You need to pick your mentor. You can’t pick your nickname.  You can’t pick your nickname!  Nicknames are things that are given to you by your peers and family. You can’t wake up one morning and start calling yourself by a much catchier and cooler name. If we could nickname ourselves, the we’d all walk around with awesome names like “Goose” or “Maverick” or “chick magnet”.  More often than not, nicknames are derogatory and don’t always showcase our finer features and attributes.  They can often be ironic.  “Slim” for a fat person. “Tiny” for a super tall guy.   Nicknames get attached to you and sometimes you have to age out of them in order to get rid yourself of […]