad, he and Gustav watched birds in flight to understand the mechanisms of flying. Luckily for him, his...

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Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, the Wright Brothers: Aviation, a Brief...

Aviation, a Brief History: Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, the Wright Brothers…is a quick look at a few players in the industry and what their roles were. Air flight is one invention that...

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The Wright Brothers and Mastering the Fundamentals

The Wright Brothers and Mastering the Fundamentals There is a popular parable in the Bible that goes like this: “A wise man built his house on the rock. The rain fell, and the flood came, and the winds...

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