Forbes

This is Mentoring Moments—stories about skids and triumphs from successful women. Mentoring Moments is now a podcast. Women@Forbes is recognizing National Mentor Month by celebrating mentorship through the decades. Here’s the 30-something take.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received from your mentor? Five 30-something women—movers and makers—answer that question with bite-sized stories that are filled with big lessons you can put into action today (in their words).