Role Models & Behavior

• Role Models - Respect Appreciation by John R West
  The more successful role models become, the more appreciated they are, generally speaking. Role models should be careful not to belittle this appreciation. There is appreciation (love) from God and appreciation from fans. Appreciation can give an unseen lift to performance, especially in the entertainment industry, including sports. Role models should respect this appreciation and realize the
• Role Models Require an Excellent Team by John R West
  It would be very rare if a role model was successful on a stand-alone basis. Almost every successful role model is surrounded by an excellent team. This true in politics, motion pictures, theater, television, business, and certainly in sports. In politics, every role model has to have an excellent staff and has to get along well with fellow politicians, even if they have very different views
• Role Models - Think Twice Before You Speak by John R West
  Role models need an excellent advisor whom they can rely on to check things before they are said or published for public consumption, especially things communicated via the social media. Recently, an up and coming sports star tweeted something (apparently out of ignorance) which could turn the entire female population against him. If only he had consulted someone before posting that tweet! No
• Role Models - Banish Abuse by John R West
  Dear Role Models: If you truly want to be an effective role model - whether in motion pictures, television, music, theater, sports, religion, politics, etc. - please, please banish even the temptation to let any type of abuse be part of your life! Sadly, we've read and heard so much these past few years about role models ruining their promising careers by indulging in some form of abuse -
• The Power of Perception by Dr. Josiah Rich by Dr. Josiah Rich
  One of the greatest battles in life is to learn not to 'seize' a negative perception of one's self . . .
• Role Models and Success by John R West
  It is continuously being proven that to be a successful role model, a person must be about doing the right thing in every type of activity - whether it be work, social, family, or any other type activity. The more a role model gets into the spotlight, the more likely there will be press coverage. The more press coverage, the more likely any wrong doing will eventually be surfaced. Thinkin
• Wisdom and Celebrities by John R West
  Those who manage events which include celebrities, those who manage entities which employ celebrities, those who are agents for celebrities, and the celebrities themselves, all need to use wisdom and common sense as their guides in situations involving celebrities. Sometimes it doesn't seem that the combination of large amounts of money and the use of wisdom and common sense go hand in glove as th
• Being a Role Model in Sportsmanship by John R West
  How should a champion athlete act in the midst of adversity - even when that adversity seems unfair? If that athlete has true sportsmanship then that person won't let any inner hostility show on the surface. Within the past year or so a respected sports figure has verbally abused referees on only two occasions. Yet those occurrences have now tarnished this person's image - even though it can
• Role Models and Groups by John R West
  Many high ranking national government representatives are individual role models, especially in their home provinces or states. But at the national level they often become associated with one group (e.g. a political party, or a political leaning such as conservative, liberal, etc.). Their behavior as a role model can sometimes be unintentionally tainted the more they begin to consistently side w
• Role Models Should Protect Their Reputation by John R West
  Role models should protect their reputation from the very first day that they realize they are role models. The media seems to sometimes think along the lines of the old phrase: "where there's smoke, there's fire". They sometimes jump to conclusions that aren't necessarily based on fact. If a role model has a bad reputation then their logic can sometimes leap to conclusions and assume a rumor ab
• Role Models Need A Moral Advisor by John R West
  If you are in a position that makes it likely that some of your actions could be newsworthy then you need a moral advisor. So if you are a politician, a sports icon, in theater, in film, on television, in music, or you are another kind of celebrity, then you need a moral advisor. The advisor could be a family member, a close friend, an agent, etc. - it just needs to be someone whom you can trust a
• Role Models in the News for the Wrong Reasons by John R West
  Sometimes I think that one of the principal reasons that we find role models in the news for the wrong reasons is that these role models do not think of themselves as role models. And perhaps they only wake up to realize that they are role models after their names appear in the news because of unacceptable behavior. If the behavior is a minor issue then perhaps not too many people will remember th
• Role Models and Behavior by John R West
  It seems like over the past year or two the number of celebrities making headlines for the wrong reasons has increased remarkably. Golfers, politicians, football players, baseball players, music stars, film stars, TV stars, coaches - and that is just on the national level. I see the same thing on the state and local level where I live. Collectively, for the celebrities themselves, the losses mu
• Thank You, Oprah! by John R West
  Thank you, Oprah! She gets it! For 25 years Oprah Winfrey has set the mark for behavior in a role model. Not a blemish in her record. She just unselfishly and generously gives, gives, gives, all the time realizing that people look up to her and that she must be a model for not only young people especially, but for all people. This is how a responsible person, continuously in the spotlight, walks
• Protection From Bad Role Model Decisions by John R West
  If you are a celebrity, an agent for a celebrity, or a business with celebrities under contract then this is for you. All people should consider themselves role models for good behavior, especially celebrities who can have influence on the way that others behave. Once a celebrity starts appearing in the media the game of life has changed. Like it or not, the celebrity has become a role model for
• Social Media - One Businesswoman's Facebook Journey by Darcy Lee
  It isn't often that I will diverge from the business aspect of business to the personal aspects of my life, but this time I will. You see, I became a socail media addict, Facebook to be exact. It escalated when, as a self-employed businesswoman...
• Celebrity Risk Mitigation by John R West
  In the past few years we've seen celebrity meltdowns that have dearly cost recording, motion picture, and television industry businesses, advertisers, sports franchises, celebrity agents, etc., which were riding on the celebrity of these stars. Isn't it time for all these celebrity-associated enterprises to become proactive and mitigate the huge risks they take? As we've seen, just one wrong-doin
• Leadership By Default by John R West
  Sometimes people are leaders by default. They could be international, national, regional, or local celebrities who have become well known because of newsworthy good which they have accomplished, whether in government, sports, the motion picture industry, business, etc. Many times these people do not even think of themselves as leaders, especially early on in their career in the activity that first

