If you ask them why they do what they do, guess what heroes say? They’ll tell you they don’t feel like they’re anyone special. They can’t understand why anyone thinks…
Heroes pay attention. They have a practice of active listening. They're constantly scanning the information they receive (both external messages and internal ones) in order to determine whether they match…
Heroes search for truth. More importantly, when they find it, they do something with it. All of us have a unique way of viewing the world. As we move through…
Heroes see what others don’t. They see paths that don’t exist. They see choices others don’t acknowledge. They see possibility where others see inevitability. And then they have to decide…
Acting heroically is a choice. It’s a choice that, by definition, most people choose not to make. Why not? They may feel their action will make no difference They may…
So, we’ve agreed that anyone has the capacity to act heroically. We’ve defined a heroic action: Action must be in response to others’ needs and/or in defense of a principle…
The last reason we hold ourselves back from being heroic? It’s because we don’t engage our brains. That’s not surprising because we’re trained from the time we’re very small to…
Why do we tell ourselves things that aren’t true? This is the interesting part. It’s because we want to keep ourselves safe. Remember my lies? *I can’t manage to keep…
We’re different. We’re flawed. On the other hand, we’re much more like everyone else than we thought. But we’re still no closer to allowing ourselves to be heroic if keep…
So we know we’re different. We understand that we’re flawed. We mourn that we’re not like everybody else. But here’s the thing: nobody is like everybody else. In fact, I’d…