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Your mentor isn’t living your life. Your mentor will always advocate for difficult things that have a high chance of failure because they ultimately don’t have
by bradlys 4y ago
Your mentor isn’t living your life. Your mentor will always advocate for difficult things that have a high chance of failure because they ultimately don’t have to suffer the consequences.
Take it from the guy who went on the risky route a few times - not worth it. I’m down a lot of money and divorced because of all that risk taking. (Risk taking is very taxing on marriages)
Boring is a lot more rewarding than people will have you believe. Don’t let others choose your path when they have no tangible investment in it.
- robocat 4y agoPath-dependant hindsight is a beautiful thing. Others chose a boring path, but viscerally feel they have screwed it up. When your friends win the entrepreneurial lottery, while you are still grinding to pay the mortgage in a dead end job, perhaps you would feel differently.