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Re:Career advice for people with bad luck by specialist on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:14PM (#22969661)
- Mentorship, and how to find it

Reflecting on my career of failure, unfulfilled potential, compared to the biographies of "successful" people, what they all seem to have which I lacked was a mentor.

That person who said "You can do this. I believe in you. Let's talk it thru."

To counterbalance all the people who actively or passively tear you down.

Re:Career advice for people with bad luck by Viliam1234 on Saturday April 25, 2020 @06:16PM (#22982057)
Finding the right people is a very important part of luck. At different stages of my life, I often had a person who made more difference than all other people combined.

(And, as far as I know, I was this person for someone else once. So, globally, I am still in debt. Should do something about it.)