Who’s My Mentor? You Are.

By John Lewis — Inspired by the Market, Written for the Mindset-Driven.

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I spent the day listening.

Watching.

Thinking.

Not just about trends or tech or what’s going viral…

But about you—what you love, what you choose, what makes you stop scrolling and start caring.

And it hit me:

We’ve got mentorship all wrong.

We chase the famous. The followed. The Fortune 500.

But the truth?

You are my mentor.

Because the market is you.

And the market—when you learn to listen to it—is never wrong.

The greatest source of insight isn’t in a business book or behind a paywall.

It’s in people.

It’s in culture, in conversations, in quiet observations.

It’s in us.

When I study what you’re into… I learn.

When I notice what moves you… I grow.

And when I truly listen, not to respond, but to understand, we connect.

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So, here’s the encouragement:

Want to build something real?

Want to lead, launch, and grow?

Start by paying attention.

Not to authority figures.

To each other.

Because the best mentors aren’t always the ones on the stage.

Sometimes, they’re the ones in your comments, in your feed, in your everyday life.

The world will teach you if you let it.

And the people around you—yes, even right here—hold more wisdom than we often realise.