How to Overcome Your Mentor's Shadow

Many apprentices become lost in the shadow of their illustrious mentors and never amount to anything. Glenn Gould would listen to all of his mentor Alberto Guerrero's ideas about music and try them out. In this way, he could learn but incubate a creative spirit that would help set him apart from Everyone else once he left Guerrero. The reality of the apprenticeship phase is no one is really going to help you or give you direction. Keep expanding your horizons.