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When you turn to someone for help or advice, you more or less expect that person to make your situation, whatever it may be, better. They may not be able to fix the “problem” completely, but asking for help from a particular person because they have knowledge or experience in the area in which you’re having trouble is a wise decision.  Your ultimate goal is to come out of the situation with more clarity and knowledge than you had when you went in.

That’s what a good role model does – or should do. Set a good example for you to follow and provide you with the basic knowledge and guidelines you need to follow in their footsteps.

It’s the same for your business. One of the most important things you can do in order to make your business successful is to model the people and businesses that are already producing the results that you want.

The odds are that these successful people and businesses have stumbled upon the same road blocks you have, asked the same questions, made the same mistakes. So, whatever you think your limitations are, whatever you think has been stopping you from growing your business, they can help you to blast every one of your excuses right out of the water.

Do you need to get your message out to a bigger audience? Then model someone who knows the most effective way to network. My friend, Carrie Wilkerson, for example, whom you may or may not already know, is very well known with social media. By that, I mean things like Twitter and Facebook.

And she is big into relationships, with about 65,000 followers on Twitter.  She uses social media to be herself, but to be herself in a much bigger way. And so if you wondered about how you could share your message with a larger audience, then Carrie, or someone like her, is a great person to show you how to do it.  (Carrie is a guest speaker at my upcoming More Leads, More Clients, More Sales event)

The key thing is to look for a role model who not only excels at what you need, but can give you practical steps and advice to follow. Another thing about modeling people and businesses that are already successful, is to choose those that are coming from the same place as you. By that, I mean model businesses and people that share your values and your attitude, and your lifestyle.

If you are a single parent with four children, trying to manage your own business, emulating the successful business model of someone who is married with no children is not likely to result in the same success for your business. The great thing is that you’re always going to have plenty of different role models to learn from.

When you find the ones that have the same attitude and values that you do, they are generally more than happy about sharing what they’ve learned with you.

I guarantee there is somebody out there that is going to be able to show you a roadmap that’s right for you.