The Dabbler, the achievers and the masters

I got this material from Anthony Robbins a while ago and I liked his analysis of the three types of people:


The dabbler
The dabbler likes to try things out. One day they will pick up golf and for the first two weeks they will love it. Eventually though they will hit a plateau in their learning and once this happens they will switch the sport. Perhaps now start tennis - again this will be fun for a couple of weeks but eventually once they hit the plateau and can't improve anymore they will switch to squash or whatever else they can. They spend their life dabbling in things - never getting anywhere far.

The achiever
Most of us probably fall into the achiever category. We'll start a sport like tennis and once we hit the plateau we will stress about it and struggle through until you finally break the plateau and start improving again. Although you keep getting to where you want there will be a lot of stress and struggle involved.

The masters
The masters will simply find the best person they can and teach them how to get better. If you are learning tennis than see how Roger Fedderer plays and learn with him. Instead of stressing through the plateau and eventually figuring out yourself how to improve this method makes it a lot less stressful. Obviously not everyone can have Fedderer teach them (nor are the best always the best teachers) but you should look within your own environment for the best person to teach you. Perhaps you want to lose weight or train for the marathon - then look for the fittest person at your work to help you with this. Don't pick people at your level but people way above your level to help you out. The better the level you train with the better you will be.