I'll have to go with Kanye West and Drake for this one. What I love about Kanye is that he's done a lot of things that even he considers reckless but he still managed to come out winning. What I love about Drake is that he took an unconventional route to get exactly where he wanted to be. They both appeal to me because I'm all about figuring out how to get what I want but doing it my way. They're both great examples of how to do things your own way and make it work.

Man, LOVE 50! He keeps on grinding and hustling, and as his net worth grows, he inspires me to push myself beyond my limits. Thanks!

Rick Ross - "I watched mama struggle, now she livin' carefree" - always lift the most when the beat drops after that line.

Henry Rollins for strength, modesty, honesty and poetry! Be inspired: http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/strength-articles/iron-henry-rollins

Great infographic...one of these days I'm going submit my story to you Danny. Not sure about the title, let me know what you think I should go with: "How I made $50K on Craiglist" or "How to make it in the music industry as an entrepreneur".

Anyone read the 50th law by Robert Greene?

Back-to-back double plat, I did what you want. Men lie, women lie, numbers don't. Jay-Z all the way!

So, I'm only a little bit embarrassed to say that one of my celebrity *hustle* mentors is Kim Kardashian. She never ceases to amaze me at the way that she has turned having arguably very little talent aside from her stunning looks into a multi million profession. I'm also inspired by her uncanny ability to turn some of the worst situations that could happen to a celebrity into a good thing, over and over again. Nothing ever seems to ruffle her feathers, and she doesn't seem to care very much that most people give her the side-eye at every turn. .. and I don't blame her, because at the end of the day, we are still looking and she's still getting paid.

Brandon Webb and Chris Kyle. Former Navy SEALs who both had claims to fame and wrote books. The first basically "hacked" the sniper's test and set new records for it by realizing you could run most of the way and thought differently about it all before becoming a sniper instructor himself. The second had the most confirmed kills of any sniper in us military history--by his own admission mostly due to luck. These are top performers among top performers and have fascinating stories to tell. Not to mention interesting combat insights that I can pass along to my Fight Response students. Someday I'll have to try and meet Webb. Kyle unfortunately was killed at a gun range.

This was a hard one but my final choice is David Foster Wallace. Note that I came up with David even tho I had no idea how much he was worth and made the choice purely based on his performance. Unfortunately he commited suicide some years ago and died with an estimated net worth of 5 million usd. Picking a person purely on his or her performance might sound weird to some, fact is that David has amazing speeches and combined with psychology you really can't fault him. For the people never heard of this amazing guy look for "this is water" on youtube or google( this one is just my favourite) Personally I am not easily convinced by anything and will always be able to find something "wrong" with tv adverts, discounts etc.
The people who watched David's speech might (still) be wondering what my big point is so allow me to explain, David's way of speaking is clean, honest but effective because he somehow gets inside your brain and makes you think about stuff. Simply said: he would be able to sell you anything due to the fact that he is such a good and smart speaker.

P.s. my second places are reserved for ramit sethi and Daniel (duh !)

One of my places of inspiration is unconventional for the same reasons yours is. Ive kept an eye on Jigga and the moves he's made since Reasonable Doubt. I have to say though, I've never considered it "unconventional".

@Tiffany Lee Agreed. People trashed Drake for singing — now they copy him :)

@RyanKBiddulph Do it! Grind!!

@Vivek YES http://vimeo.com/9269341

@Juliet Annerino LOVE THIS

@OrlandoHall They're both great and come from two very different angles, Dude. Put me on your list for that!

@BenAustinBlog Got it on my list for the end of the year!!!

@practicalcivilization Yeah, Jigga knows how to make it happen. I really thought he was going to make it to $1 Billion.

But, um...what about your boy here?

@KioshanaLaCount Admittedly, I have to agree. @Sara Sunshine would too. Despite the fact that her personality seems to be the consistency of a wooden spoon, I guess she knows what she's doing.

@KioshanaLaCount- is that what you call "famous for being famous?"

@TheDarkLlama Wait...didn't they have movies made after them?

@Rbn This is such a good one. I posted the DFW speech in this post. Did you see it?

Also, lol,@ramit might argue that one ;)

@Therman Classic. Dang, that's two votes for Jay in this post!

Definitely check out the Audiobook. Robert Greene and 50 cent alternate reading in some chapters. The novelty is awesome.

You actually feel like you could start a drug ring or a rap label!

@Rich20Something @practicalcivilization Nothing but respect to Dre for that deal. That's the true meaning of grinding.

@Rich20Something @TheDarkLlama Ha I don't think so. But they were friends with the movie famous ones... and always talk about those guys. I think one even directly writes "when the events in xyz movie were happening, I was doing this stuff". It's just so fascinating hearing about their mindsets and how they do things a lot of people think are impossible. :3

@Rich20Something Glad you think so to ! Actually that post is where I first seen the spech. When you wrote the video is life changing I almost laughed, ignored the video and kept on reading your post. Eventually (after about 5 times of reading your post over a period of time) I gave in and watched the video which I then downloaded and now watch when I need inspiration or remind myself not to give up.

@Ramit You made me really interested in your opinion about Ramit now so please explain yourself as I do agree that anyone/anything is arguable ! :)