Mastery: I Know Who Your Role Model Is

Issue No. 61 | February 26th, 2024 | Read Time: 1 Minute

I believe everyone has some type of role model.

And if you ask someone, you'll probably hear some pretty typical answers like, "My dad," "Donald Trump," "Serena Williams," or "Tony Robbins."

And I'm not saying those are bad answers. But what I am saying is that they're looking at their role model from the wrong perspective.

Ultimately, a role model is someone you aspire to become mentally, academically, physically, financially, or even all the above.

But I believe that makes us get so fessed up in being like that person that we forget to look at who we ultimately become.

What I'm saying is, stop saying "I want to be exactly like so-and-so," and start saying, "I want my peak self to have so-and-so's qualities."

And instead of having David Goggins as your role model, start looking at your 10-year future self as your role model.

Matthew McConaughey talks about this in his book Greenlights where he says his biggest hero is himself in 10 years.

Because isn't that who you ultimately want to become? You shouldn't want to be the next Jocko Willink, you should want to be the first you.

That's who your ultimate role model is.

So every time you're about to do or say something, stop and think,

"Would my 10.0 self do this?"

And if they would, do it. 

And if they wouldn't, you know what to do. 

Eventually, as you make more and more decisions aligned with your ultimate self, you'll mold into the very person you want to be.

AKA: Your Role Model.

So start giving yourself more credit and don't think that it's against the rule to look up to yourself.

Until next time,
Isaiah Taylor

Dive Deeper

What I'm Currently Reading - Right now I'm in the middle of reading Edmund Morris' third installment of Theodore Roosevelt's biography, Colonel Roosevelt.

Quote Of The Week

• "Anyone who dreams of an uncommon life eventually discovers there is no choice but to see an uncommon approach to living it." — Gary Keller