when i was young i was a sales rep for a high end window and door company and a customer of mine was a full time trader. i wore that guy checking on his house as often as i could and would always talk trading with him.
he thought i was a nuisance and i was but i could fix computers and the guy always had massive computer problems. this was the way i bagged my first mentor, i learned to get you have to give back somehow.
Yes, if you were humble, dedicated, one who had both work ethic and intelligence, bit lost - yet showing potential & -
helpful, then, there's no better definition for a word - student.
In exchange mentor received a relationship and some sort of achievement, as addition to the meaning of life.
(not that i pretend to be a mentor, or something, just slightly over 3 yrs into this, still)
But in my case, it wasn't like.
Guy shows up, after 4 years, talking about, how he could protect himself from inflation & then asking directly where to invest.
(was very polite & ,,careful'' with his words tho. Or maybe - manipulative ? Who knows...
)
Gave recommendations on books, demos, few blogs & videos.
(CFD's, leverage, shorting, naked puts, dark pools and goods of the universe (Big Smile), that will be up to him, to find out.)
If il stay alive, 40 months from now on, or if any breakthroughs happens in his journey, i will drop the update here.