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While at Eben Pagan and Wyatt Woodsmall’s Personality Patterns seminar this week, I learned a PHENOMENAL exercise for learning a LOT about yourself.

It takes 5 minutes, is incredibly powerful, and will give you a tremendous amount of insight about yourself.

This changed my entire life (look for a follow up blog post shortly).

I’ll tell you exactly how to use this AFTER you do it, so for now, JUST DO IT.  Again – it only takes 5 minutes.

Step 1:

List out 3 people you really admire for one reason another. They can be living or dead, and you may only admire them for one specific reason (i.e. maybe you don’t love all of them, but you really admire one specific element about them).

List out a one-word reason (or reasons) on why you admire them so much, and you MUST do 3.

Step 2:

List out 3 people you despise. If you can’t think of anyone you despise, then anyone that brings up a negative feeling in you, or bad emotions. Again you don’t need to despise ALL of them – there just needs to be one part of them that you really, really don’t like.

Same deal – list out a one-word reason (or reasons) on why you despise them so much, and you MUST do 3.

Step 3:

Post your answers here on the blog. I will tell you what to do with them after you post them.

If you don’t want to give full names, then give initials or something.

I’ll post my answers in a follow-up blog post. :)

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  6. Josh

    1) Flea: great energy
    2) C. Farley: Hilarious
    3)Pele: Skillfull athletic

    1) EH: Jerk for no reason
    2)D: Asshole, sour
    3)L: Fake asshole, unnecessarily jerk.

    Reply
  7. Laura

    B.U. because he takes things in stride
    Rachel Rofe for her motivation and ambition
    S.K. for his ability to get along with anyone

    K.M. because she thinks she is better than everyone else
    K.R. because she brings way too much drama to everything
    T.K. because she is so negative

    BTW, I already read the answers. This was really insightful for me. Thanks.

    Reply
  8. JMN

    (St.) Thomas More – Integrity
    Shingen Takeda – Leadership
    Krishnamurti – Spirituality

    Torquemada Evil
    Hamid Karzai – Weak
    Bashar Assad – Brutal

    Reply
  12. John McCarter

    3 People I really Admire:

    1. Richard Branson – Self-made
    2. Burt Rutan – Innovative
    3. Steve Jobs – Maverick

    3 People I Really Despise:

    1. Robert Mugabe – Despot
    2. George W. Bush – Stupid
    3. Adolf Hitler – Inhumane

    Reply
  14. Dr. Ron

    1. sense of humor
    2. relentless
    3. perseverance

    1. self serving
    2. puts others down
    3. obnoxious and loud

    PS you did a great job at the seminar this weekend.

    Reply
  15. leLIZABETH a

    Like/Admir

    My Mom- Endurance
    Clarissa Friend of Mine- Compassion
    Chica- Charming

    Despise-

    1)Abusers- All kinds
    2)RACISTS people
    3)KANYE W- IGNORANT

    Reply
  17. Sylvia

    I admire – Grandma Luz – rock Mom – strength Anacleto heroic

    I despise – Tony – jerk Maria – backstabber alexis – user

    Reply
  18. Brad Spencer

    Like/Admire

    1. Walt Disney- Brilliant
    2. Warren Buffett- Uncomprising
    3. Richard Branson- Daring

    Dislike

    1. DS- Poor Listener
    2. VP- Pig Headed
    3. MM- Mean

    Reply
  21. Michael

    R Branson ,why ,,his ability to take action no matter what other people think of his ideas.

    Frank Kern ,why, so so funny and just has a natural way about his copy, that makes people pull out the card.

    Nelson Mandela,,why,,its amazing to me how he was able to live 30years in jail, then come out without hate and put a plan into action that most would never be able to accomplish.

    M,she only thinks of her self.
    S, greedy ,angry, Bit&^%$..
    B ,greedy,lying,small person who can’t step up and be a man.

    Reply
  22. Terry Retter

    Respect:
    Jackie Robinsone/Willie Mays – character
    Peter Drucker – insight
    Steve Jobs – marketing insight

    Despise:
    Clinton/Obama — deceit
    Hitler — fascism
    ex boss — deceit

    Reply
  23. BoomerMary

    I admire Nelson Mandela for his ability to come through adversity and stand for what he believed in, I admire my Mom for being willing to take on life and win no matter what she was a huge person in a small body, and I admire Ghandi for his willingness to stand for his principles wihtout resorting to force

    I detest MB for his cowardly vengeful ways, Hitler for his cowardice, in not being able to live with people who did not meet his expectations; the mass murderers who hide and continue to murder

