A brief motivational monologue urging listeners to speed up personal growth by modeling high performers instead of reinventing the wheel. The speaker reports interviewing several high-achievers, highlights their shared mindset (“If that person can do it, I can do it.”), and issues a call-to-action to identify role models and extract their practices for 2026.
What's one thing that all outlying performers do think about? There's two types of people that perform. They perform under their potential. They set a goal here, but their behavior is here. And you got people that are the outliers that absolutely crush their potential. One thing, because I just interviewed seven people that just had unbelievable years last year. They all said the same thing. If they can do it, I can do it. If they can do it, I can do it. If that person can do it, I can do it. If that person can do it, I can do it. What does that tell you? That they're finding models of excellence. And rather than painstakingly go through all this hardship, they find someone else that has done it. They map what it is that they do. They extract the insights, they put it into work, and then guess what? It works. So my question for you, as you think about the new year, you think about the new you. You think about what's possible for you in 2026. Who are you modeling? Who are you watching? Who are you extracting from so you can build a better version of yourself faster than anybody else? That's my thought for you on this Monday. Life is too short to reinvent the wheel, find excellence, model it, do the work, and watch what happens. Let me know.
