He is a long time family friend. I had always been interested in building things and making things with my hands, and decided to take the jump to work in construction as a full time carpenter in my early twenties. I asked him for a job and he gave me a lifelong skill and a career.

I don't believe good mentors no longer exist, but there is probably some luck involved in finding one.

gnilma

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On the Subject of Mastery and Achieving Mastery

A couple years ago, I became really enamored with the idea of a mentor. It crushes me to not have one. I even tried to invent my own imaginary mentor. How did you come to find this invaluable apprenticeship? Do you come across them often? Sometimes I am discouraged enough to believe that good mentors no longer exist.