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James Allen says pick 3 to 5 heroes and study them deeply. Kobe Bryant learned moves from his heroes but adapted them to his own body. Trace back the people your heroes admired, then branch out and develop your own style.

James Allen says pick 3 to 5 heroes and study them deeply. Kobe Bryant learned moves from his heroes but adapted them to his own body. Trace back the people your heroes admired, then branch out and develop your own style.
Make a list of 3 to 5 heroes, the people that you look up to, that you say, I want to be like that person. The basketball star Kobe Bryant, RIP, has admitted that all of his moves on the court were stolen from watching tapes of his heroes, the people that he looked up to. But initially, when Bryant stole a lot of these moves, he realized that he couldn't completely pull them off because he didn't have the same body type as the guys he was thieving from. He had to adapt the moves to make them his own. Chew on one thinker, study everything there is to know about that thinker. Then find 3 people that thinker loved and find out everything about them. So repeat this as many times as you can. Climb up the tree as far as you can go. Once you've built your tree, it's time to start your own branch.