Go Modelling To Become a Better You?

How does a very successful lady in a niche educational field sustain her motivational level? How to overcome caring and well-meaning, but totally ignorant, people who tell her, "You are wasting your time." And to say that to a person who has published three "bestseller" books, related to her field of expertise.

How is she going to take it when a very wealthy and close family member, who thinks she is not doing well financially (no big house, no big car, no big plasma TV, no big coiffeuired hairdo ... okay, that last one is just to check whether you are still wide awake ... hehehe!) asks, "Do you want a job?"

How does she keep on going, to achieve her dream (of doing something in her educational work) that will last a 100 years? That will outlive her? That will leave a legacy, not only for her family, but for humankind on planet Earth?

How does she motivate herself to still continue with her dream, after 20 years of sweat and tears? After introducing her work to three countries (Malaysia, Singapore and China), but in which only one country appears to be keen to adopt her work on a wide-scale basis?

Imagine that you were her. How do you think that YOU would proceed? How would YOU motivate yourself in pursuit of YOUR dream?

One of her secrets (other than HARD WORK), is that she uses modelling. No, she does not model herself on America's Next Top Model. She uses the founder of the Montessori educational system as her model. To know that the Montessori educational system is a success for more than fifty years, and still expanding all over the world. She also wants her method/technique of using magic to teach mathematics to children, to follow Montessori's model of being a recognised teaching methodology, all over the world. How's that?

She also models her struggles and aspirations on people like Napoleon Hill, author of the book Think and Grow Rich. Napoleon Hill took 25 years to complete Think and Grow Rich, and the book is as relevant today as when it was first published way back in 1937. She has dedicated 20 years of her life to her present work, so if she models herself on Napoleon Hill, she still has to dedicate herself for another 5 years.

From the above examples, don't you think that modelling is a powerful inspirational tool? A tool that will motivate you to keep on going. To achieve your dream, just as the special awesome lady above, does?

At another seminar, I saw a lady from South America who was modelling Singapore's ex-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's speech. The speech had to do with the politics of development.

She had watched the video presentation, and had tried to memorise the speech. The more important part was that she was doing her level best to really "act out" the speech; as though she was really Lee Kuan Yew.

All the members of the audience were spell-bound, because she was fully and emotionally appreciating (while acting out the words and the feelings) the sacrifices that Lee Kuan Yew felt he had made for Singapore. It was powerful for her. She could relate it to her own country. It was powerful for the audience.

Another participant modeled Martin Luther King's last speech. He was also truly into the speech, The audience were similarly powerfully emotionally touched.

Modelling, whether you take a person's journey through life as your model (you consider him your hero), or you model a person's speech (his words and his emotions when he gave the speech) is a very powerful learning tool. And also, to motivate you.

The moral of the story? Modelling is one of the proven ways to develop yourself. So, go find yourself a hero(ine) to be your model.

Study the lives of successful people through their autobiographies or biographies. Or simply study the videos of their speeches, and put yourself emotionally in their emotional states. And act out their physical movements and facial or verbal expressions. You will go a long way towards becoming a better you.

I wish you Success in your undertakings, and Good Health and Wealth to you and your family. Take care!