Who do you look to for advice?

As a young man trying to figure out what I was going to be, and how I was going to do it, I often pondered who I could ask for advice. Now, by no means am I saying I was smart. My grades and subsequent failures in life would certainly not support that. However, to my credit, I remember, thinking I need to ask or model my thoughts and/or actions after someone who has done what I am wanting to do, and most importantly has been successful at it.

However, when I told my parents or other people about who I intended to go to for advice, they would discourage me from asking the successful person prop...