Sara Sheridan Quotes

Luckily, everyone that I've collaborated with, everyone that has been willing to offer guidance and advice, they've all been dope people.

Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.

I think that's the problem, when you're a young filmmaker and you're starting out, you don't know people, you're easily lead, you don't know the right people to talk to, you really need guides.

Develop a mentor at each stage of your career - someone who will give you guidance and advice.

I seek out a lot of advice from other CEOs.

In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.

David Moyes was one who, at a certain crossroads in my career, he was there. And since then, I've kicked on. That's why he played such a big role in my career.

I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have the opportunity to be selected to join the Astronaut Corps.

I've been taught by everyone I've ever worked with.

It's really nice when life comes full circle and you get to work with people four years down the line.

Mentors and sponsors, particularly in the early stages of my career, were invaluable to me because they encouraged me to raise my hand and take opportunities to build my capabilities.

Coaching is really a big fraternity. You can get in if you know the right people.

There are a lot of people you never hear about that helped me a lot with my career and helped me become who I am that I've known for a long time and I still stay in touch with.

Find someone within the company who is on another team but is at a similar level or role as you to be a friend, a sounding board, and a place to go for candid feedback. Find a mentor within the company who resembles the leader you'd like to grow to be.

I don't get much career advice at all, and I would like some.

The story I have told throughout my work life I could not have told as well without Clarence.

Obviously, I've been very lucky in general in my career, but I feel that I've been very lucky in terms of having directors come along at the right times who have taken me to the next level of where I needed to be.

Throughout the course of my life, I've been blessed to work with extremely talented people.

I mean, it's amazing that I get to meet all these people. I've learned so much from all of them. I just worked with Sofia Coppola and that was amazing. I learned so much from her. I can't even describe how much fun I had.

For practitioners of community development, as in any field, joining a network of like-minded professionals is important for building skills and becoming aware of opportunities and resources.

What you want in a mentor is someone who truly cares for you and who will look after your interests and not just their own. When you do come across the right person to mentor you, start by showing them that the time they spend with you is worthwhile.

Whenever something good comes up that sounds like I could be part of the project, my manager and my agents send me in on it.

I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.

I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.

A good part of my leadership skills is crafted from learning from experiences early in my career that were not positive experiences.