Journal Entry 5

My key takeaways from “A Hero’s Journey” video were that anyone is capable to succeed. In his speech he was talking about himself and at one point he asked himself: “do I really have what it takes to succeed?” Hearing this the first time it made me kind of sad that someone would ask themselves that. But then I started thinking, I bet there are a thousand times i’ve asked myself that before. It also was a little comforting when I had the sudden realization I wasn’t the only one to ask myself that. As comforting as it was I then went back to how sad so many dreams people have they just don’t think they can accomplish them so they don’t even start anywhere. It’s crazy that literally anything is possible but also that we don’t know our own potential.

Another thing he mentioned that I really liked is when he said: “So what does it mean to choose a hero’s journey? It means to live every moment of your life like it matters, because it does. It means to live as if you have an important mission, because you do. It means seeing struggles as adventured, and setbacks as lessons.” I LOVE that because sometimes we can fall into a habit of satan getting to us and not thinking our life matters or that we aren’t important. I just love that in this speech he talked about success but also you have to have a good mindset about yourself to get there. If you don’t think you can get there, you won’t. I loved this eye opening quote and how it affected me. I believe that once you change your perspective, you can accomplish a lot more whether that’s mentally, relationship wise, or career wise. When you start gaining happiness, motivation, and drive, it really helps you succeed more than you realize.