The positive relationships that have had an impact on me…
For someone who’s been dealing with depression for over a decade—without much guidance, and feeling insufficient at times—I started building relationships with people I don’t actually have contact with. People I’ll never talk to. Some are dead. Some I’ll never meet.
But you can still learn from them.
I learned from Mike Tyson and Cus D’Amato: Do the things you hate, but do it like you love it. The fire can cook your food or burn your house down—it’s the same fire. What matters is what you do with it.
I learned from Steve Jobs: things won’t make sense until you look back. Only then can you connect the dots.
And in my real life, I learned from my mother: don’t let people’s opinions stick to you. Let them roll off, because if you don’t, they’ll stress you out and hurt you.
I also learned from a chorizo king—Don Orlando. I used to work as his delivery driver. He showed me something simple: you can do what you want to do. You have legs, you have arms, you have a brain. It’s just a matter of doing it.
So yeah… I guess relationships can be with people who are no longer around, people you’ll never meet, and people you’ve known personally. If the lesson changes you, the relationship was real in its own way.
Question: Who’s influenced you most—even if you never met them?
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