    Reply
  24. steve

    Love:
    Nikola Tesla – brilliant
    Arnold Schwarzenegger – Ambition
    Jay Levenson – Rational
    Hate:
    Rosanne Bar – Trashy
    Russell Brunson – Scumbag
    Rosie O’Donnelle – Moron

    Reply
  26. LJ

    Mother Teresa – successful selflessness
    Mom – joy of life
    Suzie O. – financial success

    Molesting minister – betrayer
    Rena – saboteur
    SS J – closeminded

    Reply
  28. john march

    I admire

    Jesus: in 3 years, changed the world
    Billy Graham: bought the gospel message to millions
    Nelson Mandela: Changed the culture of a nation

    I dislike
    Barak Obama: twists the truth to suite selfish aims
    Al Gore: Dishonest-fashions his own truth and ignores facts
    Al Geitner-a thief

    Reply
  29. Ashish Moon

    I admire
    DA: Social justice
    JD: Genius (in systems designing)
    AS: Freedom on opportunities

    I despise:
    JD: Discriminating
    MS: Ruining with excessive capitalism
    PC: Fostering genocide

    Reply
  30. Greg Vinson

    I admire:

    Noam Chomsky-Unflinching
    Joni Mitchell-Creative
    Allan Holdsworth-Virtuoso

    I despise:

    Sarah Palin-Antisocial
    George W. Bush-Sociopath
    Tony Hayward-Liar

    Reply
  33. June

    Admire
    1. Brilliant – enlightened
    2. Loving – Caring – enelightened
    3. Peaceful – enlightened

    Despised

    1. Liar, thief, drug addict
    2. Liar, stupid, deceitful
    3. Dishonest, mean, bad tempered

    Reply
  34. Darrel Hawes

    Admire:

    G.N. – for courage
    J.N. – for steadfastness
    J.A. – for your ability for “connect the dots” and generously sharing your knowledge

    Despise:
    B.O. – deceit
    B.H. – charlatan
    J.W. – for selling your soul for an ounce of political respectability (and castigating others who won’t follow your example)

    Reply
  35. Sam

    Step One:
    Lila – powerful, strong, loving
    Paul – loyalty, decency, loving, strength
    Frank – truthful, playful, brave

    Step Two:
    DM – mean, evil, disrespectful, liar
    R’s brother – evil, cruel, immoral
    JN – liar, manipulator, selfish

    Reply
  37. bj

    Step One–
    JG, DH, and RC– there’s one reason I admire these three people, and it’s because they have spent their lives following their dreams and making them work. They also help others do the same.

    Step Two–
    GM, JK, and DC all boost themselves up on the backs of others, by belittling and abusing others.

    Reply
  38. PeterC

    Hi Rachel,

    Step 1.
    A. Carnegie ~ Rich & Benevolent
    Pele ~ Skillful
    Deep (UK)~ Action Taker

    Step 2.
    K. ~ liar
    P. ~ Arrogant
    Hitler ~ murdering Racist

    Reply
  39. Sharon Deloy

    Jesus if I could put myself at the feet of any person, living or dead, I would put myself at the feet of Jesus because I could learn so much from him about compassion and kindness and dedication

    Helen Keller I admire Helen Keller because in spite of her blindness and deafness she learned several languages and I admire her tenacity and determination

    I admire Oprah Winfrey because she literally pulled herself up by her bootstraps and came to be a role model for us all

    Hitler for being a mass murderer and getting the German people to say Its OK and blame all of their troubles on jews

    I don’t care for Shaun who lives down the street – He is personable, but is always saying he will do something when he won’t – I think he is just schmoozing

    I guess I don’t like Paul in the bible because he is very disrespectful of women and I think he is a male chauvanist pig.

    Reply
  41. John

    Ronald Reagan – freedom, wise, kind, leadership
    Glenn Beck – patriotic, constitutionalist
    George Washington -freedom, loyal, honest

    B Hussein Obama -promises, leftist, power, smooth, allure, image,
    Bill Clinton – slick, false, deviant
    Lenin – murderer, liar, terror

    Reply
  42. Bruce

    Admire:
    My late father – Most Decent Man
    George W Bush – Steadfastness/Faith
    Dennis Prager – Wisdom/Fairness

    Despise:
    Barak Obama – Narcissistic Sociopath
    Iran’s Ahmadejahd – Evil Personified
    Micheal Moore – Fraud/Hypocrite

    Reply
  45. Michael

    Robert Frost – Poetry
    Richard Nixon – Phoenix
    Andy Warhol – Transmutation

