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	How to be a Hero

anpl32

6-14-2007 6:53 PM

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hero, mind, thinking, psychology, imagination

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Doesn't involve putting your underwear over your pants.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/266c6403-5a64-443b-ab82-9ea24b85580d/DC592F2E-CC68-4116-A110-657189278BD7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/the_banality_of.html" href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/the_banality_of.html" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.guykawasaki.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/the_banality_of.html">I urge you to read the entire article.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/the_banality_of.html">“<A href="http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/greatergood/current_issue/francozimbardo.html" linkindex="6" set="yes">The Banality of Heroism</A>.”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/the_banality_of.html">what it takes to be a hero is the presence of “heroic imagination”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/the_banality_of.html">“the capacity to imagine facing physically or socially risky situations, to struggle with the hypothetical problems these situations generate, and to consider one’s actions and the consequences.”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/the_banality_of.html">Nurturing a heroic imagination takes five actions:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/the_banality_of.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><P>Maintain constant vigilance for situations that require heroic action.</p> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><P>Learn not to fear conflict because you took a stand.</p> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><P>Imagine alternative future scenarios beyond the present moment.</p> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><P>Resist the urge to rationalize and justify inaction.</p> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><P>Trust that people will appreciate heroic (and frequently unpopular) actions.</P></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; 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