Having a Role Model

Often we hear people’s role model being a parent or parental-figure, a sports star, public speaker, a model, an actor’s/actresses, a prominent figure, a politician, a freedom fighter or someone successful or someone that would have made a big impact in the lives of people.

Having a role model is important in life as, what we learn from them, about them aren’t the things we learn in school or at work.
Some of us are able to speak directly to our role model, and others can read biographies of them to see who they really were and how they became who they are.

We don’t have a whole lifetime to make all the mistakes till we become successful. Learning all about that one person you look up too and knowing all you need to know, learning their mistakes, and at which junction they took which step and path, will enable us to make right decisions to fulfill our dreams.

I read this book sometime ago, by Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich and there was this one part there that I felt was very intriguing where he mentions how he had learnt all he needed on the few people he looked up too, like Henry Ford, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Graham Bell, etc. And how whenever he had a problem or a challenge, he closed his eyes and visualize them in a meeting, discussing his challenges and advising him based on their characteristics and approach in life which helped him solve a lot of his problems.

So think of someone you admire, in the way that you wished you were in that person’s shoes someday. Learn all about the person. His/her characteristics, nature, attitude, they way he/she looks at life and then connect and see what he/she saw through your eyes. Visualize them advising you as they would based on who they are. You’d probably be almost like that person, not in terms of style, but in the approach in life.

Remember, all these people who you look up too, idolize, and wish you were, were just people like you and me.

So what is stopping us?

Never underestimate yourself. You can be who you want to be but without taking that step, nothing will change.

By Kapila Khindriya