You Fired Your Mentors and Hired a Validator
Three people said the same thing and you dismissed them, one person validated you and you called them your mentor
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You ask five people for feedback.
Three of them say your pricing is wrong. You explain why they don’t understand your market. The fourth says it seems high but might work. You note their concern. The fifth says it looks good. You call that person your mentor.
This isn’t mentorship. It’s shopping for permission.
Ray Dalio built Bridgewater—the largest hedge fund in the world—on something called “radical truth.” Junior employees are expected to tell Dalio when they think he’s wrong. In meetings, people challenge his ideas openly. He designed a culture where the correction you get is more valuable than the title you hold.
Most people hear that and think it sounds awful. Because it is awful. If what you want is to be comfortable.
