Have you ever asked the question - Why?

Why did Mark Zuckerberg create a new way of communicating and socializing with Facebook?  Why did Bill Gates develop a software resulting in a personal computer in virtually every household.  Why is Apple so innovative?  Why is Martin Luther King Jr. the person who led the civil rights movement?  Why is it that the Wright Brothers were able to figure a controlled powered man flight?  Or even...why is Market America leading an economic paradigm and creating the economy of the future?

"All great leaders and inspiring organizations think, act and communicate in the same way - different from everyone else." Simon Sinek   One of our Million Dollar Club members and great field leaders, Kelly Whited, recently emailed this video and expressed that it reflects the essence of Market America's leadership and why our company is so dynamic with real leadership, belief, and vision!  I could not agree more!  The following video teaches the world’s simplest idea and thus will provide you with a new view on how the world works and how to operate in it. 

This is an interesting question and my answer is going to be unusual. Most people treat that question shallowly in my estimation. Most people really do not think about a question like this, but immediately start thinking of people to name that they admire, that are famous, or that made an impact on the world. But seriously, how much of a direct influence did they have on your life or thinking? The bottom line is that your thinking is what influences your life, determines your identity and who you are. Unless someone personally mentored you, trained you, coached you, gave you an endowment, put you through school, or something that directly altered the course of your life, I would doubt that they really influenced your life that much. Now, you may admire them or they may inspire you, but I wouldn't consider that necessarily influencing your life dramatically. I look at this differently and I hope this does not appear to be narcissistic, egocentric, haughty, or arrogant because it is not meant to be and really is not at all that way.