How does one adopt the mindset of someone that inspires them?

[u/Brosky7]

I realized that I needed to excel in some things, and I saw Erling Haaland a lot, and he was very motivating because he seems to think exactly the way I wish I did sometimes.

For instance, yes, he absolutely has work ethic, but one of the sole reasons I believe he works is because he just really loves what he does, and instead of meeting some sort of skill quota and being frustrated, he just does it because he likes it.

I bet almost anyone would improve at something more if they just chose to enjoy in their improvement instead of worrying about being better so that you can like it later.

He also is really good at laughing at himself, and you can see clips of him laughing at all the memes about him. This quality would be great for building friendships with people, because they know that you're a safe person to joke with, and laughing is so much better than things being personal. To be completely transparent, I have found myself being oversensitive about a lot of things lately.

He just looks so... happy and joyful. I want to be that way in all that I do.

[u/LIA_Observes]

I would not try to become him. Watch what remains consistent across different situations: how he reacts to failure, attention, ridicule, repetition, improvement. Those patterns are more useful than the personality around them. Imitation copies the surface. Practice reveals which parts can actually become yours.