• Role Models – Respect Appreciation John R West         posted in: Role Models & Behavior
  The more successful role models become, the more appreciated they are, generally speaking. Role models should be careful not to belittle this appreciation. There is appreciation (love) from God and appreciation from fans. Appreciation can give an unseen lift to performance, especially in the entertainment industry, including sports. Role models should respect this appreciation and realize the...
• Role Models Require an Excellent Team John R West         posted in: Role Models & Behavior
  It would be very rare if a role model was successful on a stand-alone basis. Almost every successful role model is surrounded by an excellent team. This true in politics, motion pictures, theater, television, business, and certainly in sports. In politics, every role model has to have an excellent staff and has to get along well with fellow politicians, even if they have very different views ...
• Role Models – Think Twice Before You Speak John R West         posted in: Role Models & Behavior
  Role models need an excellent advisor whom they can rely on to check things before they are said or published for public consumption, especially things communicated via the social media. Recently, an up and coming sports star tweeted something (apparently out of ignorance) which could turn the entire female population against him. If only he had consulted someone before posting that tweet! No...
• Role Models – Banish Abuse John R West         posted in: Role Models & Behavior
  Dear Role Models: If you truly want to be an effective role model - whether in motion pictures, television, music, theater, sports, religion, politics, etc. - please, please banish even the temptation to let any type of abuse be part of your life! Sadly, we've read and heard so much these past few years about role models ruining their promising careers by indulging in some form of abuse - ...
• The Power of Perception by Dr. Josiah Rich Dr. Josiah Rich         posted in: Role Models & Behavior
  There is an ancient story of a great warrior who carried the social stigma of a questionable birth origin.  When his father's other children grew older they knew the background of the older brother and forced him to leave the clan.  When a powerful enemy threatened the clan no one could stand up to the enemy.  The elders of the clan went to the very one whom they had thrown out and asked him...
• Role Models and Success John R West         posted in: Role Models & Behavior
  It is continuously being proven that to be a successful role model, a person must be about doing the right thing in every type of activity - whether it be work, social, family, or any other type activity. The more a role model gets into the spotlight, the more likely there will be press coverage. The more press coverage, the more likely any wrong doing will eventually be surfaced. Thinkin...
• Wisdom and Celebrities John R West         posted in: Role Models & Behavior
  Those who manage events which include celebrities, those who manage entities which employ celebrities, those who are agents for celebrities, and the celebrities themselves, all need to use wisdom and common sense as their guides in situations involving celebrities. Sometimes it doesn't seem that the combination of large amounts of money and the use of wisdom and common sense go hand in glove as...
• Being a Role Model in Sportsmanship John R West         posted in: Role Models & Behavior
  How should a champion athlete act in the midst of adversity - even when that adversity seems unfair? If that athlete has true sportsmanship then that person won't let any inner hostility show on the surface. Within the past year or so a respected sports figure has verbally abused referees on only two occasions. Yet those occurrences have now tarnished this person's image - even though it can ...
• Role Models and Groups John R West         posted in: Role Models & Behavior
  Many high ranking national government representatives are individual role models, especially in their home provinces or states. But at the national level they often become associated with one group (e.g. a political party, or a political leaning such as conservative, liberal, etc.). Their behavior as a role model can sometimes be unintentionally tainted the more they begin to consistently side w...
• Role Models Should Protect Their Reputation John R West         posted in: Role Models & Behavior
  Role models should protect their reputation from the very first day that they realize they are role models. The media seems to sometimes think along the lines of the old phrase: "where there's smoke, there's fire". They sometimes jump to conclusions that aren't necessarily based on fact. If a role model has a bad reputation then their logic can sometimes leap to conclusions and assume a rumor ab...

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