People who are not famous are quite often better role models than people who are famous. I’m going to dive a little bit deeper into why good role models are often not famous at all, and they might never be.
Role models are something almost everyone has in their life. Some role models are better than others. Role models are people that do good things or are good at something and are (generally) looked up to, but everything is retaliative. A role model can also be someone that is really good at something and is looked up to for their skill in that particular thing, even if there aren’t many other things that someone would look up to them for. A role model is someone that another person tries to emulate because that other person believes that their role model is someone worth attempting to be like.
I think people that you can know personally are better role models because their situation is probably more achievable than the famous person’s. There are only so many famous people, and not all of them are good role models. There are some good famous role models, but it seems to me that they are much less common than other, less good role models. Personal role models are also better because they can give you personal advice. If I know someone that knows a lot about a certain subject that I am very passionate about, then I will probably seek out advice from them personally. I can go to them with all of my problems with this certain subject and it is likely that they will have the answers.
Role models don’t have to be someone famous, and they don’t have to be great at everything either. Neither do the people that look up to the role model. Famous people have role models too. The reality is, nobody is perfect. Everybody should strive to be better than they are currently, whether that means they are looking to a role model that is famous or a person that a significantly less amount of people know.