A Quick Word on Mentors

A mentor is someone who is good or great at what you want to become good at and who will personally teach and guide you. With the help and guidance from a mentor, the chances are great that you will learn and become better at something at a much faster rate. (Among the reasons are the fact that you don’t need to make all the newbie mistakes or need to discover the right ways through trial and error).

I believe that it is almost always possible to find a mentor or to find someone who is good at what you want to become good at and who would be willing to mentor you.

In fact, most people who are passionate about their art / craft / niche and who have a great love for it are willing to help a student out and mentor them. Sometimes the mentor will want monetary reward, but more often that not, he is willing to mentor you for free, provided that you put in the effort.

Personally, I am more than happy to teach people what I have learnt and I will do it for free. However, what I do not want is people wasting my time by expecting me to do any sort of work for them.

The mentor is there to guide you and it is up to you to keep all your promises, be on time every time and to do what is expected of you and even more. If you do that, you will almost always find someone good who is willing to mentor you. With the help and guidance of that mentor, you can achieve success and become great at what you want to master very quickly.

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i had an awesome talk with my mom today. i talked about my clay goals and things i want to accomplish. wi also talked about what kind of budget i would need to accomplish those goals. i have been fortunate enough to have parents who loved my and incubated me until i turned into a pretty flower or what the case may be. i haven't had to work in the last two or three years and have been fortunate enough to be extended the opportunity to take A TON of classes at my jc while i sorted out a future goal for myself. this led me to find examples of the professional life i wish to have as a grown up and ask these friends to help me reach that prestige class eventually.

yesterday was top of the world and the madness associated with staying up an entire night waiting for the sun to come up. thought about klien bottles and being a tiny piece of mercury traveling on it so fast that you become a silver leaf skin on the bottle. travel so fast that it is defiant.