There must be someone.....

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So you can't name just one person who has motivated and influenced you more than the others HOTD?
Like i said, that is indeed a rarity.

I don't think it's a rarity at all. Every person close to you in your life (particularly your immediate family if you grow up with them...or not) has a profound effect on who we become, where we're motivated (or not) and assorted influences.

I couldn't name one person if I tried but I'd generally say my parents when I was a child and my kids are molding and changing me as I do my best to raise them.

We're the sum of many different experiences and always changing as circumstances around us change. I was an entirely different person in my corporate life than I am today.