Good mentors make you succeed faster, By Yemi Adetayo

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Good mentors make you succeed faster, By Yemi Adetayo

Your mentors allow you to repeat their success faster. You learn what they did right and then continue doing this. You should also learn from what they did wrong; the mistakes they made, among others. Usually, what took them ten years to achieve could take you, say, two years. You will be the same person […]

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