Mentors by Adoption, Not Permission

“So, select a mentor much as Bob Dylan did, by conscious choice and without necessarily asking their permission. The most important thing a mentor can do is to galvanise and infuse us with their spirit, so that our self-belief is enhanced and focused on what similar or greater ends we can attain. A mentor can do all this without knowing us at all.”

“‘In world news, Picasso at seventy-nine years old had just married his thirty-five-year-old model. Wow … Life hadn’t flowed past him yet. Picasso had fractured the art world and cracked it wide open. He was revolutionary. I wanted to be like that.’”