They’re out there, as are the stories of how they got there.

When was the last time you looked whom you follow on your social media, and what it is you read every day? Who are the authors who write what you read? I don’t mean just books. I mean everything. News. Articles. Essays. Messages. Emails. And so on.

Write down a list of people who are your idols—people whom you want to follow and from whom you want to learn from—and dump everyone else. 

Otherwise, why do you follow these people? There...