E179 F@ck A Role Model, Get A Real Model

15 Minutes to Freedom

Ryan Niddel

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🗓️ 17 October 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

What’s a role model anyway? Someone we’re told we should pattern our lives after. The truth of the matter is, many times the lives of these “role models” aren’t as well put together as they seem. On the contrary, we should seek to devise real models of living that allow us to excel in our own voice. Listen to find out how I’m doing that in my own life and how you can too.

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0:00.0	The I'm Ryan Nidell, host of 15 minutes to freedom, your daily action guide to Getting Shit Done.
0:25.4	Today's episodes entitled,
0:27.3	Fuck a Role Model, get a real model.
0:31.8	In today's episode, I'm going to share with you why an idealistic role model won't get you to your final destination.
0:40.0	You know, my entire life, I've been told in one capacity another that we need role models
0:47.5	Right you need somebody look up to
0:50.6	You need somebody to almost idolize to emulate in your life.
0:56.4	I mean, have you heard that before?
0:58.9	Have yourself ever been told,
1:00.6	you know, find that good role model?
1:02.1	You need to find a good role model, a good
1:03.4	person to hang out with. Like, I get it, right? Like, this person. But there's this, the
1:11.5	damnest thing happens when you have a role model.
1:15.6	Eventually they fail you and a friend of mine a guy that at this point is a little fresher with me, a guy that I haven't spoken to nearly enough,
1:27.0	shared with me something that has just stuck with me.
1:30.0	And that's that you never want to meet your idols.
1:34.0	Like, man, what does that even mean?
1:36.0	Like, he's telling me this and I'm like, man, you're crazy.
1:38.0	And here's a guy that's incredibly accomplished,
1:40.0	great successes in business,
1:42.0	has some years above me on this earth and has a whole different
1:45.4	perspective.
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