Puri: Admire greatness itself rather than viewing high achievers as different species
Shaan Puri · The Secret to Being Great | My First Million #199 · Jul 14, 2021 · at 24:58
Sean Puri reflects on how studying elite performers can either be empowering or counterproductive depending on one's mindset.
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“Try to be a fan of greatness, not a fan of the people. And the reason I say that is because what often happens is when people get really into greatness, they go study these people and then they, their net conclusion is, wow, they're great. And they're different than me. And I, they sort of like separate. It's almost like, oh, that's a different species. And there's a way to do this. That's better, which is basically you take, you get entertainment and inspiration from them and education from them of the things that they do. But like, Don't count yourself as something different. Treat yourself like that's you. You're them. You're no different than them. They are just like you. They're just, you know, made of the same things as you had the same doubts as you had the same insecurities as you had the same struggles as you. And so like, don't like create this divide of the great people and then you, because then it's counterproductive. Then every time you learn about their greatness, it reinforces this kind of like negative perception of yourself. Instead, If you think about yourself just like them, then every time you learn about them, it creates a positive reinforcement about what you can also do.”
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