Hi Noah 🙂
You put into words something I was struggling with this very morning but couldn’t define, so thank you for that.
My solution to this is that it takes more than one person to build a society. No matter how brilliant the person you look up to is, he/she can not carry the weight of whatever service you are delivering alone. She/he probably works in tandem with other people, other professionals exist to reach the people she/he can’t reach. So even if this person is the end all, be all person in your field, you are still necessary, because of the people you are directly providing service to, if that makes sense.
Best,
m