What/ Who makes you bring out your best in something?

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I have been in few relationships and I always prefer a man older than me because I like being spoiled by a relationship. I wanted to be the one who will always be understood and the one who will always received the favors. I thought it will always be like that until I met my boyfriend now. He is also older than me but one thing is different from him. He taught me how to understand the realities of life. Because of him I have realized how childish and self centered I was before. Although there were times he spoiled me during my birthday and when I graduated, there are still many times that he will make me realized that I must not always depend on him for everything. My happiness does not depend on him but on my own. He knows my dream to travel and he also knows how hesitant I am to do it too. So it was like I want something but I do not want to take any steps to be able to achieve it because I prefer to listen to others than listening what my heart wish. He argued with me and we broke up and that was the time that I get the courage to travel. He did not believe at me first. He thought I was just fabricating stories until I showed him evidences that I made up my mind already. What's surprising was that when he found out I was ready to travel on my own, he flew from his country to the Philippines on the date of my flight and asked my mom to allow him be with me in my trip. He told me he was scared to let me alone in a foreign country for the first time. He just wants me to be protected from bad people who might take an advantage of me being a foreigner in their country. My mom who also worries a lot on my decision to travel felt relieve that my boyfriend will be with me abroad and I will not be alone anymore in case I got some problems. At the end, he was able to remove the fears in me in reaching for my dreams. His teaching style was somehow terrible as we need to break up first before I can be brave enough to face my fears. What lessons have you got from other people or situations? What/Who do you think was able to bring out the best in you?