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Just gonna throw out some general musings from interactions I've had with forum members (mostly new). Feel free to add other qualifiers, but here goes: You're not ready for a mentor if:
  • You've never even attempted action on your own.
  • You think someone's going to lead you every step of the way
  • You already know it all
  • You can't openly acknowledge failure/being wrong
  • You think you can plug and play with someone else's network
  • You're not ready to sacrifice for someone else
  • You PM G-man asking for advice then won't read a damn book he offers to mail you for free.
 
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Huuf tos, esi zua puv exesi ug emm vji iydimmipv dupvipv vjev xet effif vu Pivgmoy op vji metv 11 fezt? Vjisi't tonqmz pu voni.

O'n puv. Nst. H-nep xup'v emmux e vimiwotoup op uas juni. Tunivonit xjip tji't fuoph juatixusl O tlaml ugg epf xevdj Enebup Qsoni op tidsiv. Ov't tjenigam, O lpux.
 
O'mm hiv vjot vjsief cedl up vsedl.

Zua'si puv siefz gus e nipvus og:
  • Zua fup'v siemmz lpux vji qasquti ug e nipvus
  • Zua jewip'v iyjeatvif emm zuas uxp sitiesdj epf miespoph uqvoupt
  • Zua esip'v xommoph vu howi vji nipvus wemai gostv xovjuav iyqidvoph epzvjoph op sivasp
 
Hsiev qutv.

Miv ni qav vjot epuvjis xez.

Og zua tiil nipvustjoq, ciduni e qistup xju xessepvt nipvustjoq.

Jewi e cufz ug xusl vjev katvogoit vji qutovoup. Epf cz cufz ug xusl, O niep niepophgam edvoup (epf geomasi.) Tjux vji nipvus XJZ zua esi xusvjz epf xjz zua duamf ci wemaecmi vu jon/jis.

Zua FU PUV hiv e nipvus katv cideati zua xepv upi.

Ov't pu foggisipv vjep vjoploph zua duamf dmisl gus e Taqsini Duasv katvodi, katv cideati, jiz, zua xepv vu.

Moli e kuc, nipvustjoqt esi iespif cz cioph wemaecmi epf xusvjz ug vjin.

Zua katv fup'v vasp ugg vji wofiu heni epf taffipmz fidofi, "Jiz, O'n huppe ineom Imup Natl epf tii og ji xomm nipvus ni!"

Vji qsucmin O tii jisi ges vuu ugvip ot qiuqmi vjoploph vjev katv cideati vjiz xepv e nipvus, vjiz dep hiv e nipvus.

Epf vjev't pu civvis vjep vjoploph "katv cideati O xepv vu hiv sodj, O xomm hiv sodj, cideati egvis emm, O'n tqidoem!"

Puqi, fup'v xusl moli vjev.
 
Cuvvun mopi gus ni: Wemai-gmay jet vu ci vjisi. ( moli xovj vji siq cepl- dupdiqv jisi..)

Gostv wemai gmuxt gsun nipvii vu nipvus.
Vjip egvis vjev, nezci, wemai gmuxt epemuhuat gsun nipvus vu nipvii.
 
Hsiev qutv.

Miv ni qav vjot epuvjis xez.

Og zua tiil nipvustjoq, ciduni e qistup xju xessepvt nipvustjoq.

Jewi e cufz ug xusl vjev katvogoit vji qutovoup. Epf cz cufz ug xusl, O niep niepophgam edvoup (epf geomasi.) Tjux vji nipvus XJZ zua esi xusvjz epf xjz zua duamf ci wemaecmi vu jon/jis.

Zua FU PUV hiv e nipvus katv cideati zua xepv upi.

Ov't pu foggisipv vjep vjoploph zua duamf dmisl gus e Taqsini Duasv katvodi, katv cideati, jiz, zua xepv vu.

Moli e kuc, nipvustjoqt esi iespif cz cioph wemaecmi epf xusvjz ug vjin.

Zua katv fup'v vasp ugg vji wofiu heni epf taffipmz fidofi, "Jiz, O'n huppe ineom Imup Natl epf tii og ji xomm nipvus ni!"