    David Duke – Coward
    Adolf Hitler – Megalomaniac
    JV – Megalomaniac

    Reply
  46. Jonathan Lake

    Admire:
    Debs (My wife) – Inspirational
    Tony Robbins – Motivational
    Peter Andre – Wonderful father

    Despise:
    A (Ex wife) – Confrontational
    Gordon Brown (ex UK PM) – Useless
    Katie Price – Fake

    Reply
  47. ste2me

    I admire my wife for her loyalty and commitment to her family

    My dad for his patience and understanding

    My friends for being there when i needed them

    I hate people who prey on the weak for their own benifit

    Reply
  48. Russ

    The admire part is fairly easy, but the despise part seems much more difficult…

    Admire:
    Og Mandino – Storytelling
    Richard Branson – Entrepreneurship
    Bob Proctor – Achievement

    Despise:
    Kim Jong Il – Oppression
    Osama Bin Laden – Hate-Mongering
    Big Pharma (though not a person) – Deception

    Reply
  49. Tom

    JC – Forgiveness
    JR – Entrepreneurship
    AN – Genuine Honesty

    KS – Lack of Leadership
    HM – Know-it-all
    MS – Never wrong

    Reply
  53. Chet Bruce

    Ron R — Great speaker and great Conservitive
    Greg L. — Balls, networking
    Warren C. — core values, spiritual

    Neal S. — Recast and Bigot, user
    Obama — Unamerican
    Arnold S. — Liar, Coward

    Reply
  54. Jacqui

    Admire:
    N. “Balls”
    R. Courage
    K. Dedication/selflessness

    No admiration:
    RR. Dishonest
    RC. Manipulative
    Mc. Arrogant

    Reply
    1. admin

      I hope you get this before you read the other post – please list out a quality you like and don’t like about each!! :)

      Reply
      1. Michelle Mullen

        Maria G. – Smart-my mentor
        Cherese – Good sales person with relationships
        AP – generous and successful

        Bud- self-serving
        Marsa-Backstabber, liar
        Sammye-self absorbed

        Reply
  60. John

    Step 1 – Admire

    RM – responsible
    PL – forgiving
    CR – smart

    Step 2 – Despise

    GND – inconsiderate
    BCT – politics
    MF – sleazy

    I assumed you meant why we despise them so much, not admire them so much in step 2. I don’t admire them :-)

    Reply
    1. admin

      Yikes, thanks for pointing that out! I try to just GET THE POSTS OUT because otherwise I can spend too much time being perfectionistic. :)

      I edited!

      Reply
  65. Stripy

    Step 1
    1.N.J.- supportive
    2.D.S. – loving
    3.A.S. – caring

    Step 2
    1 N.L. – betrayal
    2 S.U. – selfish
    3 I.P. – egoistic

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  66. maven

    updated list

    Great Admiration:

    1. Vanessa Bailey (Compassion, Dutiful, Dedication)
    2. President Barack Obama (Gentleman, Gracious,
    Thorough)

    Great Disappointment:
    1. Carl Huggins (Deceitful, Family & Blood
    Betrayal)

    Reply
  67. Tom Brownsword

    WC — Successful, helpful, humble
    BM — Young energy, integrity
    MA — Makes a living helping people

    JB — First class @$$, thief, legend in his own mind
    CM — Doesn’t honor his agreements, wants money at all costs
    BC — Squandered resources.

    –Tom

    Reply
  68. Melody

    Admire:

    Daughter #1 “C”: Smart(Amazes me daily with her wisdom)
    Daughter #2 “D”: Loving (A heart of gold for all!)
    Son “one & Only”: Strong (Overcomes some big heartache.)

    Despise:

    Myself: Failure (Never seem to make it to the Gold)
    Someone who I thought was my BFF: Selfish
    Someone who I thought was my “never fail me”: without Loyalty

    Reply
  69. mgkarthik005

    Admire:
    N.M. – Interacts very cool
    S.R. – Polite and lovable
    G.M. – Self-confidence

    Despise:
    T.P. – bad mentality
    D – Very rude
    P.G – Too selfish

    Reply
  70. maven

    1. Vanessa Baptiste (Compassion, Dedication, Dutiful)
    2.
    3.

    1. Carl Huggins (betrayal, disappointment, deceitful)
    2.
    3.

    I cant think of any other persons to fill the lists, either of them…i dont even despise CHuggins…just dislike

    Reply
  71. Mona

    Admire:
    L – Cool online energy, inspiring
    H – Built a business being real self
    P – Beautiful healthy successful community builder

    Despise:
    R – Narrow minded and ignorant
    M – Foolish and doesn’t care about his health
    A – Impatient arrogant and mean

