Cause I can easily come along and then "mentor you" for $10 at the end of a 200 hour shift teaching you what?, lol. Still like the sound of a mentor?

That wouldn't be fair on you, and people shouldn't have the opportunity to take advantage but they will. Thats the best thing I can think of, and plus there is no need to keep things private, just share tips and strategies in public for people to benefit and use. Mentoring is done publicly on the forum every minute, always with a new and helpful post.
I was once almost scammed by someone with $500 who was going to mentor me in adsense, but after I was fast enough to figure out they new nothing that wasn't obvious on black hat world. "Put the word car in your posts if you want to rank for cars" kind of thing. You get caught in the headlights of greed when you want someone to spell out work practices for you. But people with proven track records don't care much to give their secrets away. Everything is earned through sweat & time equity that YOU invest.