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When you say to others that you have many heroes, they get ashock. It seems unbelievable to them that you can have varied heroes and youdon’t have any problem.

Often this attitude comes from the disbelief. Because theyhave certain norms, and they expect others to follow the same. You can see thisbehavior in many instances. A vegetarian person rolling her eyes when she seesa non-vegetarian person. Or someone who believes in building a dream homebecomes sad to see someone renting all the time.

As Ramit Sethi says, the world wants you to be vanilla. Sowhen you are excelling or trying new things, they will pull you down.

But you need to take feedback from only the people whom youadmire and are giving constructive criticism. Else, if you think about all thenaysayers, then it will make you sad, and no real work will be done.

Another example to highlight this – if you are a dancer,then there are specific rules of dance. But if you try something new, manypeople will try to shun you. Because chances are, you might discover or inventsomething new, and they don’t want that. They want you to be ordinary.

Sure, do the best work possible. But don’t try to pleaseeverybody. And in some cases, do the work because you want to.

Maturity

Coming back to choosing heroes, you can and should have manyheroes. Mine, for example, are Seth Godin, Sol Orwell, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee,Gary Vee, and many others. I look for certain qualities, and if I want toemulate them in future, I follow the lead.

For example, Sol does cookie treat in an excellent way inwhich he connects with many friends and does with a dash of helping a cause.Jackie Chan is a legend in what he has achieved, and his humble nature draws mein. Bruce Lee is a league apart, and he shows what your mind and body can do ifyou put in rigorous training with discipline and science.

Seth Godin is a generous marketer who teaches about cultureand argues for making the important art so that you will be missed if you aregone. And Gary Vee is a ruthless businessman who motivates you in a rough yetfantastic manner.

All of the qualities are different, and as I grow up, I getattracted to different things. Maybe I want different things or all of them,the necessity demands multiple heroes.

Real Vs. Virtual

And while you are getting the work done by your heroes,accumulating their values – you need to know that they don’t have to be real.

There are many anime characters or cartoon characters whom Iadore, and they were my heroes while growing up. The idea is that you getgravitated to their philosophy and way of working.

And as long as you become better in the process, every typeof leadership is welcomed. Don’t listen to the naysayers that you can’t havemultiple heroes, chances are they have one and want you to be restricted.

Shun the non-believers and focus on becoming the betterversion of yourself, do the important work, and stay awesome. Rest everythingis fine even multiple heroes.