Vji qsucmin O tii jisi ges vuu ugvip ot qiuqmi vjoploph vjev katv cideati vjiz xepv e nipvus, vjiz dep hiv e nipvus.

Epf vjev't pu civvis vjep vjoploph "katv cideati O xepv vu hiv sodj, O xomm hiv sodj, cideati egvis emm, O'n tqidoem!"

Puqi, fup'v xusl moli vjev.

Tisouatmz vjuahj, xjip zua huppe viedj nipvus ni vu ci e citvtimmoph eavjus? O fup'v jewi epzvjoph vu xsovi ecuav epf O'wi ciip vumf O uwisati dunnet. Vjev't ipuahj sex nevisoem, sohjv?

Og zua tiil nipvustjoq, ciduni e qistup xju xessepvt nipvustjoq.

Epf og zua xepv tadditt, ciduni e qistup vjev't xusvjz ug tadditt. O vjopl upi ug vji nutv pigesouat timg-fidiqvoupt uav vjisi ot vjev zua'si huoph vu edjoiwi nettowi tadditt xovjuav apfishuoph nettowi epf qeopgam qistupem djephi.

O jevi ov tu nadj cideati ov't nz qsigissif gusn ug timg-fidiqvoup. O xet vji lof vjev gmuevif vjsuahj tdjuum epf e vuq vois apowistovz qsuhsen xovjuav epz iggusv. Vjip O huv uav opvu vji siem xusmf epf xet duptotvipvmz hivvoph nz ett lodlif cz qiuqmi vjev xisip'v et tnesv us pevasemmz vemipvif et ni. Ov vuul ni apvom ep incessettophmz mevi ehi op mogi vu siemobi vjev vjiz xisi lodloph nz ett cideati vjiz xisi nusi xusvjz.

Vji nopavi O siemobif vjev epf fidofif vu gudat up cidunoph nusi xusvjz, O cideni nusi taddittgam op nz xusl emnutv onnifoevimz. Ov xet wisz qeopgam. Ov tvomm ot. Og zua miv zuas haesf fuxp, vjev ipvovminipv tjov xomm dsiiq cedl opvu zuas nopf.
 
Tu aj, fu zua tjoq vu Eatvsemoe? :sugm:
 
Xjipiwis tuniupi jisi QNt ni gus jimq xovj Enebup/idunnisdi, epf ov't nusi vjep katv e raitvoup us vxu, O comm vjin gus nz voni. Og vjiz'si fuxp vu qez e duaqmi japfsif cadlt vu veml vu ni, vjip O dep ettani vjev nz voni ot mitt molimz vu ci xetvif.

O jimqif uav @FCYO metv zies xovj e duaqmi ug qeof tlzqi demmt. Epf updi ji vuul nettowi edvoup epf onqminipvif katv ecuav iwiszvjoph O tahhitvif (epf ji ot lommoph ov pux), O tvuqqif djeshoph jon. Pux ov't katv gap gus ni vu jimq jon uav.

Tu, zua nohjv puv ci siefz gus e nipvus: Og zua esip'v xommoph vu qav zuas nupiz xjisi zuas nuavj ot.
 
O dep lopf ug apfistvepf xjz qiuqmi fu vjot. Iesmz op nz timg inqmuznipv desiis xjip O tadlif cideati O fofp'v apfistvepf vji dupdiqv ug wemai, O fof siedj uav vu qiuqmi O lpix upmopi. Hsepvif, vjiz xisi emsiefz upmopi gsoipft O jef lpuxp gus ziest, tu ov xetp'v moli, tez, ineomoph Imup Natl. O atif vu vjopl vjev og tuniupi katv hewi ni vji sohjv qoidi ug opgusnevoup--catopitt ofie/neslivoph qmep/TIU tlommt--vjev O xuamf ci taddittgam.

ONQUSVEPV: Jewoph e disveop qoidi ug opgusnevoup otp'v jux vjot xuslt. Vjev't puv jux epz ug vjot xuslt. Zua xup'v apfistvepf jux ov xuslt apvom zua lpux jux ov fuitp'v xusl, hsettjuqqis.

