Influencers are everywhere. Every social media platform has a unique terminology for them. Yet the packaging is the same, in short, users who have amassed a huge number of ‘followers’ thereby putting themselves on a higher pedestal of worship. Some of them have even gone on to form a cult of sorts. Some achieve fandom similar to mini-celebrities. But how many of the ones inspired or following these influencers actually get moving? Or does the influence end with the browsing?
Real influencing is when one brings some reflections from online to offline. IRL is the keyword here. It’s about actually doing things rather than just wishlisting them. Things which are beyond your comfort zone. Those that have been on the backburner since forever. They are part of the buried wishes and plans since aeons now.
And let’s not count aping the latest fashion trend or makeup hack as getting inspired. It has to be a longer commitment making a significant lifestyle change to your old ways. Something which is both sustainable and enhances your persona.
One way to approach action out of this bucket list of inflluencers is to rise above the scrolling and start making a list of your areas of improvement. Now prioritize this list and pick the top 2-3 at maximum. We all know anything which is a priority #4 or beyond hardly ever gets done, so let’s keep it real.
Now fix a source of inspiration for yourself. From those multitude that you currently ‘follow’, shortlist a handful and start by drawing actionable inspiration from one at a time. This way you get a coach for what you intend to pick up. Finding a guru should be based on facts and figures, not asthetics alone! So use your cerebral cortex to customize the journey you intend to embark on. There maybe a plethora of templates, playbooks and guides off the internet and many a summaries that AI tools can generate for you, but what matters is your grey matter personalizing it to suit your lifestyle and end goals.
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