You should be very selective with your admiration. Both in who you admire and what you admire. So who do you look up to, and why? Here's my answer, in this order 1. Dingiswayo - arguably the greatest Zulu king of all time because he trained Shaka Zulu, who is considered the greatest. 2. Robert Greene - arguably the greatest writer of all time. The knowledge and wisdom in these books is so powerful they should be illegal. 3. Me in 10 years