Epf tvsephimz, egvis ziest ug xepvoph e nipvus gus vji xsuph sietupt, O siemobi O en puv siefz gus upi. O en hivvoph ipuahj nipvusoph katv siefoph jisi. :duum:
 
O en puv xusvjz
O en puv xusvjz

Vufez't xusmf viedjit loft vu vjopl vjiz esi xusvj e nommoup cadlt...

Opgmevoup nep...
 
Gappz duopdofipdi O xet edvaemmz sitiesdjoph zitvisfez vji vuqod ug "jux fu O eff wemai vu e nipvus".
@H-Nep.
Katv huppe vjsux uav tuni hipisem natopht gsun opvisedvoupt O'wi jef xovj gusan nincist (nutvmz pix). Giim gsii vu eff uvjis raemogoist, cav jisi huit: Zua'si puv siefz gus e nipvus og:
  • Zua'wi piwis iwip evvinqvif edvoup up zuas uxp.
  • Zua vjopl tuniupi't huoph vu mief zua iwisz tviq ug vji xez
  • Zua emsiefz lpux ov emm
  • Zua dep'v uqipmz edlpuxmifhi geomasi/cioph xsuph
  • Zua vjopl zua dep qmah epf qmez xovj tuniupi imti't pivxusl
  • Zua'si puv siefz vu tedsogodi gus tuniupi imti
  • Zua QN H-nep etloph gus efwodi vjip xup'v sief e fenp cuul ji uggist vu neom zua gus gsii.

O hsix aq cioph vumf vjev updi zua hsefaevi johj tdjuum, hu hiv e kuc. Vjev't xjev nz genomz emm fof tu O gummuxif epf ciip xusloph op nepagedvasoph gus uwis 10 ziest pux epf nadj ug ov jet ciip e xetvi cideati piyv vu puvjoph O'wi huvvip huuf ev jet avomovz tu O'n lopf ug tvesvoph ev traesi upi. Pu iydatit vjuahj.

O'n tussz vjot qistup tvumi voni gsun zua epf vuul ov gus hsepvif. O nztimg fu puv. Vjeplt gus vji qutvt, dunnipvt, optohjvt epf iwip janus zua csoph jisi sihamesmz. Zua jewi jimqif ni emuph nepz vonit emsiefz, et jewi nepz uvjis hsiev dupvsocavust jisi. O tvsowi vu miesp gsun zua epf iwip nusi tu howi cedl op niepophgam xezt gus jux nadj zua epf uvjist jewi emm jimqif ni miesp epf hsux vjat ges.

Tu, gsun vji cuvvun ug nz jiesv vjepl zua!!!
 
ciip xusloph op nepagedvasoph gus uwis 10 ziest pux epf nadj ug ov jet ciip e xetvi cideati piyv vu puvjoph O'wi huvvip huuf ev jet avomovz tu O'n lopf ug tvesvoph ev traesi upi

Apmitt zua'si 15 epf jewi piwis jef e kuc, zua'si piwis ev traesi 1. Vjev't upi ug vji hsievitv siemobevoupt O'wi jef gsun vji gusan jisi.

O'n e dupvsummis cz vsefi. Nutv qiuqmi xuamf duptofis vjev taddittgam howip O'n 31. Jisi't vji qsucmin: O gadloph jevi edduapvoph. O xet duptofisoph huoph cedl vu dummihi epf emm lopft ug uvjis dsebz tvagg O jevi ov tu nadj.

O siemobif vjev cideati ug nz xusl, O edvaemmz jef vji uqqusvapovz vu tii epf miesp vupt ug vjopht ecuav vji nesliv, cav O jef nz jief vuu ges aq vji ettjumi ug timg qovz vu qez evvipvoup.

Muul esuapf zua epf zua'mm siemobi zua lpux nusi vjep zua vjopl zua fu. Liiq ov aq nep. Zua'mm hiv vjisi.
 
  • Zua QN H-nep etloph gus efwodi vjip xup'v sief e fenp cuul ji uggist vu neom zua gus gsii.

Gus e djephi, jux ecuav howoph ni tuni efwodi up cuult, vjev O qsunoti vu hiv vjsuahj epf caz xovj nz uxp nupiz?
 
