Unfortunately it does NOT work through
passive distant osmosis but through close immediate active interaction.
Role models need to be here and now
doing what you want to be doing now (or in the very near future) so you can leverage their success as they are succeeding in it right before your very eyes.
Times change fast.. so the person who is no longer active... or is someone who last did a skill six years ago is not the best role for you to model now.
You must be current.
Who is the next person you know that is
- about to look for their next contract
- increasing their rate
- shifting into ground-floor leading edge you would die for
If this is a Candidate Role Model
- Strike up a friendship with this person
- Find out what they are doing that you are NOT
Do they get more interviewsRole modelling
Do their resumes land and stick where yours slides in the bin
Do they hold interviewers attention while yours have to stifle a yawn
Do their contracts get extended while yours don't
Do they get longer contracts while yours are always short
is an active task that glues you to success that is performed in the here and now.... so hurry.. get started this minute with the next person around you now... it may not be too late.
