recently, I was talking to an independant consultant who is having a crisis. She is sorta young, but moving in her career rather well. She feels the need to have a mentor, but since she's an independant consultant it's really not easy for her to latch onto anyone. I have always worked in places where there were good people to emulate and learn from. Lucky me =) But because of this I had very little to offer her in the way of advice. So I ask those of you who may have had a similar problem: how did you find your way? Who were your mentors, and where did you find them? 
"A man's maturity -- consists in having found again the
seriousness one had as a child, at play."   --Nietzsche

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In reply to Who mentored you and how? by jptxs

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