The Critical Value of Role Models

I was talking with my friend just several minutes ago, as today was his birthday, and the topic of subconscious programming, the way it impacts our experiences, what we from experiences, how they greatly impact our lives, and the idea of having your experiences shape who you are versus going through difficult experiences yet creating yourself based off who you want to be. Towards the end of our discussion, I had this simple, yet profound realization that I always do before pursuing any goal. When you want to work on achieving a goal, or changing a negative belief or assumption, challenge it by finding a role model who has already overcome the same or similar challenges that you are currently going through. This way you will expedite the learning curve, learn from mistakes they made, and replace that negative assumption and belief with something positive. And with the advent of the Internet, finding those who have grown past their limitations should not be near impossible. 

It should be noted that it is imperative to put in concentrated effort to work on and overcome what you are trying to change. Sporadic effort will not have the appropriate impact and catalyst to achieve the change you seek.

Remember your own signature quote sent out in each gmail:

“If you will do what most people are not willing to do for the next few years, then
you'll be able to do what most people won't be able to do for the rest of their lives.

Extremely concentrated effort in a short period of time builds enough rocket fuel to
help you escape the gravity of mediocrity that entraps everybody else."

- Brian Kim MIT



BTW, it’s Sunday 1:54 AM already, I’ve not slept since 2:20 AM Saturday morning (only 4 hours of sleep Friday night), my phone is out of batteries, and surprisingly, as I type this I feel…alright. That being said, I am going to sleep in until I naturally wake up- just how it is tonight.