Three roads

So i've been wondering for a while about what it takes for someone to be actually unique, a true demigod, one who inspires others to follow on one's path. If, in Robert Frost's "The road not taken", the used road represents regularity and the lesser used road represents uniqueness, what would describe someone, who makes his own path in the wilderness. Indeed there are a lot more obstacles, a lot more surprises. In this day and age, it takes a lifetime of effort to even go along the first road, or to fit in. So what would it take to go on the second? What would it take to make one of your own and inspire others to go along?

A stroke of luck.

Food for thought.