Just Make It Better

photo by: yodel anecdotal

I love him like the way people love cookies or Pixar. There’s just something about Seth.

Whenever I read his books, blog or watch a talk I feel fuzzy inside. It doesn’t matter if the topic is relevant or not, he always gets me inspired. I admire him in a way typically reserved for activists and world changers.

I would love to be his friend. Grateful having earned just to be in his presence.

I’d likely die from humility.

Then one day I realized I already have Seth. (We all can, really.)

My Seth isn’t of the same name. Nor is he tall and thin. Mine shaves his head too but is younger and less communicative. Though like my inspiration, mine is brilliant, dynamic and profound. Challenging and innovative, he’s everything I admire about Seth.

In essence, I lay with Seth every night.

You choose who you spend your time with.

Relationships should make you a better person. Friends, life partners, coworkers and family are a reflection of how you view yourself. You decide the people you love because you allow them into your life. I may never know the real Seth, but that’s okay because I experience what I love and admire about him everyday.

If you’re surrounded by deadbeats, drama or at best, mediocrity, than what does that say about you?

You can’t find your own greatness getting bogged down by negativity. The people around you are at your level – essentially that’s the level you see yourself.

If you don’t like what you see, than why are you inviting it?

Idols all around us.

There are millions of wonderful people, primed to be mentors, teachers, and friends. Like you, they seek connection and long to enhance one another’s lives. We all may not have access to famed men like Seth, but we can all know our own equivalents.

You can stand amongst giants if you aim to be one.

If you long to be mentored, then teach, for the givers of the world aren’t looking for leeches. As you improve yourself, you’ll be more attractive to those you admire, because you’ll have something to offer in return.

Free yourself of dead-weight relationships. You only hold each other back. This will open space for new and better relationships to cultivate.

Become confident in who you are and what you offer. Your community will still be made of quality – it’s based on your own. Your decisions and expectations determine that.

Perhaps Seth and I aren’t meant to be friends or co-collaborators (or maybe we are) but until then I will always have my own superstar to match wits with.

Now get yours.

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