Human beings have an instinctive tendency to imitate others. It is through this imitation that we study language and acquire various of our life skills. You are basically doing the same thing while you are having a Role Model. In this post, we will be discussing why role models are important in life.
This imitative tendency is extended here to much a positive effect in our own life. As we go through different stages of life, Role Models representing different values would give us guidance and inspiration.
So to have Role Models is equally as important as to have an aim in our life. In this article, we will see the importance of having Role Models in life.
Who is a Role Model?
It is someone who does something exceptionally well and is worth imitating. They will influence, inspire and motivate us to do something or to be something.
A good Role Model should have positive values and achievements like commitment to oneself, the ability to transcend barriers and live selfless attitudes. It is essential to choose the best Role Models for you to emulate.
Benefits of having Role Models –
Diversified Perspectives.
A single perspective may render our vision misty. It is important to be able to see through different glasses. The success of someone we follow will help us have an all-new way of looking at our own lives and the challenges it poses. A good Role Model may even completely change our outlook on particular issues, and this would help us grow. After all, growth is also about garnering novel outlooks.
Lessons to Overcome Obstacles.
Life is obvious to put obstacles before us. We cannot tread much easily through the way to success. A person who has achieved success definitely will have such barriers shattered by his spiritual might. And this should serve as a valuable model.
It not only inspires us but also information on how to tackle such issues. For example, Lionel Messi became the best football player even with a slightly deformed right leg, and he serves as a Role Model for many people.
Learning from Their Mistakes.
A person who succeeded in life is also a human, just like us, with all the limitations and shortcomings. He is also obvious to have made mistakes. And he succeeded because he was able to learn valuable things from them. We need not at all make mistakes by ourselves to study values from them. We can also study from our Role Models’ mistakes, which is very important to survive and succeed.
Achieving Your True Potential.
Human beings are born with organic potentials. But where it fails is in unravelling them and moulding them properly. A Role Model may guide us to achieve our true potential. He can act as an invisible mentor, guide or even a trainee to mould ourselves. For example, there are many a filmmaker in India who achieved big following their Role Models in the west.
Getting Inspiration.
Being inspired is always essential. How could we always help being inspired? By believing that we could do something. This belief is derived from seeing someone who had actually shown doing it. A Role Model always is a reservoir of inspiration. Whenever we feel like we are falling, we could ponder their lives, strife, and achievement to get energised.
Imitation of Ideal Qualities and Habits.
Qualities and good habits are mostly acquired by following good models. A Role Model of our respective area may have their own individual qualities and strategies. We can easily and confidently emulate them since they achieved big things because of those qualities.
A Role Model is essential for us. It is not a worship object. But something from where we could derive inspirations, strategies, qualities and habits to learn, experiment and succeed. We have seen so far the importance of Role Models in this article. Why do you like to have a Role Model? Do let us know by commenting below.
