Calling On the Hero Inside

Guy Kawasaki points us to heroism in his post "The Banality of Heroism".  Have you acted in a heroic way lately?  In a culture that constantly sends us messages about being entertained and catered to, it can be easy to relegate heroism to soldiers and doctors.  But it is clear that heroism is part of everyone’s DNA.  So what will you do with it?

A key part of an Epic life is heroism.  Think about the following:

• Have you envisioned a better future?  In other words, your unique preferable future.
• Have found something worth dying for?
• Have you defined greatness as something you fit into?  Greatness is not reserved only for the learned, rich and famous.
• Do you love people?  We’re all connected and cannot operate (successfully) alone.
• Have you journeyed to the valley and returned better than before?