I try and look at different famous sports people as a way to help me at times with my really down days with depression.
Iv seen a lot of Connor mcgreggor related things of recent and despite his vile comments about someone last year he does have some positives around work ethic and attitude I really admire.
Tyson fury is another and is very open about his struggles.
Does any one have any other good examples ?
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The biggest thinkers
Nobody. Never found one worth looking up to.
Not sports people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Madhukarnath
I look up to no one…. If you can’t motivate yourself…. You’re already taking a loss
What kind of examples you using? Connor mcgreggor is a notorious pile of human shit.
Taylor Swift? The woman works hard, creates a LOT of music, follows through for her fans… there’s a lot to like there.
Don’t forget to look back also. There is gold out there.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt.
Henry Rollins. i love the lens he views the world through–stoic, but wonderous. loving, but tough as fuck. imperfect, but conscious of that always striving to be better.
he doesn’t concern himself with the bullshit. he concerns himself with the ultimate quest of finding out what really matters in this stupid little life.
In the sports world? Maybe Patty Gasso. She knows how to lead/motivate people. But I can’t help but think part of your problem is looking up to people like McGreggor. There are plenty of people out there with good work ethic that aren’t pieces of shit.
Outside of sports? I was always a fan of Robert Oppenheimer. He was a fascinating mix of leadership, genius, and humility before his own creation. Dude threw away his career in protest of his own work. Fascinating man.
I don’t like putting other men on a pedestal. I know who I am and what I’m trying to accomplish. I run my own race and compare myself to no one.