Modeling someone who has already done what I want to do that is. Not to being a model.
I think modeling is a fairly recent term. We use to, and often still do, call it finding a roll model.
Now if you want to be as good as someone in what they do you start by doing what they do. They have already reached a level of success or you wouldn't know about them. So you study them. You observe them in action if you can, talk to them and ask them questions.
If you can't do this then you might read about them. Read a biography of the person who you admire. The problem with this is that a biography will include things that you may not want to know about. It will contain information beyond what you need to know.
In bookstores you will find a few books dedicated to modeling. Books like 'How to think like Einstein' or 'How to think like Leonardo Da Vinci.'
You can also find How To books written by people who have already done it. This is more or less the same thing, it is just lacking in the personal touch.
A role model does two things for you: A role model shows you that your goal can be reached and a role model shows you how to do it.
So after you determine the purpose that you want to work on find someone who has already done itand pattern your actions after theirs.
Since the example this week is the attainment of fitness I've picked a book to work from and the rest of this post will be a shameless plug.
Look at this fellow here.
This guy is a year or two older than me and he looks great! (Unlike me.)
The thing is he has never lifted weights!
Now I've lifted a lot of weights, lifted just last night. I've done it off and on in five different decades. I've just never put everything together over the long term to end up like, and to stay like, this guy. The program in this book is the one that the king and I will be following, it is all worked out for us, we have found our model.
You can find this book at Amazon.
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