A Field Guide for the Hero's Journey

A Field Guide for the Hero's Journey -- Robert Sirico, Jeff Sandefer

“the startling truth is this: Just about anyone can do great things,”

“Can’t is the word that is foe to ambition”

“Our personalities and desires shape our callings.”

“How often do we, by an unplanned word or action or choice, reveal our true selves”

“The kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work that you need to do and that the world needs to have done.”

“Have you ever been tempted to rationalize, to pretend tp yourself that you aren’t shifting ground?”

“Seeking out friends who are strong where we are weak doesn’t always come naturally.”

“Be curious about other people’s hopes and dreams;”

“The temptation in launching a business is to ‘get started now,’ no matter what the costs.”

“(working with someone) just to fill a need. This is always – and I mean always – a mistake.”

“Too often we take the easy way out to avoid conflict.”

“Surround yourself with people of integrity.”

“Surround yourself with people who are optimistic and kind.”

“Surround yourself with people who are passionate.”

“And never forget that your spouse is your most significant companion of all.”

“You haven’t tried everything yet….you haven’t tried asking my advice”

“Your goal is important, but it is how you reach your goal, what you do before the end, that has the potential to transform your very self”

“The sting of failure almost always is more imagined than real.”

“We need people with a broad vision of what can be and what really is of lasting value”

“you cannot tell form appearances how things will go.”

“Those people who are imaginative se many more dangers than perhaps exist; certainly many more than will happen”

“failing light makes even ordinary things look dangerous.”

“I believe in the sun even when it is not shining, I believe in love even when I do not feel it, I believe in God even when He is silent.”

“Have you ever been so discouraged that you overlooked an obvious answer to your problem?”

“keep all of the gains from the sale of my first company in cash for a minimum of twelve months.”

“Can you spend a day alone, in nature, simply resting and reflecting and listening for that small voice that calls you?...what scares you so much about whay that voice might say?”

“Rest is more than mere conservation of energy”

“Distracted from distraction by distraction filled with fancies and empty of meaning”

“it is the essence of slavery that there is no rest or relief from it”

“we were created for stewardship and relationship”

“If human beings simply become humandoings, our sense of ourselves and our existence is diminished,”

“You must sacrifice part of yourself in order to conquer and move forward”

“she had not waited for a dragon to arrive before she set about practicing moral courage.”

“And you may be scared stiff, but you do what God asks.”

“I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul”

“grow brave by reflection”

“Enrich the soil of your homeland by every means available. Investir in the future.”

“make life, deathm and that vast forever One grand, sweet song.”

“Imagine that yesterday your every dream came true, every ambition was filled. If this were the case, how would your life be different than it is now? How would you be different?”