These early experiences taught me the importance of consulting those with more knowledge and experience. The solutions were as simple as trying a new technique, finding a secret weapon or code that I missed in an earlier stage, or taking advantage of a villain’s weakness to defeat them. Often, their responses would surprise me. After many frustrating attempts, I would call up my fellow gamer friends and ask them for tips on passing the stage. Once I got to know the avatar’s powers better, I breezed through the first couple of stages, but there was always a point when I would hit a roadblock. Whether I was searching for missing jewels in a Donald Duck Indiana Jones-style adventure or beating the bad guys as Batman, I was fully engaged in winning.
Go figure out what someone who was successful did, and model it.” - Tony RobbinsĪs a 90s kid, I spent a lot of my time playing video games (when I was not at school or doing homework). Learn the steps to model the right people and get inspired by the role models who influenced some of history’s masters. With their help and influence, we can get there a lot faster. We don’t need to reinvent the wheel, but we do need to find experts in our fields from whom we can learn – because success leaves clues. The truth is that everything we create is a combination of things we’ve read, seen, or experienced. Most people believe that we must start from scratch when it comes to finding new and original ideas.
