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2. Wise mentors
“We’re diamonds in the rough and you need people to knock the rough edges off, to expose the facets of God’s beautiful diamond He created in you. Without mentors in your life, you won’t become all that God created you to be.

“Andy Grove, a famous leader in Silicon Valley, was my mentor for 35 years. Mentoring with him was like going to the dentist and not getting Novocaine – if you were 95% right, you were wrong. He was tough, he was hard, and he made me better.”

作者多次强调导师的重要性，
导师的作用不止局限于知识技能的传递和培育，
更重要的是为人处世， 道德理念等方面。
这方面也明显是国内的一个短板和欠缺之处。
国内很多创业人物看重野心抱负， 自我膨胀， 在取得一定的商业成功之后忙着自己写书，指点江山。
然而不久就又爆出各种问题，甚至丑闻。
很多都遇到过方向性错误。
例如马云， 刘强东。 在一些关键问题的处理上因为个人认识的不足容易误入歧途。
而作者依靠谦虚的态度以及业内资深人士的指导则可以避免这类失误，
使得决策更加长远稳健。
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