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Do you have any role models in your life? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have had very few in my life, I think, but I feel as though those one or two experiences I had where strangers showed me compassion despite my difference may have shaped me into how I am today.

Do you feel like you had or have any role models? What do you like about them or what do you feel you would like to emulate from their behavior?

For me, my role models were just regular people. Once was with a substitute teacher and the other was a professor on campus. Both times I recall clearly and although the interactions only lasted for a few moments, I cherish them dearly.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For me my role models aren't a real person, however the role model would be doing things I would aim to do.

Why fictional characters: because I want to see the immediate impossible results of someone or something doing amazing works. and i'l want to be like them.

For example Spongebob motivates me to have fun working, (generally) and to have fun with the smaller little details of a job. Whatever small thing that makes the job interesting and motivating. Instead of going to a job thinking its chore I might aim to make the best of the fact I am working there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

No.

I don't even understand the concept.

But I've learned something from almost everyone I've spent any significant time with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Tbh, I don't understand the concept of friendship. So I can kind of relate there. Thank you for sharing!