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Carolyn Smagalski
Ignite Your Passion
Founder - Editor - Host
Your sense of reality consists of what you know you know and
what you know you don't know. "You can make your world so
much larger simply by acknowledging everyone else's," wrote
Jeanne Marie Laskas. This expansion of your world will reveal
to you things and ideas that you never had exposure to -
things and ideas that you were unaware were missing from your
knowledge base...what you don't know you don't know.
Anthony Robbins, world-famous personal development speaker and
expert on neuro-linguistic programming, or NLP, explains that
you can advance 10 or 20 years in just a few weeks by adopting
the belief system, the syntax and the physiology of others
whose success patterns you admire. Careful study of those
mentors may reveal that there are patterns in life that you
were totally unaware existed - ideas that never entered your
mind. It is no wonder that success escapes from the grasp of
so many!
Carefully study the lives of your mentors. Those who are
successful may not even recognize their own success patterns.
Review the patterns of their lives through the eyes of several
different authors or observers. It is important to get the
observations of others, because your own beliefs and view of
the world filter-out patterns that are unfamiliar to you, and
you could miss a significant syntax, simply because it is
unfamiliar to you.
Be vigilant in your modeling of this mentor. Be exact to
follow their syntax. Simply switching the order in which
something is done can result in drastically different
outcomes, as in Robbins' example: "The dog bit Johnny...
or...Johnny bit the dog."
Study the words your mentors use and the way they apply those
words in their speech patterns. Observe how they carry
themselves – onstage, in the boardroom, and while at rest.
Imitate the foods they eat, and their schedule of exercise.
Observe their eye contact with others, their body language,
and the way they dress. Model what they do in quietude –
whether it is reading five newspapers each day, studying
success principles, meditating, or practicing yoga. Do they
have a personal home library? Build one in a closet, if
necessary, but build it…and use it. Carry yourself as they
would in the same circumstances. Assess how they make
decisions about business, finance, investments, and travel.
Evaluate their results, and if the results truly match what
you are seeking, model their patterns with precision.
When you carefully model your mentor, you will be astonished
at what you will learn, and the leaps you will suddenly take
toward your goals.
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