Let me know: who is your idol?

"Let me know" is a column for our readers' stories. Every week we launch a survey on a relevant topic and are waiting for your comments. The most interesting of them are included in articles and collections. This time we suggest talking about idols.

Admiring others is not only not shameful, but even useful. Psychologists say Psychology Today / We All Need Role Models to Motivate and Inspire Us that role models help us grow: They point the way to a dream, help you unlock your true potential and inspire change.

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

And our compatriot Sergey Yesenin was in awe Y. L. Prokushev. Sergey Yesenin. Image. Poems. Epoch in front of the Block. He considered him the "first poet" and the main teacher. And therefore, having arrived in St. Petersburg, I immediately went to look for my "icon" from the train station.

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?