In old times, when an apprentice learned his craftsmanship from a master craftsman, it was considered a sight of great skill to be able to imitate the master. Painters learned to paint by imitating the painting of a master.

If you can imitate, you’re ready to add your own originality and creativity.

Nice blog post. I am a big one on “emulation” and finding inspiration at work through employees who do the BEST. I also ensure I provide my views and feedback whene ver I get the chance. My only hope is that it should not come across as being ‘”fake” or having some sort of “hidden agenda” behing this appreciation.

Cheers
Sushmitha

While I find that there are far TOO people with ‘mad skills’ in office environments, you are right in that everyone enjoys a compliment. Not only will it naturally improve one’s relationship with the person they admire (and maybe even help encourage some mentoring), it will subconsciously bring out the best in the admired person as well, knowing that they are being watched.

As in any endeavor, we can either learn from people who have what we want, or be jealous of them — completely missing the point!

I hope you don’t mind my dropping by. You are on the now infamous Personal Development blog found on my site (and many others). I am going through the list to ensure it holds value and contains no bad links (which it did!), and wanted to say hello. I also like and identify with this post and your message in general.

Thanks for what you do, and for indirectly providing my readers with great advice!

Shauna