"Secrets of successful achievers" 5 of 14
Secret #5: Model those who have what you want
Successful achievers never waste valuable time re-inventing the wheel. While some of them appear to be master innovators, they are in fact masters at studying previous successes and applying a new angle or new twist to an old idea.
I always have the same advice for anyone whose about to embark on a goal that may be radically new to them. And its wisdom that’s at least as old as the Ancient Greeks. It’s the shortest route to success: find someone who’s doing what you want to do (or has the results you want to achieve). Study and determine what they did to achieve their result. Then simply engage in the same activities that brought them success and you’ll be on a collision course with your goal.
I jokingly (but truthfully) tell people that I don’t do anything original.
Everything I do is something I copied from somebody else. But I also tell them the biggest secret --- I always copy from the very best.
It’s easy to trace this principle in areas like music. 1950’s idol Buddy Holly copied some of the style and music of legendary bluesman Muddy Waters, who had copied from the icon Robert Johnson. Later, the Rolling Stones copied some of the style and music of Holly (and Waters and Johnson). AC/DC copied some of the style and music of the Stones, and the list goes on and on, always moving forward with a slightly different twist to an old idea.
I’m not sure why beginners will many times want to re-invent the wheel. I don’t know whether it’s a fragile ego screaming for satisfaction, or whether it’s remembering our days in school when copying from someone else was frowned upon (and has been cause for dismissal of many a promising student). But I do know this, if you want to spend more time, more money and endure more frustration than you would otherwise, then strike out on an unproven path to your goal.
On the other hand, if you’re looking to significantly improve your odds of success and get to your goal on the straightest, shortest path, find someone you can model.
Now It’s Time To Take Action:
Take the biggest goal you have that you’ve been struggling with and find someone (Internet research has made this so easy) whose achieved it or something similar. Begin a study of them and their methods. If possible, figure out a way to meet them and get around them. Look for the things they did that you can copy.
How can you apply your skill or your particular perspective to what they did?
How can you make it “new, improved or different�
Some recommended reading;
Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich
James Allen - As a Man Thinketh
Anthony Robbins - Unlimited Power
Paul Zane Pilzer - The Next Millionaires
Richard Bach - Bridge Across Forever
Any biography of a successful achiever (Richard Branson, etc.....)
Please feel free to add any titles you deem to be relevant!!!
Successful achievers never waste valuable time re-inventing the wheel. While some of them appear to be master innovators, they are in fact masters at studying previous successes and applying a new angle or new twist to an old idea.
I always have the same advice for anyone whose about to embark on a goal that may be radically new to them. And its wisdom that’s at least as old as the Ancient Greeks. It’s the shortest route to success: find someone who’s doing what you want to do (or has the results you want to achieve). Study and determine what they did to achieve their result. Then simply engage in the same activities that brought them success and you’ll be on a collision course with your goal.
I jokingly (but truthfully) tell people that I don’t do anything original.
Everything I do is something I copied from somebody else. But I also tell them the biggest secret --- I always copy from the very best.
It’s easy to trace this principle in areas like music. 1950’s idol Buddy Holly copied some of the style and music of legendary bluesman Muddy Waters, who had copied from the icon Robert Johnson. Later, the Rolling Stones copied some of the style and music of Holly (and Waters and Johnson). AC/DC copied some of the style and music of the Stones, and the list goes on and on, always moving forward with a slightly different twist to an old idea.
I’m not sure why beginners will many times want to re-invent the wheel. I don’t know whether it’s a fragile ego screaming for satisfaction, or whether it’s remembering our days in school when copying from someone else was frowned upon (and has been cause for dismissal of many a promising student). But I do know this, if you want to spend more time, more money and endure more frustration than you would otherwise, then strike out on an unproven path to your goal.
On the other hand, if you’re looking to significantly improve your odds of success and get to your goal on the straightest, shortest path, find someone you can model.
Now It’s Time To Take Action:
Take the biggest goal you have that you’ve been struggling with and find someone (Internet research has made this so easy) whose achieved it or something similar. Begin a study of them and their methods. If possible, figure out a way to meet them and get around them. Look for the things they did that you can copy.
How can you apply your skill or your particular perspective to what they did?
How can you make it “new, improved or different�
Some recommended reading;
Napoleon Hill - Think and Grow Rich
James Allen - As a Man Thinketh
Anthony Robbins - Unlimited Power
Paul Zane Pilzer - The Next Millionaires
Richard Bach - Bridge Across Forever
Any biography of a successful achiever (Richard Branson, etc.....)
Please feel free to add any titles you deem to be relevant!!!
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