I wanted to write on a very striking subject. Who are your role models? Who inspires you with their life stories and achievements? Who has the feeling that "If he did it, I can do it"? The term role model was first used in 1957 by Robert K. Merton in a research on the socialization of medical students.
Merton claimed that in his research, individuals compared themselves with the reference group included in the group they wanted to belong to. After the use of Merton, the term role model has become a term that we often come across.
There are many definitions of role models in the literature. Role model behaviors are people whose personal characteristics or some special qualities they have are admired by others. According to another definition, a role model is a person who is "imitated and desired to be like" and "perceived as an example or valuable". Our role models can be people in our immediate environment or famous people we don't know at all.
According to researches, role models can increase motivation in a person. However, some research suggests that seeing ourselves as impossible to achieve the success of the people we choose as role models can damage our self-confidence. To prevent this from happening to us, we should prefer to use their achievements to motivate ourselves rather than comparing ourselves to our role models. Role models are generally divided into two. Positive role models; In other words, role models and negative role models with positive characteristics that we want to see in ourselves; that is, role models with negative traits that we don't want to see in ourselves. It is worth mentioning that I am only talking about positive role models here.
If you wish, you can prepare a list of your role models to take advantage of the motivational effects of having role models. How Does?
Write at least three names that you see as role models for yourself in a notebook.
What features of these names do you like? Why did you choose them as role models for yourself?
What characteristics of your role models do you want to have? Would you like to have their discipline, determination or diligence? Why do you need these role models?
I also declared the year 2021 "The Year of Loving Yourself and Making Life Better". Come on together to love ourselves and make the world beautiful.
Answer all these questions and then reflect on your answers. Preparing ourselves a list of our role models can inspire us to cope with life's challenges, motivate us, lead us to advance in our careers, and remind us that we are not alone in this world. Thanks to your role models, you can better understand yourself and your goals in life.
Among my role models are people who, despite being born into lives full of impossibilities, have not given up and have always succeeded in carrying themselves forward and higher. I wish you days when you reach your goals inspired by your role models.
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