Where To Find A Role Model
Posted: February 07, 2024
One of my favorite sayings that is a fit for this topic is, “Fish Discover Water Last.” Now before you think I have lost my mind, allow me to explain. If you were to ask a fish “What is water?”, if they could talk they may not be able to articulate the answer to you any better than someone asking a child, “What is air?” The reason is because it is all around.
How do you recognize something that is a part of everything you do and everywhere you go? You have to shut down your awareness so you can focus on the place you are, or the tasks at hand. Like water for a fish or air for humans, role models to learn from are everywhere. The challenge is that since they’re so much a part of what our world is, we have to NOT disregard them just because they are everywhere, and we have to guard our perception from tainted and our focus stolen by the very small percentage of negativity.
So today, try doing two things.
- Instead of walking through your world the way we all tend to, try looking everywhere you go for an example worth copying. Appreciate the person who lets you go before them in line, the person who smiles, the team member at work who does the extra “just because”, the family member or friend who says something kind, etc.
- When you see a behavior that you like - copy it. Be open to continually adding to what comes from you by borrowing great examples of what you see. By adopting this, the world becomes a living laboratory of improvement for you.
A Role Model is someone who does extra... Just Because.