Can a warrior really slay all of his enemies? Think about that for a second. ALL OF YOUR ENEMIES. Every single one. Dead. Mort. Seriously. Even if we are talking about hypothetically slaying your enemies in business is that even possible?
Everyone who has honorably served in the military has one thing in common- they didn’t quit. In fact, if you served honorably in the military, the fact that you didn’t quit says something about you. Think how easy it was to quit when you first joined the military. In fact, depending on the type of training you went through, the military actually tried to entice you to quit. But you stuck with it and you’re better for having stuck through the training.
Without a good mentor people find themselves running in place. You are making decisions and going down roads blind. No amount of hard work will compensate for going the wrong direction. In most cases you wont even know it was the wrong direction until you reach the end. You need that person to hold up the U-turn sign.