who has shaped who you are today?
My friend Matt Ziegler introduced me to a friend of his, Julia Duthie.
Amongst other titles, Julia is a podcast host of a show called People Are Everything–a title I love. You might not remember this, but the “R” in my creative collective PRST stands for relationships because I also believe the people in your life and those who influence you are an important part of pursuing your authentic life.
As I was preparing for my upcoming initial chat with Julia, a “get-to-know-you” call, I read through her LinkedIn posts and saw a video for season two of her podcasts. In the episode, she asks, “Who are the five people that have shaped the person you are today?”
You think that would be an easy question to answer.
But it’s not, at least not for me.
Not because I haven’t had a ton of great influences on my life, but if I had to narrow it down to five, there are only two that I can say that I know of for sure that would make the final list.
It would be much easier for me to create a list of twenty people, but five—five is tough.
I will give this more thought, and I may or may not share my list in a future Daily Note; I may not share it because I wouldn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings for not making the list.
An interesting observation from my initial mental scan of who I might put on that list…
I think there would be multiple people on my list whom I’ve never met. There are many people I am inspired by and learn from that I only know from their bodies of work, and probably will never have the chance to actually learn from them in person.
I’m not sure what that says about me, but some of the five most influential people on my list might be people who have no idea who I am.
Who are the five people that have shaped the person YOU are today?
Is that an easy question for you to answer?
See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,
JC
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