Mentors can ask you a pointed question and you feel compelled to answer it.

2025-01-21 · Bits and Bobs 1/21/25

Mentors^[ajf] can ask you a pointed question and you feel compelled to answer it.
- If you ask yourself a pointed question you can just ignore it.
- This means that mentors can help you grow in ways that you couldn't have discovered on your own in a million years.
- Questions that are uncomfortable but help you see your way out of a local maxima.

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