All your idols are really good at what they do. Take cues, and learn from them.
Once you understand which elements need effort, trust yourself to work hard for developing and honing them. But you don't have to be Superman (cue Scrubs).
If you tried to read like the writers and the editors at The Economist, wrote like the newspaper and spoke like Peter Drury, you wouldn’t need to be better than each of them at their respective crafts.
You have not afforded yourself enough time or schedule to emulate their individual tacts. It is hard being brilliant in one individual thing. Executing more tasks in a similarly remarkable manner is just too much to ask for.
And following something or someone absolutely is anyways daft, when you can pick the best bits from the ideal places, and work on each of them.
So expect and respect the tradeoffs and benefits of not committing yourself to one single thing, and of owning a composite arsenal.
I doubt any of the incredible individuals you admire go to such lengths- to try and extract the gold dust from their sources of inspiration.
Do they tread into the details as you do? Do they take the time to work on themselves? Do they have the time?
Most probably not.
So don't fret when you don't write as well as the folks at The Economist, or sound as impressive as the poet who commentates, not just because they are the best exponents of their crafts, but because you are conditioning yourself to acquire a set of qualities, not a single specialty.
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