Listen To What Heroes Copywriter Yanik Silver Says When He Answers the Heroes Question "Who are the HEROES in your life now?"
Yanik Silver: Well, definitely my mom and dad. The other heroes in my life have been some of the mentors who I’ve learned a tremendous amount from. They’ve kind of shown me the way, really. I’ve been talking about Earl Nightingale a bunch of times, so he’s definitely up there on the list.
Dan Kennedy, who’s a direct marketing giant, and who I’m fortunate enough to know. It’s interesting how things come full circle. I remember reading all his newsletters and just being blown away and very excited to meet him; I would love to have the opportunity to even work with him. And now I’m running Dan Kennedy’s affiliate program. I even have a page in his monthly newsletter.
So it’s exciting when someone you look up to as a hero, and has influenced your life so much, and when you’re able to now stand on a relatively equal footing.
Some of the other heroes are pretty much the unsung heroes, like entrepreneurs. I think any entrepreneur is a hero to me. Anyone who has the gumption to start their own business and to really decide to go out there and make a go out of it, even if they fail at their business, is a hero to me.
They are providing something of value back to society, or else they’re going to be out of business pretty soon. They’re providing jobs. Our whole economy, or a lot of it, is based on small entrepreneurs. So to me, those people are really deserving of the title of hero.