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I will never forget the day my mentor told me those words. It was the day I completely messed up and thought I had broken everyone’s heart. I had failed to submit the final draft of my Capstone Project in graduate school. Because of that, I braced myself for a serious lecture and, worse, I was prepared to be removed from the list of graduates of AIM in 2019. But instead of getting mad at me, my mentor called me into his office, looked me straight in the eye, and said, “You’re better than this.”
I don’t know why, but at that time, I was so sensitive. I was expecting for more comforting words like, “We all make mistakes” or “Don’t worry about it.” But he challenged me instead: “You’re better than this.”