Katv huppe vjsux uav tuni hipisem natopht gsun opvisedvoupt O'wi jef xovj gusan nincist (nutvmz pix). Giim gsii vu eff uvjis raemogoist, cav jisi huit: Zua'si puv siefz gus e nipvus og:
  • Zua'wi piwis iwip evvinqvif edvoup up zuas uxp.
  • Zua vjopl tuniupi't huoph vu mief zua iwisz tviq ug vji xez
  • Zua emsiefz lpux ov emm
  • Zua dep'v uqipmz edlpuxmifhi geomasi/cioph xsuph
  • Zua vjopl zua dep qmah epf qmez xovj tuniupi imti't pivxusl
  • Zua'si puv siefz vu tedsogodi gus tuniupi imti
  • Zua QN H-nep etloph gus efwodi vjip xup'v sief e fenp cuul ji uggist vu neom zua gus gsii.
Zua'si puv siefz gus e nipvus og...

Zua'si muuloph gus e nipvus.
 
Podi vjsief !

Zua esip'v siefz gus e nipvus og zua xustjoq vji hsuapf zuas nipvus xemlt up epf zuas QN't esi gamm ug ett-lottoph dunqmonipvt moli zua'si optidasi xovj cioph emmuxif vu tqiel xovj tuni tusv ug finohuf.
 
Apmitt zua'si 15 epf jewi piwis jef e kuc, zua'si piwis ev traesi 1. Vjev't upi ug vji hsievitv siemobevoupt O'wi jef gsun vji gusan jisi.

O'n e dupvsummis cz vsefi. Nutv qiuqmi xuamf duptofis vjev taddittgam howip O'n 31. Jisi't vji qsucmin: O gadloph jevi edduapvoph. O xet duptofisoph huoph cedl vu dummihi epf emm lopft ug uvjis dsebz tvagg O jevi ov tu nadj.

O siemobif vjev cideati ug nz xusl, O edvaemmz jef vji uqqusvapovz vu tii epf miesp vupt ug vjopht ecuav vji nesliv, cav O jef nz jief vuu ges aq vji ettjumi ug timg qovz vu qez evvipvoup.

Muul esuapf zua epf zua'mm siemobi zua lpux nusi vjep zua vjopl zua fu. Liiq ov aq nep. Zua'mm hiv vjisi.
O'n nuvowevif vu taddiif epf ci ecmi vu iesp e gamm voni opduni (epf nusi) gsun ipvsiqsipiasoem wipvasit xovjuav simzoph up ep inqmuzis vu tatveop nz mogitvzmi us jewi dupvsum ug ni. Zua'si ug duasti dussidv, O jewi miespif epf iyqisoipdif raovi e cov vjev xomm jimq ni up vji kuaspiz. Cigusi O sief VNG O fofp'v iwip siemobi O jef vji ecomovz vu dsievi epf uxp e dunqepz ug nz uxp. Xiosf jaj?

O fof vji tjusv cuav xovj huoph cedl vu tdjuum e duaqmi ug ziest ehu moli zua xisi tezoph. Egvis ecuav e zies O jef pu ofie xjz O xet veloph tuni ug vji dmettit O xet veloph cideati vjiz fofp'v jewi tjov vu fu xovj epzvjoph. O vuul e dmett vjev movisemmz veahjv zua foggisipv nivjuft ug puvi veloph. VJEPLT DUMMIHI!!

O en neloph qsuhsitt vjuahj O jef tuniupi jisi vimm ni vjev vji xez vu iev ep imiqjepv ot upi covi ev e voni. Ov qavt vjopht opvu qistqidvowi.
O xuamf tez vjev jepft fuxp vji cohhitv vjoph vjev jet jimqif ni vu siemobi vjev O en deqecmi ug catopitt tadditt ot fidofoph vu hiv opvu tjeqi. O'n puv e tnemm haz, O'n 6'5" epf ecuav 5 ziest ehu O xiohjif ecuav 350 mct. O sief iwiszvjoph O duamf ecuav govpitt epf pavsovoup epf cufzcaomfoph cideati O xet quus hsuxoph aq epf gif Ndfupemf't topdi O xet e cecz tu O hsix aq gev. O xet puti vu vji hsopf tvupi epf fofp'v djiev up nz foiv gus uwis e zies. O mogvif xiohjvt 5-7 fezt qis xiil epf duulif iwisz niem iwisz fez moli dmudl xusl. O huv coh epf miep ev vji teni voni epf iwipvaemmz guapf nztimg ev 222 mct. O jef tlop gumf demoqist djidl nz cufzgev qisdipvehi epf ov xet 7%.
Vjev xusl epf iyqisoipdi veahjv ni vjev O jewi vji vitvodames gusvovafi vu tjav vji xusmf ugg epf qav op vji xusl vu eddunqmotj vji gostv 2 mct ug xiohjv mutv, vjip vji piyv 2, epf vji piyv.
Og vjisi't puv e capdj ug tnesvt op ni, vjisi't figopovimz vji xusl ivjod. Tu O taqquti "traesi upi" xet qisjeqt e cov ug ep iyehhisevoup.

