Mentor.

[Hoxton]

men⋅tor
  /ˈmɛntɔr, -tər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [men-tawr, -ter]
?noun
1. a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
2. an influential senior sponsor or supporter.

Do you have that kind of person in your life? [Specify]
DoA.
For me it would be my grandfather. A mathematician, wrote a couple of books, always shunned money and took care of his family. Passed away a couple of years ago but still remains the person i look up to.

 

[bodyklok]

None that are alive today, I'm sad to say. But there are many historical figures I look up to, not that I really know everything about them, so really I look up to their deeds not who they were.

 

[chefassassin2]

As a mentor, I'd have to say the Chef that got me interested in cooking as a career. It was always a summer or part time job until he took me under his wing and really started teaching me. To this day, he still looks out for me and gives me advice, critiques, ass-kickings when I need them.

 

[Neonbob]

Maybe George Carlin.
I avoid looking up to people actually in my life, because they will inevitably let me down in some way or another.
Plus, I feel very little emotional attachment to people around me. Makes it a little difficult to hold people in high regard.

As a mentor, I'd have to say the Chef that got me interested in cooking as a career. It was always a summer or part time job until he took me under his wing and really started teaching me. To this day, he still looks out for me and gives me advice, critiques, ass-kickings when I need them.

This might be getting to be a common thing in my posts with you, but
...he kicks your ass?!
How?

 

[ThreeWords]

I've had a few major influences on me, but few of them were senior and even less were wise, but that probably explains something about me, eh? =P

 

[Hoxton]

I've had a few major influences on me, but few of them were senior and even less were wise, but that probably explains something about me, eh? =P

Not really. =P
Deeds speak for a person. You don't have to be wise nor smart to be great.

 

[Knight Templar]

Not including family?

My old year 5-6 teacher Mr. Wilkinson, the best teacher I've ever had. Sadly I'm not joking when I say he is the first teacher who ever tried to teach me how to spell.

I've had many important people in my life, but he springs to mind first.

 

[mikecoulter]

I'm not sure if I have a mentor really... Live life as a nice as possible like my parents, I look up to my old Geology teacher and my Computing teacher, as they're sort of "salt of the earth" people. And my uncle, who's just one of the nicest guys you could ever meet.

 

[Lyri]

My grandpa, he's a wealth of information that never ceases to fail when I need him.

 

[dontworryaboutit]

Apparently I'm the kid people look up to, or at least all the upset ones. I'm apparently the messiah of the miserable kids in my town. Joy.

I'm not sure who I look up to anymore...I miss that feeling though. I don't want to be a role model. Parents always tell me that they want their kids to grow up to be like me.

The irony is that I don't want to be like me.

Edit: Thought of someone, but he's gone from my life. My 10th grade English teacher...a cantankerous, crazy old bastard who could be the biggest dick in the world, but he taught me more about life than pretty much anyone I've ever known and I loved him. My life would be much emptier had I not had him as a teacher.

 

[Hoxton]

The irony is that I don't want to be like me.

Why's that?

 

[dontworryaboutit]

The irony is that I don't want to be like me.

Why's that?

I hate myself. I hold myself to standards I would never dream of imposing upon anyone else. As such, I'm just never good enough. It's a constant disappointment in my life that I'm not perfect. It's not that I necessarily want to be...just that I disgust myself by not being, because my flaws are glaring in my eyes.

I'm my own worst enemy. It's pretty hilarious.

 

[Zombie_Fish]

My dad probably. He makes computer databases for the police. I'm not interested in the police thing but he was what got me into computers in the first place.

 

[Hoxton]

The irony is that I don't want to be like me.

Why's that?

I hate myself. I hold myself to standards I would never dream of imposing upon anyone else. As such, I'm just never good enough. It's a constant disappointment in my life that I'm not perfect. It's not that I necessarily want to be...just that I disgust myself by not being, because my flaws are glaring in my eyes.

I'm my own worst enemy. It's pretty hilarious.

You should relax a bit =)
Perfection is boring anyway. Not a bad thing to strive for, but still, no one is and no one will ever be perfect.

 

[Zombie_Fish]

As for not in my family- My drum teacher. He really got me into music and taught me virtually everything I know about drumming.

(If you're wondering, I couldn't see my other post and ended up posting again.

 

[dontworryaboutit]

I hate myself. I hold myself to standards I would never dream of imposing upon anyone else. As such, I'm just never good enough. It's a constant disappointment in my life that I'm not perfect. It's not that I necessarily want to be...just that I disgust myself by not being, because my flaws are glaring in my eyes.

I'm my own worst enemy. It's pretty hilarious.

You should relax a bit =)
Perfection is boring anyway. Not a bad thing to strive for, but still, no one is and no one will ever be perfect.

I'm perfectly aware, which is sometimes even more depressing. But I'm fairly relaxed these days.

In the modern world, happiness comes from a prescription.

 

[ThreeWords]

I've had a few major influences on me, but few of them were senior and even less were wise, but that probably explains something about me, eh? =P

Not really. =P
Deeds speak for a person. You don't have to be wise nor smart to be great.

You mean I still qualify for greatness? Awesome

I wasn't saying that being young and foolish is a bad thing, just the lack of such might have formed me as I am

 

[Skeleon]

Huh, not really.
I guess I look up to some of my family members as well as some of my professors or whatever.
But there's nobody I'd consider my mentor.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

Yeah... no I don't have one. I do look up to many comedians though, but I wouldn't say there is a mentor figure in my life.

 

[Abedeus]

I hate myself. I hold myself to standards I would never dream of imposing upon anyone else. As such, I'm just never good enough. It's a constant disappointment in my life that I'm not perfect. It's not that I necessarily want to be...just that I disgust myself by not being, because my flaws are glaring in my eyes.

I'm my own worst enemy. It's pretty hilarious.

You should relax a bit =)
Perfection is boring anyway. Not a bad thing to strive for, but still, no one is and no one will ever be perfect.

I'm perfectly aware, which is sometimes even more depressing. But I'm fairly relaxed these days.

In the modern world, happiness comes from a prescription.

I suggest stop being an emo. Too many people trying to be depressed for little reason.

I don't have many mentors. Maybe except for my cousin and ex-PC technician (I haven't seen him in about a year, since I've found out how mediocre parts he has been selling me, and that I can handle everything by myself). The only reason for that is that they both do what I and they love (fixing PCs and things around them), and both earn a lot.