Role Model

We all need role models in our lifes. When I was younger, it was my father. Luckily, he still is a role model for me today. My wife is also a role model, as are my children, my staff, and pretty much everyone that I am around. Sometimes, these role models are examples of what not to do. Everyone can be a role model if you just patiently watch and observe.

If you effectively observe people for an extended time, you will eventually develop the ideal version of you. This version of you is extremely important to who you want to become. Without it, you do not have a true vision for your future self. You must develop this image in your mind and then work on developing yourself into this version of you.

Have you mentally developed the ideal version of you? If not, do so right now. Use this mental image to guide your actions. Do this over and over again until you become the ideal version of you.

When you get to this point, do not stop developing the ideal version of you. Just like your software, you must keep updating your ideal version of yourself. Let’s be honest, at 49, the ideal version of me is a lot different than when I was 4, eating Mr. Salty pretzels on a bench with a fireman’s helmet on my head. It is different than the ideal version of myself when I was a teenager dreaming of becoming a rock & roll guitarist. It is different than the version of me in my 20s, my 30s, and most of my 40s. It is different than who I was last year. Keep evolving as a person and keep evolving the ideal version of yourself.

Every day is an Interview.