    Reply
  72. Matt

    Admire:
    Dave Glover, ambition
    My dad, dedication
    My wife, caring

    Despise:

    CC: Pompous
    Dale: Ignorance
    Mark: Racist

    Reply
  73. Razi

    Admare:
    1.My Dad[Helping Mentality]
    2.Mahathma Gandhi[Soft minded]
    3.Messi[Ability]

    Despice:
    1.Usnam[Anti-social]
    2.Javed[Ignorent]
    3.Shakira[uncultured]

    Reply
  74. Trishna

    It was such a treat doing this exercise with you in person yesterday! Talk about enlightening. =) I love you and have missed you so much

    Reply
  75. Goran P

    admire:
    Michael Jackson (Entertainment)
    Brett Farve (Football)
    Shaq O’Neil (Basketball)

    Despite:
    Hitler (Murderer)
    Osama Bin Laden (Terror)
    Timothy McVey (Bomber)

    Reply
  76. hemamalini

    I admire my dad for his braveness and hard work

    My mom for her love

    My children for their love and support

    I hate people who are lazy and not keeping their words

    Reply
  77. HARRY

    Step1

    I admire my

    Mom( she is very loving and understanding)
    My papa( he is very caring and takes a lot of care)
    My friends(they always lend out a helping hand)

    Step2

    JS: selfish
    SS: arrogant
    TP:cruel

    Reply
  78. sweetu

    Step 1
    1.Admire my parents for the love and support
    2.My husband for loving me
    3.My daughter for being the sweetest person.
    Step 2
    1 AH-Shrewd
    2 OL-Terror
    3 GB-Egoistic

    Reply
  80. Rajesh

    Step 1:
    3 people you really admire

    My mom
    Father
    Grand mother

    As because of them am here today alive on this earth.

    3 people you despise

    selfish
    abusive
    ignorant

    Reply
  81. stephenedwards

    1)i Admire my father
    2)I admire Fredom fighters Bhagat singh& Gandhi(morals)
    3)my Family supports me in every issue
    4)a little my moms was despise
    5)Bush Despise me(for his attitude on Iraq)
    your article is interesting to read and kept in suspense with only three steps to a great inspirational step to great life

    Reply
  82. sujatha

    I admire..
    1. my mom- for her wonderful care and love
    2. mother theresa- kind heartedness
    3. arunthathi rai – intelligence and care for the world

    I despise
    1. dad – for his angryness, except this he is a good person
    2. relative- selfishness and jealous
    3. brother- lack of providing freedom
    i am waiting for ur mail…

    Reply
  83. kalpana

    Admire
    m – loving
    f- respectful & loving
    s – dutiful,loving

    despise

    b – egoism,habit,
    c – habits, laziness
    h – slowness,

    Reply
  84. Karthikeyan

    I admire on
    1.my mom(she loves me & care for me much)
    2.my lover(she take care of my felings)
    3.my famil(They all support me)

    Reply
  88. Melody

    Hi Rachel!

    Admire:
    RE – non-PCness (is that a word? lol)
    Hubby – kindhearted
    MS – ambitious

    Despise:
    K – abusive
    FP – misogynistic
    KM – ignorant

    Reply
  89. Lyndsey

    Step 1:
    M – generous
    D – hard-working
    J – persistent

    Step 2:
    BB – cocky
    LZ – know-it-all
    JJ – anti-social

    Reply
  90. Denis Andrejew

    I admire…
    Kina Grannis (Singer & Songwriter) for Heart, Passion, Love
    Yanik Silver (Entrepreneur, Internet Marketer) for Entrepreneurship
    John Resig (Creator of jQuery) for Ingenuity, Intelligence, Skill

    I don’t admire so much…
    Barack Obama for Deception
    George Bush for Ignorance
    a specific person close to me for Negativity
    (sorry, don’t mean to hate on US politics, those just came to mind first as the best examples of those traits I despise)

    Thanks for sharing the exercise, I’m curious about the next post ;)

    Reply
  91. M

    1
    a) Lives life to the limit (limit)
    b) A heart of gold (heart)
    c) Positive energy and joy (joy)

    2
    a) selfish
    b) egoic
    c) disrespectful

    Reply
  92. Jenny

    Admire:
    A.P. generosity
    Mom originality
    J.T. hardworking

    Despise:
    H.C. condescending
    Vince sociopath
    T. immature

    Reply
  93. Hal

    Bill Clinton smart, Barack Obama caring, Marilyn Bressel determined
    George W Bush phony, Rush Limbaugh stupid,
    Sean Hannity cruel

    Reply

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