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Will You Please Be My Mentor?

Posted by Timothy Sykes on Thu 8th of Jan, 2009 03:25:38 PM

Since I get emails like this all the time:

be my mentor.
take me under your wing.
I’m young.
I’m not greedy.
I’m not power hungry.
And money will never rule my life.
I’d be good because of those reasons.
but I’ve recently found out stock sparks my interest to i want to do it.
I don’t want to buy your stupid videos.
I’m a hands on kind of guy.
i live in WA.
17, and was supposed to graduate last year but didn’t know what i wanted to do with my life so now im stuck making up two credits and will be done in June.
I wanna learn.
I want to do something i know i might be good at.

…I thought I’d respond once and for all (or until this blog post disappears off my homepage and lazy people refuse to use the “next” button)

1. I’ve got hundreds, literally hundreds of people that want me to “mentor” them…I’ve got little to no time as I’ve got a growing blogging/DVD/subscription business to manage

2. I am willing to teach anyone and everyone, through one-on-one coaching sessions, seminars and instructional DVDs, but until you buy/attend one of those, you haven’t proven that you really want to learn…more like you’re looking for handouts. And that’s not cool. Because if you can’t afford a few hundred or a few thousand dollars in tuition fees–which not only serve to help you with the the basics, but provide a groundwork from which we can build–you don’t have the $ or dedication to really learn this game. Next!

3. I have neither the time nor the inclination to waste time on people who just want stock picks rather than learn what goes into each pick, I’d rather you just picked up my DVDs–which detail EVERYTHING–and said thank you and went on your way (I knwo I’m repeating myself, but I just had to use that line, does anyone know what it’s from?)

3. I am willing to barter, I have several interns who do various tasks–like free business cards or translating my blog posts into Chinese for our upcoming Chinese site–in exchange for lessons.

4. It’s good to start early and it’s good to not let $ rule your life…that is the correct way to think so good job on that.

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  • Kevin
    Tim how can u say, don't let $ run your life? What else is there, really? Nothing!! MONEY & POWER over everything!!
  • "tim wouldn’t mentor u becuz his strategy is pointless. u can never make millions trading"

    uhhh actually i did make millions with this strategy, too funny u friggin neanderthal!
  • ha site is a scam? are all my trades fake? is my track record fake? i'll delete dumb comments wheneve ri feel like it, it actually prvoes i'm real, i aint afraid of offending nobody
  • Comments on here are moderated to some extent - I delete any comment that is irrelevant to the topic and/or defamatory. These commentators are usually on a permanent ban from this site.
    Sometimes, legitimate comments ends up in our spam folder and gets automatically deleted... I apologize for those.
  • younggunz
    I am not fake and my message disappeared after i sent it this morning...may be a glitch.. I was just rambling about the TD Am buyout of ToS...I don't think it was censorship.
  • I heart lawyering
    I posted a comment here and it was deleted. This concerns me. I was going to buy some dvds and such, but now I'm paranoid that the site is a scam (e.g., the pro-tim posts are fake, and the "tim's a homo" posts are made to look like anyone can post negative experiences, but those too are fake and only irrelevant insults (i.e. Tim's sexual orientation not his trading skills) are allowed). Censorship disturbs me.
  • homsian
    "I prefer you said thank you and went on your way" is from a Few Good Men.
  • LOl haxed
    I’m young.
    **** so, that dosent mean you cant achieve, you have to strive to succeed
    I’m not greedy.
    **** greed, for lack of a better word is good..... get with the picture
    I’m not power hungry.
    **** you will never go anywhere, you lack drive
    I’d be good because of those reasons.
    **** no
    but I’ve recently found out stock sparks my interest to i want to do it.
    **** no they dont, its the prospect of easy money, shut up and go back to your trailer park
    I don’t want to buy your stupid videos.
    **** way to insult someone your asking for mentoring from
    I’m a hands on kind of guy.
    **** no you arent, you are an average construction worker, they dont call that a
    "hands on person" they call that a dumbass
    Thats the exact opposite of what anyone on wall street would choose, stick to your dayjob of failing school.
  • scsun
    At least I got my monkey from TOS! Ha. Maybe we'll get more shorts now -sure hope so.
  • GaryBurleson
    yEAH TIM, WAITING TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON TOS GETTING BOUGHT OUT.
  • jusblaze99
    LOL @ YOUNGGUNZ......
  • Bryan
    RIP - TOS. what does everyone think of the buyout?
  • younggunz
    yeah cuz kul folkz like uz don't need to uze the letter S
  • Kizzazz
    hey Timothy Clemans & Zak both of you need to lick tims azz 4 kizzing up too much!


    haha
  • Zak
    And besides, Tim is my mentor - so there... you can't have him!
  • Timothy Clemans
    @OptionsTrader

    Stop trying to trick Tim into mentoring you :-)
  • OptionsTrader
    I'll be your mentor Tim
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