FOR MALES ONLY BUT GIRLS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!!!
OBJECTIVE: Determine and Emulate Your Three Most Influential Role Models.
We as men need to practice originality and accept who we really are. If you are a geek, be a geek. If you are smart, be smart. If you are an idiot, stop being an idiot. Simple? Well, no not really.
To help us with originality we need to recognize there are three men that will lead us to have a better sense of goodness, purpose, greatness, and happiness in our lives. Understanding who these three men are and by following their exemplary lives you can relate any challenge they had into your own life.
These three mentors make up who I like to call “your man” or essentially who “your man” is. My “man” is different then any other “man.” My “man” would do something different than what “your man” would do in any given situation. Your uniqueness comes from male influences you have had in your life. It’s good because woman like you for who you and what you are going to become. Oh, and most important. Your man is a lot cooler than you think. He is the man no matter what. Remember that.
I suggest you begin by researching and reading up on past or modern day heroes that you admire. Maybe you look up to them because they were a cool hero. Maybe they were a good father or husband. (The person may be alive or decease and cannot be a super hero. This should be someone you look up to that you don’t know personally.) Your hero could have done many great things. He could have been a leader. He could have been a no body. Just make sure you can identify him as someone influential in your life or that has made a positive impact on you.
Now that you have a few in mind reflect on those that you DO know that have made an influence for good in your life. Preferably, someone you have a good close relationship. For example a father, a grandfather, a brother, a friend, co-worker, etc. This person doesn’t need to be alive as long as they have influenced you. Pick someone who you would look at and say, “He is the MAN!” Contemplate on a few of these people. Why is this person the most influential person in your life?
Narrow your list down to only three of your best. I use three because three is a low number and easy to remember. It’s not too big and it’s not too little. My three are: Jesus Christ, my brother Tyler, and my life long friend Jeff.
Do you have your three?
Take a look at your list of three again. Make sure that it is a well rounded representation of who you want to be. Make sure your list covers all aspects of your life that you want to get better at or excel at. If you want to be a good writer, friend, and father then you should pick a good writer, a good friend, and a good father. You should stretch your self. Don’t pick easy people and above all choose great people. Like a wise man once said, “No man can become great unless he stands upon the shoulders of greatness.”
Emulate Your Three Most Influential Role Models
The goal is to be like your three mentors. Its what makes up you, your “man,” and your uniqueness. Put into practice what you’ve learned about your role models. Do what they would do in any given moment. Don’t be someone you are not. However, be who you know you should be and that is a good person. If girls don’t like you for who you are or who your “man” is then ask yourself, “What would my hero do?” or more specific, “What would MacGyver do?”
You will find a source of goodness that will flow from you. Others will notice a change of heart and you will desire to be better. You will do what you know you should do. You will enjoy serving and loving others unconditionally around you. You will make the right choices more often. In conclusion, as the imperfect men we are, we will make wrong choices but with every choice we are given an opportunity to make a right choice. If we make our selves better by emulating our role models we will become great. If not better than the greats before us.
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