Bob Schwartz

Influence is currently a powerful cultural force. We talk about influencers who hold sway over many followers.

Influence is nothing new. The word influence comes from influere—to flow in. There have always been people and things that shaped our social and personal lives. Some are those that we get to know personally—family, friends, teachers, strangers. Some are expressions and ideas from those we never meet face to face, but whose art and thought still carry us and steer us.

Who and what are your influences? Who and what have flowed into you?