Hero Worship
We have a serious blind spot when it comes to our own greatness.
In this episode of Morning Motivation, I share what I’ve learned from meeting some of my biggest heroes — and how they often had no idea how admired they were. We overestimate others and underestimate ourselves. But someone out there might see you the way you see your heroes. And if you’ve been watching someone from a distance in admiration? Maybe it’s time to let them know.
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Transcript
We as humans have a particular blind spot. We cannot accurately assess how awesome we are. We're also not great at assessing how awesome other people are. We underestimate our own awesomeness and overestimate the awesomeness of others. We know all of our own flaws and focus on them, and then we look at others and see only their gifts and only their highlights and greatest traits.
And I. Come to really realize this as I've had the opportunity to meet many of my heroes over the years, that's one of the benefits of being the guy who knows a guy. And one thing I have found is that almost every single one of them had no idea how awesome they were. Now, part of it might be that I'd idealize them and I'd put them on a pedestal.
So I saw them as more perfect than they really were. But when I would reach out to them or compliment them or say something kind. They would be appreciative, but almost surprised. And some of them I've told that I was excited to meet them. To me, they were a celebrity to me. They were someone, it was a mo.
I wanted their signature. I wanted to get a selfish, I could show all my friends and they said, me, are you sure you mean me? They had no idea that someone looked at them as a celebrity, that someone might look at them as inaccessibly. Awesome. The kind of person, you never actually get to meet that person.
You just get to watch them from a distance. We live in a world today where we can influence so many people so easily by writing a book or having a TikTok channel or being in media. It is more accessible than it's ever been, and yet nobody tells you. You're awesome. When you get a TikTok channel and you reach a few tens of thousands of people, you don't.
Don't get a trophy from TikTok saying, you are awesome. Now, don't let anyone talk to you anymore. You're still the same guy or gal just making some videos. And I tell you this for two reasons. One, to realize there may be someone who looks at you in awe, admiration, and also that person you look at non-ad admiration, reach out to them.
They may be really excited to hear from you. You'll be surprised.
