"Be the hero of your own journey?" Why would I do that? How would I do that?

Life is the quest to unleash human potential because everyone is born with the potential to achieve excellence, and the desire to unleash that potential. I don’t want to live the wrong life and then die filled with regret. I don’t want to waste my talent. What do human beings need to do to fulfill their true potential? That’s the problem I’m trying to solve.

Here’s what I’ve learned so far…

• Life is the quest to unleash human potential by following your conscience. Your conscience knows that path that will challenge you to embody your most courageous, most authentic, most excellent self.

• Surround yourself with a community that supports your quest.

• Develop the skills you need to get the results you want. Enter the arena and leave all of your effort on the field.

• Never surrender your quest to ego, fear, or id because the saddest thing in life is wasted talent. Wasted talent leads to regret, then shame, then despair, and then Hell. Hell is when the body outlives the spirit.

• A Hero’s spirit outlives their body because it guides the decisions and actions of the generations that follow.

I learned all of these insights because I love hero stories. The archetypal Hero’s Journey contains a deep, intuitive understanding of human nature and human potential. Our ancestors used these stories to teach us what it means to be the hero of your own journey. I’m here to learn as much as I can so I can apply these lessons as a philosophy for living. I hope you will join me.