The Same Old Saying(for fellow TM): Be Yourself

"instead of trying to improve by 'imitating' others, why not bring the best out of yourself? "
"...if you feel comfortable standing still, then forget abt those stage trotters & surely you will figure out how to make a superbly amazing inspirational passionate sincere brilliantly elegant speech with you feet on the same spot for 15 freaking mins..."

on the other hand, you may want to
"...try a bit of something, new techniques old techniques...try anything...comfortable or not, go try em all... ...just remember to ask yourself, 'is it me?', 'does it reflect my personality?', 'could i feel my soul and heartbeat when using these techniques?' '' or 'have i lost yourself trying to be sb. else?'"

"Benchmarking is stupid," said Tom Peters and a bunch of cool fellas.
It's not, it's just so outdated, and we no longer wear corset in 21st century.