365 Exciting Ways to Live : Excitement # 41 : Model Your Role Model.

Model Your Role Model.

My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

– Clarence Buddington Kelland

Do you have a role model? You should have someone to benchmark your performance. Every field has its legends. Beethoven, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Walt Disney and Martin Luther King are some legends, who walked this earth. There are living examples like Bill Gates, Viswanathan Anand and Sachin Tendulkar, who are icons in their chosen fields.

You can improve your performance by modelling the mindset of your role model. The more you think about your role model, the more you will unconsciously imbibe his qualities. At the same time, you don’t have to lose your originality. Try the following:

·         Decide your role model and read more and more about him/her.

·         Read their autobiography.

·         Meet them – it may be difficult, but do it.

·         Have their picture in front of your work table and in your bed room. You should look at their picture first in the morning and before going to bed. You should be looking at them as you work through the day.

Notice what happens to your internal personality! Do it from today!

(From my book '365 Exciting Ways to Live')

N C Sridharan

www.thetimefoundation.com

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Admiration is good, modeling better and implementing best!

I don’t think limits
Usain Bolt

The whole word is an education institution and the teachers are those who teach us how to live. Legends are master teachers, who not only teach but also set an example for us to follow.
The other day I was viewing a documentary on Usain Bolt. After I saw this documentary, my admiration for him multiplied. But we have to go beyond admiration and model those whom we admire. We have to imbibe the qualities in them which we admire. The final stage is implementing those qualities we admire in them.
In Usain Bolt, I admired his hard work and discipline, his perseverance to bounce back after an injury and his attitude of pushing the envelope. I admire that his ‘no limit’ belief!

Enthusiasm drives us into action. Role models give us the enthusiasm. Role models and legends also would have had their own role models. They followed the same path of admiration, modeling and implementation.
If we don’t do this, our admiration will disappear like a soap bubble. Soap bubbles are nice to look at, but will burst!
So, whom do you admire in your field and how are going to model them and implement their model in your life?

N C Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com
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