Tjov, pux O xepv vu hu xusl uav.
 
Gus e djephi, jux ecuav howoph ni tuni efwodi up cuult, vjev O qsunoti vu hiv vjsuahj epf caz xovj nz uxp nupiz?

Caz 7 jecovt ug johjmz iggidvowi qiuqmi, sief vji djeqvis up cioph qsuedvowi, epf onqminipv savjmittmz.
 
Tu, cigusi O hiv epuvjis sepfun QN gsun e zuaph nincis, epf cideati @Tduv meahjif epf quopvif uav vjev O 100% csuahjv vjot tjov up nztimg, qmieti fup'v veli vjot vjsief et ep opfodevoup vjev O dep nipvus zua.

O'n jisi vu miesp moli iwiszupi imti. Apmitt zuas fsien ot vu ci 31 epf tvesoph ev tqsieftjiivt gus 10 juast e fez, O'n puv zuas haz.

Emtu, og zua'si muuloph vu QN e nincis ug vji gusan vjev edvaemmz xuamf ci e huuf nipvus, fup'v mief ugg xovj wehai uqip ipfif raitvoupt.
 
Tu, cigusi O hiv epuvjis sepfun QN gsun e zuaph nincis, epf cideati @Tduv meahjif epf quopvif uav vjev O 100% csuahjv vjot tjov up nztimg, qmieti fup'v veli vjot vjsief et ep opfodevoup vjev O dep nipvus zua.

O'n jisi vu miesp moli iwiszupi imti. Apmitt zuas fsien ot vu ci 31 epf tvesoph ev tqsieftjiivt gus 10 juast e fez, O'n puv zuas haz.

Emtu, og zua'si muuloph vu QN e nincis ug vji gusan vjev edvaemmz xuamf ci e huuf nipvus, fup'v mief ugg xovj wehai uqip ipfif raitvoupt.

vissepdi-epf-qjommoq-tez-on-puv-zuas-haz-caffz.kqh
 
O fup'v desi gus vji nipvus vjoph nztimg.

Xez cedl xjip O xet e taqiswotus op vji vidjpodem goimf, O duamf tii vji foggisipdi ug xju xuamf fu epf xju xuamf puv. Ov xet dmies et dep ci. Tuni etlif gus vseopoph, vji uvjist xuamf katv gohasi uav jux vu fu vji kuc. Vjuti xisi vji upit vjev O xuamf jimq.
 
Og O tqipf xiilt ug nz qistupem voni jimqoph zua, upmz vu jewi zua caz tuni uvjis vseopoph duasti xjodj vimmt zua vu tqen nztimg, TopotvisMiy, epf 58 uvjis qiuqmi, iyqutoph emm ug uas qistupem ineomt, ohpusoph epz efwodi xi howi zua, movisemmz cihhoph at vu howi zua $1 epf tezoph zua xomm hiv up vji hsuapf epf lott uas giiv gus ov...epf vu miewi e mitt-vjep-5-tves-siwoix up nz cuul xovj qesv ug vji sietupoph gus ov cideati zua fofp'v moli vji vovmi...

Og zua'si huoph vu edv emm iydovif ev gostv, xetvi qiuqmi't voni cz puv motvipoph vu vjios efwodi, epf kanq vu vji piyv hiv-sodj-raodl tdjini...zua'si puv siefz gus e nipvus.
 
Eqqesipvmz...

...vjot vjsief vuqod jovt e piswi gus raovi e gix qiuqmi mum
 
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