{"id":3452,"date":"2023-10-08T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T14:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rashidmod.com\/?p=3452"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:05:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:05:34","slug":"role-models-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/?p=3452","title":{"rendered":"ROLE MODELS (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rashidmod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rolemodels.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3453\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3453\" src=\"http:\/\/rashidmod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rolemodels.png\" alt=\"rolemodels\" width=\"708\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rolemodels.png 708w, https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rolemodels-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rolemodels-600x427.png 600w, https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rolemodels-700x498.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>youth defy words<br \/>\nbut imitate deeds<br \/>\nso it matters little who they&#8217;ve heard<br \/>\nbut most those they see<br \/>\nbehaviorally<br \/>\nthey&#8217;re reflective<br \/>\nnot introspective<br \/>\nhence role models<br \/>\nare what we<br \/>\nshould aim to be<br \/>\nthis is key<br \/>\nto the need<br \/>\nthat we<br \/>\nlead by example<br \/>\npractice &#8211; the best teacher<br \/>\npreachers &#8211; most often fake samples<br \/>\nwords create ideals<br \/>\nbut practice is what&#8217;s real<br \/>\nhence youth replicate the features<br \/>\nof those they admire<br \/>\nby whom they&#8217;re inspired<br \/>\nrole models set the heights<br \/>\nto which they aspire<br \/>\nthis answers why<br \/>\nthe world has gone so wrong<br \/>\nthe mantle of leadership today<br \/>\nis plagued by throngs<br \/>\nof misleaders<br \/>\nnot fit to run their own baths<br \/>\ngood talkers opportunists<br \/>\nwho set others upon wrong paths<br \/>\ndriving them from reality<br \/>\ninto daydreams dope and bottles<br \/>\nthe world needs now more than ever<br \/>\ntrue role models<br \/>\nthe one thing we should all aspire to be<br \/>\nas our responsibility<br \/>\nto lead<br \/>\ntoday&#8217;s youth to create tomorrows<br \/>\nof a world made free<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>By Kevin &#8221;Rashid&#8221; Johnson<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; youth defy words but imitate deeds so it matters little who they&#8217;ve heard but most those they see behaviorally they&#8217;re reflective not introspective hence role models are what we should aim to be this is key to the need that we lead by example practice &#8211; the best teacher &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-3452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-poetry","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3454,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452\/revisions\/3454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rashidmod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}