When you’re really good at what you do, watch out for the “mentors” who pretend to help but really want to keep you in their shadow. Your potential threatens their zero-sum driven ego.
Distance yourself fast from these people.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” — J.R.R. Tolkien