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Absorb the Masters power. You can use more than one mentor. Books can
serve as temporary mentors.
- Absorb the ideas of the master but also make them your own (pp.116).
“If he listened too closely to teachers and other performers and picked up their ideas or
styles, he would lose his sense of identity in the process” (pp.118).
“In this way he could learn and yet incubate a creative spirit that would help set him
apart from everyone else once he left Guererro.
To learn from our mentors, we must openly and completely receptive to their ideas.
But, if we take this too far we become marked by their influence that we have no
internal space to incubate and develop our own voice (pp. 118-119).
Slowly make distance between mentors. Altering their styles to fit our own (pp.119).
Poor is the apprentice who does not surpass the master” - Leonardo Da Vinci (pp.119).
Through books, experiments and practical experience at various jobs. Give yourself a
rigorious education. Have a relentless desire to learn through whatever crosses your
path.
You must develop extreme self-reliance. Become your own teacher and mentor. Push
yourself to learn from every possible source. Read more books than those who have a
formal education. Develop this life-long habit. As much as possible try to apply your
knowledge in some form of experiment or practice.
You can find your second-degree mentors in the form of public figures who can serve as
role models. Read and reflect on their experiences and gain some guidance. Try to make
their ideas come to life. Internalizing their voice. Maintian pristine vision, completely
distilled throuh your own experiences. (pp. 123).