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Finding your way on the hero’s journey
I think anyone who reads my content with any regularity probably has a sense that I am one who reads a great many leadership books and soaks in more than my share of non-fiction. Long time readers are likely to know that I have an affinity for the fantastical as well. The reality is that whether it is books, podcasts, YouTube videos (or any type of consumption) my tastes are not only eclectic, but they are randomly indulged.
At any given moment in time, you might find a fantasy novel on my bookshelf next to a Seth Godin book. If you observed my YouTube feed you might see music videos interspersed with layman’s level theoretical physics explanations, and my podcast and Spotify playlists look like someone spun a wheel and randomly picked podcasts from every genre.
Today, I want to give you some food for thought that plays off the world of epic storytelling. As we embark on any new season of life, organizational change, paradigm or mission we have each been sent on a hero’s journey. If you are familiar with this archetypal “monomyth” it flows through various stages and it starts in the so-called “ordinary world” where we are content in rather limited awareness of the problem or change we are about to encounter. Think of Luke Skywalker buying droids with his Uncle on Tatooine or Harry Potter waking up in his cupboard under the stairs. From there we get a…