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One of the fastest ways to speed up your development and growth is to get better reference points. What you want to do is find the people who have done what you want to do and that massively raises the standards of the beliefs you previously put on yourself. You want to see what excellence looks like so you can model excellence.
There are 3 criteria I tend to use when looking for a new reference or model to extract wisdom from.
#1 They need to inspire me. If they don’t inspire me then I’ve found that I don’t tend to want to learn more from them so it’s crucial that the models I’m learning from inspire the hell out of me. They need to energize me about what and who I can become. So that’s #1.
#2 is I need to be able to relate to them. Some people might push back on this but I’m just sharing what works for me. If I can’t relate to someone or see a bit of me in them it’s hard for me to keep with them as a model. So make it easier on yourself, find someone you can relate to. Someone you see a bit of yourself in and someone who is solving the problems you want to solve.
#3. They make me a bit uncomfortable. Yes you heard me right, they make me a bit uncomfortable…. I'm a bit nervous. Now the reason for this is because they’ve raised my standards so much that I know if I want to do what they’ve done then I’m going to have to work incredibly hard and everytime you’re about to take on a massive challenge you get some butterflies in your gut. Well those butterflies are exactly what I’m looking for. I want people who are going to take me to the razor's edge of my limits and be the reason I break past them! If someone you’re modeling doesn’t make you a bit uncomfortable then they aren't stretching you enough!
So there you have it. If you want to speed up your development and personal growth you need to find new reference points of models of people who have done what you want to and that massively raise your standards of what you thought possible.
THe 3 criteria to use to select someone is
#1 they inspire you
#2 you can relate to them
#3 they make you uncomfortable
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