Ideas are cheap. Advice is easy. And too often, “giving advice” is something that people do to reinforce their own deflated sense of self. It’s worth pausing, then, to consider a few of the people who will not be able to help you. Some people love to make their lessons overly complicated. If a mentor becomes lost in his lesson, you can usually assume one of several things. One, the mentor hasn’t mastered the material. Two, the mentor is trying to make himself seem important. Or three, the mentor can’t remember what it was like to learn the material himself.
