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Become the Kind of Person You Admire

Change Starts with Action, Inspiration Follows Most blogs tell you to wait for motivation before you start, but that’s the problem. Waiting to feel inspired keeps you stuck. This blog is different. Real transformation begins when you take small steps right now, even if you don’t feel ready. So instead of just reading about growth, let’s start living it.

By Saud bin Abdul MutallibPublished 6 months ago 3 min read
Be the kind of person you admire.

Let’s begin with action.

Steps to Get Started Today

1. Write down 3 people you admire most.

(Think of anyone - a friend, a mentor, a public figure, or even a character from a book or movie.)

2. List the top traits you admire in them.

(Not their achievements, but their qualities.)

Are they confident? Calm under pressure? Consistent? Kind?

3.Pick just one trait for now.

Choose the one that hits closest to your heart - the one you’ve always wished you had more of.

4.Find a micro-action that reflects that trait.

If you admire courage, have one honest conversation today.

If you admire discipline, commit to one habit for five minutes.

If you admire kindness, do something thoughtful for someone - no strings attached.

If you admire Elon Musk’s bold thinking, write down one idea that feels "too big", and take one small step to explore it.

That could mean researching a new concept, starting a side project, or asking "what if" instead of "what’s safe."

5.Repeat it daily - no matter how small.

One small action, every day. That’s how identity shifts begin.

You don’t need intensity. You need consistency.

Track how you feel - not just what you do.

Notice how doing the thing starts to change how you see yourself.

You’ll feel it in your posture, your decisions, your confidence. Little by little.

What You'll Start to Realize

As you take small actions, something powerful happens:

You stop seeing the people you admire as distant or different.

You start seeing them as examples - proof of what's possible.

You’ll realize that the traits you admire most in others are not out of your reach.

They’re already calling to something inside you.

You don’t admire someone because they’re perfect.

You admire them because they reflect the kind of person you are deep down.

And with every small action, you move closer.

Think of the people you admire again.

Why do you admire them?

Not because they’re perfect. Not because they’re famous or lucky.

But because something in them resonates with something inside you.

That’s the secret no one talks about:

What you admire in others is a reflection of who you’re capable of becoming.

You don’t notice those traits by accident.

You admire them because deep down they match a part of you that’s ready to grow.

Don’t just watch them. Learn from them.

Don’t say, "I could never do that."

Say, "That’s a trait I can practice. That’s a skill I can build."

Because they weren’t born with it either. They built it.

And every time you take action - even imperfectly - you’re building it too.

You don’t have to change your entire life to become someone you admire. But if you have to, then do it.

You just have to act like them in small moments.

Make a choice they would make.

Handle one situation the way they would.

Bit by bit, you’ll stop just admiring greatness.

You’ll start embodying it.

And one day, someone will look at you and think:

"I wish I was like that."

And you’ll know - you didn’t wish your way there.

You built it.

Final Words,

You don’t need to be extraordinary to begin.

You just need to begin - with honesty, with consistency, and with the belief that who you admire isn’t far from who you already are.

This journey isn’t about becoming someone else.

It’s about becoming more of you - the version that’s braver, sharper, more grounded, and more aligned with the values you respect most.

So don’t just admire greatness from a distance.

Step into it.

Practice it.

Live it.

Because the person you admire might just be the person you're becoming.

And the only thing standing between you and that version of yourself...

is what you choose to do today.

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Saud bin Abdul Mutallib

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