The law of modeling (DW#395)
The Law of Modeling says that "It’s hard to Improve When You Have No One but Yourself to Follow."
Whatever we are trying to achieve in life, someone else has already done it and is successful at it. Maxwell’s law of modeling is about finding mentors and role models that you can follow and work with to achieve what you want to.
Although Maxwell talks about finding a mentor or a coach to work with you on your journey, I believe that we can use the law of modeling much more broadly.
For example, if you want to improve your communication, look around you. Do you know an excellent communicator? Notice how they speak and how well they listen. What makes them effective?
Do you want to become healthier? Who do you know has transformed their fitness and health levels for the better? What did they do and how did they do it?
Even if we are successful in one domain of our lives, we can learn and model in other areas of our lives. For me the law of modeling means that we notice effective human beings around us and learn from them by asking questions and practicing behaviours and attitudes that make them successful.
Just a word of caution though: this is not about becoming someone else or imitating them. It is about adapting what works in our own lives and in our own way.
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