Mentors notice who actually tried the advice. That’s who they keep investing in.

Advice is a test nobody tells you about. Anybody who helps people has handed out the same suggestion a hundred times and watched most of it go nowhere, so the person who comes back having actually done the thing becomes immediately more interesting. It is not about talent. It is about whether spending time on you produces anything.

Take one piece of advice you have been given and do it within a week, even badly, then report back with what happened. Be specific about the result, including when it did not work. That loop is why some people get a second hour of somebody’s time and others do not.