Let me know: who is your idol?

«Let me know” is a rubric for the stories of our readers. Every week we launch a survey on a hot topic and look forward to your comments. The most interesting of them end up in articles and collections. This time we propose to talk about idols.

To admire others is not only not shameful, but even useful. Psychologists claimPsychology Today / We All Need Role Models to Motivate and Inspire Usthat role models help us grow: they point the way to our dreams, help us unlock our true potential, and inspire change.

For example, Elon Musk calls his idol Thomas Edison. Creating his companies, the businessman largely relied on the experience of the American inventor: "Edison brought his products to the market, he made them accessible to ordinary people."

And our compatriot Sergei Yesenin reverentYU. L. Prokushev. Sergey Yesenin. Image. Poems. Epoch in front of Block. He considered him "the first poet" and the main teacher. And therefore, having arrived in St. Petersburg, he immediately went from the station to look for his “icon”.

Are there people in your life who have influenced you a lot? Perhaps celebrities or masters of their craft? Or loved ones who helped you not to give up in the most difficult times?