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Flying has nothing to do with what Cindy does for a
living—she just took lessons and learned to pilot a plane
because of the impression that her hero, Amelia
Earhardt, made on her as a little girl.
“We grow into that which we admire,” said Emmet
Fox.
Before he became a famous author, Napoleon Hill was
struggling as a writer and speaker. He had a friend whose
restaurant business was not doing well and Hill offered
to give free motivational speeches at the restaurant one
night a week to help his friend increase his business. The
speeches helped his friend a little, but they helped Hill a
lot. He began to gain a large following.
When I read about that part of Hill’s life, it gave me
an idea. At the time I wanted to be a full-time speaker
and I didn’t know where to begin. I’d done a few semi-
nars and talks here and there, but there was no pattern
or purposeful direction to it. I decided to emulate Hill.
I began putting on a free, open-to-the-public workshop
every Thursday night at the company where I was work-
ing as a marketing director.
At first, the workshops were not well attended. I
had to spend part of the week begging people to come.
Once the audience was two people! But week by week
the workshop’s reputation grew and my own experi-
ence grew along with it. Soon we had large audiences
waiting to get in on Thursday nights, and I credit that
little free workshop with putting me into full-time pub-
lic speaking.
Was it an original idea? No, I stole it. I copied a hero
of mine. But our awareness of the choice involving he-
roes is vital for self-creation. We can envy them or we
can emulate them.